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Vattenfall Inks Deal With Evonik To Supply Solar Power For Chemical Production in Germany

Germany-based energy supplier company Vattenfall has signed a PPA with specialty chemicals company Evonik that concluded new long-term electricity supply contracts. From 2025, two Vattenfall solar parks in Schleswig-Holstein will supply Evonik with around 120 gigawatt hours of solar power per year for chemical production. The contracts have a term of ten years and fixed […]

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NLC India Begins Construction Of 300 MW Solar Power Project In Rajasthan

NLC India Limited, a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the Ministry of Coal, recently began constructing a 300 MW solar power project at Barsingsar in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan. This project forms part of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy’s Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) Scheme. This project aims to ensure […]

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India’s Total Solar Energy Capacity Crosses 74 GW: CEA Data

The latest data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) revealed that India’s total solar capacity has surpassed 74 GW. The revelation was made in the CEA’s recent monthly installed capacity report.  The CEA report said that by the end of January 2024, India’s total solar energy capacity reached 74.306 GW. Similarly, the country’s total wind […]

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National Rooftop Solar Portal Migrates To PM Surya Ghar Portal

Days after the announcement of PM Surya Ghar-Muft Bijli Yojana, the Union government has migrated the National Rooftop Solar Portal to the new website of PM Surya Ghar Yojana. The newly launched website offers the most features and options in the National Rooftop Solar Portal. The new portal, however, has offered higher subsidies for this […]

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ACCIONA Energía To Build 412MW Solar Plant In Rajasthan

Spain-based renewable energy company ACCIONA Energía has announced that it will build a new 412MWp photovoltaic project in the state of Rajasthan. As per the press release by the company, the project will be commissioned by 2025. The solar farm will consist of around 750,000 photovoltaic modules of 545Wp each. It will produce around 800GWh […]

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Adani Green Operationalizes 551 MW Solar Capacity At Khavda

Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), a renewable energy (RE) company and a solar PV developer, has recently operationalized 551 MW solar capacity in Khavda, Gujarat, to supplying power to the national grid. AGEL achieved this target within 12 months from the commencing work on the Khavda RE park. It started with the development of basic […]

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Solar Thermal Technologies In Focus At Conference Backed By MNRE, NSEFI

New Delhi hosted the International Conference on Solar Thermal Technologies on Feb 12 and 13. Organised by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI), the conference focused on ways to integrate Solar Thermal and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) storage with Renewable Technologies. Driven by dropping costs and […]

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PM Surya Ghar: Modi Announces Details For Rooftop Solar Scheme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today revealed details of the proposed residential rooftop solar scheme in India. This comes after Modi on January 22 announced a new scheme of extending rooftop solar to one crore households. On the other hand, Union Finance Minister Nirmal Sitharaman in her interim budget had said that the new scheme would […]

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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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