THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: INDIAN SOLAR SECTOR

The recessionary trend cast by Covid pandemic over most of the 2020 is likely to remain the theme for many of the economic decisions that will be taken in 2021. With two vaccines being administered by India it is just a matter of few months before things will return to normal. One can definitely […]

October 8, 2020

by Indrajit mazumdar in Rooftop Solar, Solar Market, Solar Policy

ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS AT A LOW KEY

New rooftop solar installations in India fell to a four year low in the first half of 2020 due to policy changes, financing costs and the impact of covid-19 pandemic slowing India’s transition to a green energy regime. Only 473 MW of new rooftop systems were installed between January and June this year as residential […]

September 19, 2020

by Indrajit mazumdar in Newsletter-Solar, Policy and Regulations, Solar Market

INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE: EFFORTS TO BECOME A GLOBAL GRID NODAL AGENGY

Number of partnerships were inked on 8 th September 2020 at the First World Technology Summit hosted by the International Solar Alliance (ISA). ISA has been given the nodal agency mandate for implementing India’s global electricity grid plan. It has also entered into a partnership with NTPC which will help India’s largest power utility to […]

September 2, 2020

by Indrajit mazumdar in FirstGreen Solar Academy, Policy and Regulations

THE OPEN ACCESS DILEMMA

Open access allows large users of energy, mainly those who consume over 1 megawatt of power, to buy power from the open market instead of depending on a more expensive grid.Haryana electricity distribution companies (discoms) are yet to allow solar power developers to use their power transmission and distribution networks to supply electricity to third-party […]

August 28, 2020

by Indrajit mazumdar in FirstGreen Solar Academy, Policy and Regulations, Project Management

India’s solar tariff barriers.

Lenders are averse to financing the cost of tariff barriers imposed by India to check cheap Chinese imports of solar equipment. Banks and financial institutions are not providing loans for payment of safeguard duty on solar cells, modules, inverters etc importd from China. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) since July 2018 has made safeguard […]

August 27, 2020

by Indrajit mazumdar in FirstGreen Solar Academy, Policy and Regulations

AWARDED WIND AND SOLAR PROJECTS BEING REFUSED TO SIGN POWER SUPPLY PACTS BY STATES.

The State electricity distribution companies (discoms) are reluctant to execute contracts after large clean energy power projects have been awarded the job of putting up major solar and wind power projects to achieve the countries target of 100 GW power from solar projects and 60GW power from wind projects by 2022, as cheaper tariff is […]

THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: INDIAN SOLAR SECTOR

ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS AT A LOW KEY

INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE: EFFORTS TO BECOME A GLOBAL GRID NODAL AGENGY

THE OPEN ACCESS DILEMMA

India’s solar tariff barriers.

AWARDED WIND AND SOLAR PROJECTS BEING REFUSED TO SIGN POWER SUPPLY PACTS BY STATES.

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