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…
Captive Solar Power Plant for My Company – Is It a Good Idea?
What are captive solar power plants? A captive solar power plant refers to a solar power plant that has been implemented by a company for its own captive consumption. That is, the power generated by the solar power plant is consumed entirely by the developing company itself. Now, you…
Choosing the Right EPC for MW Scale Solar Power Plants
Who is an EPC and why does it matter? EPC, which stands for Engineering, Procurement, Construction, refers to the company that does turnkey work for a solar power plant implementation – from design, to procurement of components to power plant construction. Some EPCs also take…
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…
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 by 2020, almost triple the…
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…
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 and solar project, which…
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 batteries.…
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 planned to be generated from…
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 have not exactly been…
