Gov’t Cuts Component Manufacturing Requirement to Prevent High Tariff Bids in Solar Tender Updated On Mon, Sep 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The government has also brought down the maximum permissible tariff rate for the solar tender to Rs 2.75 per unit from an earlier cap of Rs 2.93. In a bid to attract healthy number of developers in a recent solar auction and prevent higher tariff bids from the bidders, the government has reduced the component […] Read more
MNRE Postpones Commissioning of 7,750 MW Grid-Connected VGF Solar Projects Updated On Sat, Sep 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy MNRE does not hold the developers responsible for the delay in the commissioning of solar PV projects but the supervisory authorities. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has in a row extended the commissioning deadlines of 7,750 MW grid-connected solar PV power projects under different batches of viability gap funding (VGF) planned under 2nd […] Read more
Malaysia Seeks Relief on India’s Solar Safeguard Duty from WTO Updated On Fri, Aug 31st, 2018 by Saurenergy India had imposed safeguard duty of up to 25 per cent on solar cells imports from China and Malaysia for two years to protect domestic players from steep rise in inbound shipments. Malaysia has sought consultations with India under the WTO’s safeguard agreement against New Delhi’s decision to impose import duty on solar cells, the World Trade Organisation […] Read more
Orissa HC Hearing on ‘Solar Safeguard Duty Case’ on Sept’ 19 Updated On Thu, Aug 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy The new hearing date manifestly shows that the safeguard duty is yet to be implemented on the solar imports from China and Malaysia. Nearing the safeguard duty verdict, Orissa High Court has set September 19th, 2018 as the next date for the hearing of ‘Safeguard Duty on Solar Imports Case’. Coming as a historic wrestle […] Read more
MNRE Seeks Upper Ceilings for Solar Tariffs Updated On Wed, Aug 29th, 2018 by Saurenergy MNRE has asked the Solar Energy Corporation of India to follow the ‘maximum permissible tariff rule’ for capping the solar tariffs at Rs. 2.5 and Rs. 2.6 per unit respectively for both categories. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has sought on the recommendations of advisers of National Solar Mission (NSM) an upper ceiling […] Read more
Government Regulates Time for Solar Tenders Updated On Sat, Aug 25th, 2018 by Saurenergy The time regulation came in to give time gaps between the solar tenders rolled out by the government agencies in order to avoid chaos in the solar industry. Government has set schedules for the state agencies and official organizations to float solar tenders. The time regulation came in to give time gaps between the solar […] Read more
India’s Veltoor Solar Project Gets World’s First Solar Plant Project Certificate Updated On Fri, Aug 24th, 2018 by Saurenergy The certificate to Veltoor solar project confirms all relevant safety features of the solar park and demonstrates the technical compliance of the project with the globally recognized standards. Adding another milestone to India’s solar power generation aspiration, Norwegian testing and risk management company DNV GL has issued world’s first solar power plant certificate to the […] Read more
India to Tender Development of 25 GW Solar Park in J&K Updated On Fri, Aug 24th, 2018 by Saurenergy The solar park in J&K is expected to deliver power to a transmission point in the neighboring state of Himachal Pradesh for further dispensation. Adding a significant amount of solar power development under ‘National Solar Mission’, Power Secretary R K Singh has mentioned in a media meet that the power ministry is thinking to roll […] Read more
Amritsar’s Khalsa College to use Solar Energy Updated On Mon, Aug 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy The solar power plant installed on the dining room, primary school and the library of Khalsa College is said to produce three times the electricity that the college consumes. In a bid to switch to green energy for its power consumption, historic educational institution of Amritsar, Khalsa College has inaugurated a 775 KW solar power […] Read more
