For those keen on becoming a solar power developer in India, it is important to understand the various business models under which solar power plants get built. Power plant development belongs more to the infrastructure sector than to consumer product sector, in the sense…
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 Renewable Energy (MNRE) has…
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 Optimistic assumptions Summary for small…
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,…
Many UK Installers to Move to Other Tech Owing to Proposed FiT Cut
The UK government is proposing steep cuts to its feed in tariffs for rooftop solar power plants, that could make the risk the entire solar industry’s prospects in that country. The U.K.’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has…
MWh – Megawatt Hour – Thousand Units of Electricity
Summary: MWh is the abbreviation for Mega Watt Hours. A MWh equals 1000 Kilo Watt Hours (kWh), where a kWh one unit of electricity What is a megawatt hour (MWh), and what is its relevance to solar power? A MWh…
kWh – Kilowatt Hour – A Unit of Electricity
Summary: kWh is the abbreviation for Kilo Watt Hours. A kWh is the basic unit of electricity used worldwide. Have you heard of the term kWh before? No? You know what, this is a term that has been close to…
