The Directorate General of Safeguards, Customs and Central Excise has recommended a 70 percent safeguard duty on solar cells imported from China and Malaysia for a period of 200 days.Continue Reading
India unveiled its national solar program in 2011, seeking to ease chronic energy shortages in Asia’s third-largest economy without creating pollution. But the United States complained to the World Trade Organization(WTO)Continue Reading
The domestic solar power industry has witnessed huge growth over the past few years with the government’s push for the National Solar Mission initiative. The viability of any solar powerContinue Reading
Siemens last week launched a new series of photovoltaic (PV) central inverters of up to 5,000 kVA for the Indian market. Siemens said it will manufacture the Sinacon PV inverterContinue Reading
China-based Trina Solar, the world’s biggest solar panel maker, has put on hold its make-in-India plan to set up a 1,000 megawatt manufacturing unit in India because of low pricesContinue Reading
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy is planning to auction off 20 gigawatts of solar power capacity in one go. This will make it world’s largest solar power tender. The finalContinue Reading
Private power generator Tata Power’s wholly-owned subsidiary Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) today announced it has commissioned a 30 Megawatt (Mw) solar power plant at Satara in Maharashtra. “TheContinue Reading
While falling tariffs and industry-friendly government policies are a boon, low entry barriers and cumbersome procedures are hindering the growth of rooftop solar in India, says Kunal Chandra, Managing Director,Continue Reading
