India adds 1.2 GW of new solar open access capacity in 2021 NEW DELHI: India added 1.2 GW of new solar open access capacity in 2021, marking a growth of 222% year-over-year (YoY), according to a Mercom India report. The...

Domestic solar equipment makers running plants at 30% capacity; reforms, tariff safeguards needed Industry body All India Solar Industries Association (AISIA) has urged Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh that structural safeguards and tariff-based barriers are...

The UK government is reportedly considering a £16 billion proposal to build a solar power station in space. Yes, you read that right. Space-based solar power is one of the technologies to feature in the government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio....

A decade on, India’s first solar park has many promises left to fulfil A decade on, India’s first solar park has many promises left to fulfil The Gujarat Solar Park, India’s first utility-scale solar park, sets an example of how renewable...

The Union power ministry’s decision to invite tenders afresh for the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the solar sector could create monopolies as a few top players could walk away with the sops, industry sources fear. The first tender took...

The government has decided against accommodating past qualified bidders for the Rs 19,500-crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for solar manufacturing and will conduct fresh auction with a minimum 90% localisation clause, a senior government official said. "It is proposed to...