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COVER STORY: Increased Govt Thrust Set To Give Rooftop Solar Financing A Fillip

Days after the announcement of PM Suryodaya Yojana on January 22, its impact was felt in different parts of the country. Several states, ministries, energy regulators and companies seem to be in a race to enable faster adoption of rooftop solar.  Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy already announced increasing subsidies for residential rooftop […]

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Top 5 Challenges for Solar Financing in India

While the tide has clearly turned in favour of more and better financing for solar, it’s instructive to understand just why it was not happening till now. We listed down all the top reason cited by financiers, to build this list of top 5. Understanding Solar. A key issue is the limited understanding of solar […]

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TPREL Makes A Solar Debut at Asia’s Largest Tea Estate

Recently, Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power Company Limited, successfully commissioned a 1040 kW Bifacial Solar System project with Chengmari Tea Estate, said to be Asia’s largest tea estate in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. This marks the first-ever installation of on-ground bifacial modules in eastern India. The project involved the installation […]

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JVVNL To Reduce Timeline For Net metering To 18 days For Rooftop Solar

Jaipur Vidyut Vikas Nigam Limited (JVVNL) has planned to decrease the timeline for net-metering procedures to 18 days to expedite the process of rooftop solar installations in the city. It comes at a time when the Union government has also put a thrust on boosting rooftop solar installations through the newly announced Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Scheme. At […]

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BUDGET: Solar Industry Wants Funds For RTS, Lower GST On Equipment

As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to announce the Union Budget today in Lok Sabha, the solar industry is anticipating several announcements for the sector. Several industry experts anticipate announcements that could support the industry. However, most of the solar industry experts who spoke on the issue talked about reduced taxes for […]

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Oxford PV Achieves 25% Solar Cell Efficiency; Claims World Record

Oxford PV, a British firm pioneering advanced photovoltaic cell technology, has claimed to have achieved a remarkable 25% conversion efficiency, surpassing the typical 24% efficiency of commercially available silicon-based solar cells.  Oxford PV says that this is now a new world record in solar panel efficiency. Solar modules employing these higher efficiency cells yield greater […]

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COVER STORY: Rooftop Solar Enters Mission Mode In India

The signs were already there. In the first week of 2024, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) created ripples in the Indian solar market when it announced a 23 percent increase in subsidies for residential rooftop solar. As per the government notification, the ministry increased subsidies from Rs 14,588/kWh to Rs 18,000/kWh for […]

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Neoen Starts Building 24.7 MWp Three Solar Farms in Italy

Neoen, a renewable energy production company, launched the construction of its first three assets in Italy in December 2023. These three solar farms, with a combined capacity of 24.7 MWp, are located in Lombardy (8 MWp and 7.6 MWp), and Marche (9.1 MWp). The contract for their construction has been awarded to solar EPC system […]

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FIMER Inverters Light Up Ayodhya’s 40 MW Solar Plant

Solar inverter company FIMER announced supplying its 5 MVA inverters to Jakson Green for a 40MW Ayodhya Solar PV Project, developed by NTPC Green Energy Ltd. Jakson provided a total of 104,580 solar panels for the project.  Ayodhya is now all set to host the consecration of its Ram Temple on January 22. The state […]

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