Sudden Imposition of Anti Dumping Duty Can Disrupt Ongoing Solar Projects, Renewable Ministry Cautions Updated On Mon, Nov 27th, 2017 by Saurenergy MNRE notification has cautioned Directorate General of Anti Dumping against imposing high solar duties Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has cautioned anti dumping authorities against imposing high duties on imported solar equipment on the grounds that this can increase tariffs, make several projects unviable and seriously hamper the growth of the sector. According […] Read more
Oral Hearing on India’s Solar Anti-Dumping Duty Probe on December 12 Updated On Tue, Nov 21st, 2017 by Saurenergy India’s aim to impose an Anti-Dumping Duty (ADD) on imported solar panels is to boost sales of locally made ones. An oral hearing on India’s Anti-Dumping Duty probe into imports of solar cells and modules from China, Taiwan and Malaysia will be held on 12 December. According to the notification issued by the Directorate General […] Read more
Espy of Solar Sector 2017 Updated On Thu, Nov 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy The substratum of achieving massive solar power goals is developing a new cult for India. Not just the arid but the meadows are equally sharing rich and low vegetative lands to meet the power demand of this growing economy. It’s well said that when you change the controversy, challenge seem to be a submerged destiny. […] Read more
Solar Energy Insurance for Utility Scale Projects Updated On Mon, Nov 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy With each step towards achieving 100GW solar power goal by 2022, the momentous development of solar insurance and reinsurance market in India could not come at a better time. When it comes to new and innovative financing models, growing number of large-scale solar PV power plants and reduction in the feed-in tariff has spurred the […] Read more
India to Invite Bids for World’s Largest Solar Tender of 20GW Capacity Updated On Fri, Nov 10th, 2017 by Saurenergy The MNRE plans to award the contracts to developers who will quote the lowest price at which they will sell electricity in the auction process for the grid-linked capacity. In order to boost the manufacturing of solar power equipments at domestic stage, India is planning to invite the bids for the world’s largest solar tender […] Read more
Indian Solar Capacity to Hit 20GW by FY 2017-18 Updated On Thu, Nov 2nd, 2017 by Saurenergy According to a report released by consulting firm Bridge to India, India is expected to reach an installed solar capacity of 20 gigawatts by the end of the present financial year (2017-18). This was the initial target under the National Solar Mission for March 2022, which was later updated to 100 gigawatts. The current utility […] Read more
Indian Solar Power Market Witnesses Change in Demand-Supply Landscape Updated On Mon, Oct 30th, 2017 by Saurenergy Lack of visibility over project pipeline is forcing solar power developers to bid aggressive tariffs and reconsider strategic options including consolidation. The Indian solar power market is being tested to its limits. GST has increased execution costs. Module prices have shot up when bidders were factoring in another 20% price decline by the end of […] Read more
Key technology trends shaping the Global Solar Industry Updated On Mon, Oct 23rd, 2017 by Saurenergy Innovation in Finance When asked about the direction of innovation in financing for clean energy Manish Chaurasia, Managing Director, Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd. (TCCL) said, there is a lot of innovation happening in clean energy financing on a global scale. From securitization of assets to setting up of yield to monetize and plough back capital, […] Read more
Opportunities in Solar Trading Updated On Tue, Oct 17th, 2017 by Saurenergy The solar industry is gearing up with growing number of solar system installers (a.k.a. EPC) and increasing number of manufacturers. There has also been a rise of stockists/warehouses specifically of foreign brands of inverters, modules etc. Solar trading is becoming an important link in the chain of business. Primarily, traders are for solar equipment (modules, […] Read more