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Solar Zones, Solar Parks and Floating PV for India, according to MNRE
At the recently concluded Intersolar conference, MNRE officials put forth a number of ideas they are working on for the growth of the solar industry, especially grid-connected solar industry in India.
To this end, Ministry of New and […]
Solar PV O and M Market to be 400 GW by 2020
According to a new report from GTM Research and SoliChamba Consulting, Megawatt-Scale PV O&M and Asset Management 2015-2020: Services, Markets and Competitors, the global market for utility-scale PV operations and maintenance will reach 488 gigawatts […]
Costs for Small MW-Scale Grid Connected Power Plants in India – LCOE and Optimal Tariff
Within this section you will find
Highlights & inferences
Introduction
Maximising power generation – details
Minimizing costs – details
With solar trackers
Pessimistic assumptions
Acceptable assumptions
Optimistic assumptions
Without solar trackers
Pessimistic assumptions
Acceptable assumptions
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71 MW Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Plant in Arizona with Solar Tracking! Wow, that’s Cool!
I was quite excited to read about a rather unique combination of renewable energy technologies
“Array Technologies(ATI) has announced the commissioning and completion of the tracking system for the 71 MW Red Horse 2 combined wind […]
Inverters and Storage: Integration with Solar Power
Read Solar Mango Innovation Blog Post on Battery Storage HERE
The markets for storage and inverters are evolving along with the overall solar power system.
As the market for solar power expands, so will those for inverters and […]
Indian Railways Brings Out Policy to Have Rooftop Solar at Stations
Indian Railways has come out with a policy on solar capacity panels on rooftops of railway stations. It has envisioned a plan to source 1,000 MW of solar power over five years. Of the 1,000 MW, 500 MW is […]
Indian Banks and their Lending for the Solar Sector
It is a well-known cliche that banks are most willing to lend to those who…don’t need their money.
It is somewhat true for solar as well. Or at least the corollary is true – Indian banks […]
Quality of India’s Solar Installations Compromised in the Race to Low Tariffs
Now, this should not come as any surprise at all: Many leading personalities from the Indian solar sector feel that the quality of many solar power plant installations in the country could be suffering as developers try to execute costs […]
Solar Power Price in India Rs 4.2/kWh by 2020, Says KPMG, and Rs 3.69/kWh by 2025
Solar prices in India could be substantially lower than coal by 2020, according to a report by international consultancy firm KPMG.
KPMG’s report, ‘The rising sun: Disruption on the horizon’, predicts that over the next decade […]
Just 3.6 GW of Solar Installations in India for 2016? That’s What Mercom Capital Thinks
Read a news item recently on Mercom Capital’s latest quarterly update on the Indian solar market.
This report forecasts about 2,150 MW in solar installations for the 2015 calendar year and expects installations in 2016 to reach […]