Grid-connected Solar PV Power Plants

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 approximately 3,645 MW. (Interestingly,…

Private Solar PPAs – 61 MW Solar Project to Provide Power to Google Data Center

Currently, most solar power generation in countries such as India takes place through grid-connected, MW scale solar power plants. Of course, until recent times it was the other way round – with Germany and Japan having over 90% of their solar power generated from distributed,…

What are Your Suggestions to Modi Government for 100 GW Solar in India?

We have seen a large number of solar energy initiatives in the last 2 years – some ambitious, some expected, and some harebrained! While 100 GW by 2022 is not exactly unachievable, it sure is super ambitious. But, achieving it…

Solar Trackers – Their on-the-ground benefits and challenges – Perspectives from prominent tracker manufacturers

Read an excellent article on the use of solar trackers from this Greentech Media report. The news report uses perspectives from some of the top (US) solar tracker makers. While of course, each tracker maker expectedly highlights some of the features…

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