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Banks Push For Fixed Feed-in Tariffs For Indian Solar Power Projects

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 21, 2014

Lenders are calling for regulatory reforms in the Indian solar power sector, hoping that financial sense may soon prevail among the project developers who have been pushing tariffs to unsustainable levels in the competitive auctions.
 
The Indian government must...

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Indian State Of Rajasthan Simplifies Regulations To Boost Solar Power Capacity By 25 GW

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 9, 2014

India is on a fast-track to boost its solar power capacity, and as the investors flock to its solar power market, no state would stand to gain more than the western state of Rajasthan.
 
The Rajasthan state government has a policy that dwarfs the national solar...

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One reason solar power is growing so fast? Creative new lending schemes.

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 9, 2014

The fast recent growth of rooftop solar power in the United States has been utterly stunning. The number of homes with rooftop panels has roughly tripled since 2010. By one count, a new solar system is now installed every four minutes.
 
So what's driving this? It...

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Canadian firms seeking partners in India in renewable energy

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 3, 2014

As many as 16 companies from Canada are exploring partnership opportunities with Indian firms in the renewable energy space. 
A delegation of 16 Canadian companies will arrive here this week to attend the 8th Renewable Energy India 2014 Expo. 
"The companies are...

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Jakson Group to have Rs 2,700 crore turnover by 2017

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2014

Power solutions provider Jakson Group is aiming to have a turnover of Rs 2,500 crore by 2017 based on its fast moving solar division.
The group is also aiming to produce 100 MW solar power in next 2-3 years as an independent power producer (IPP) with an investment of...

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Solar energy can create 6.7 lakh jobs in India in 10 years

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2014

Solar power generation has the potential to create close to seven lakh jobs in the country in the next 10 years, says a report.
Solar energy can create up to 1,45,000 MW of capacity and 6.7 lakh jobs in India over next 10 years, said the report, jointly prepared by...

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Subject Tags: India , jobs , solar energy

SunSwitch to roll out diesel-hybrid gensets

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 1, 2014

SunSwitch India, a Sahibabad, Delhi-based full-service provider of solar energy solutions, and an arm of Ambica Steels, is now coming up with integrated solar-diesel-grid solutions, promising to cater to the needs of consumers paying high diesel fuel bills due to intermittent...

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