Vikram Solar Slams Arun Jaitley’s Budget 2018 for Solar Sector Updated On Fri, Feb 2nd, 2018 by Saurenergy The budget 2018 is not very encouraging for the renewable and solar energy sector. The government has missed out on a major opportunity to take a lead towards combating climate change. The government has proposed to take out the import obligation on parts that make up sun powered boards. In his last full budget 2018 […] Read more
Center Should Resolve Issues Pertaining To Policy: Vikram Solar CEO Updated On Thu, Jan 18th, 2018 by Saurenergy Vikram Solar had closed 2014-15 with a turnover of 623 crores, 910 crore in 2015-16 and 1,659 crores in 2016-17. This shows a compounded annual growth rate of 54 percent over the past five years. In order to boost the solar energy sector growth, the central government should step up and take valuable decisions to […] Read more
Solar Industry Body Says Import Obligation on Solar Panels will Hurt Makers Updated On Tue, Jan 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy India has 3.1 GW of the introduced limit of solar cells out of which 2 GW is arranged in SEZs. All India Solar Industries Association (AISIA), the industry assemblage of local solar power producers, today said it is against inconvenience of any sweeping protection obligation on import of solar panels and cells referring to worries […] Read more
GST Increases Cost of Solar Projects by 12 Percent, Says AISIA Updated On Wed, Dec 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy Under the current GST regime, “solar power cost will see upward escalation”, the All India Solar Industries Association said. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has led to 10-12 percent rise in overall cost of solar projects, the All India Solar Industries Association has said, while petitioning the government against the rise in tax incidence […] Read more
ISA: Collaborative Platform To Achieve Clean Energy Goals Updated On Tue, Nov 14th, 2017 by Saurenergy The session at CoP23 served as the Curtain Raiser for the ISA’s upcoming Founding Ceremony. Leading solar energy solutions provider Vikram Solar was one of the participants in the 23rd Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23) in Bonn, Germany. Gyanesh Chaudhary, MD & CEO was the company’s representative. […] Read more
Will GST Slowdown India’s Solar Power Juggernaut? Updated On Tue, Sep 19th, 2017 by Saurenergy The Government’s recent announcement of 18% tax rate under the new indirect tax regime for solar module was the biggest surprise for the power and renewable sector. Looking into the uproar and dissatisfaction in the industry the government seems to have changed its plan and working on settling the incongruities in the new regime. The […] Read more
Vikram Solar hits 1GW solar module production capacity milestone Updated On Mon, Jun 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy Vikram Solar is planning to further increase the solar module production capacity to 2 GW by 2020. Indian solar module manufacturing giant Vikram Solar has announced that it has reached 1 gigawatt production capacity milestone. In doing so, the company is contributing to the Indian government’s target of reaching 100 GW of installed solar energy […] Read more
Water-Gen and Vikram Solar to Showcase Clean, Hygienic Drinking Water Solutions at Smart Cities 2017 Expo Updated On Fri, May 5th, 2017 by Saurenergy Water-Gen and Vikram Solar will showcase environmental and humanitarian water solutions at Smart Cities Expo in India on May 10-12. On the heels of the recent $100 million MoU between Water-Gen and Vikram Solar, and as a sign of the deepening cooperation between India and Israel, Water-Gen and Vikram Solar will showcase environmental and humanitarian […] Read more
Solar Cell-Process, Position and Bazaar Updated On Wed, Apr 19th, 2017 by Saurenergy Solar cell or photovoltaic (PV) cell is a semiconductor material, which combines some properties of both metals and insulators making it uniquely capable of converting light into electricity. When light is absorbed by a semiconductor, photons of light can transfer their energy to electrons, allowing the electrons to flow through the material as electrical current. […] Read more
