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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 […]

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. […]

By |December 14th, 2015|Categories: MW Solar, Solar - India, Solar Companies, Solar Cost|Tags: , , |8 Comments

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 […]

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 […]

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
[…]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By |December 5th, 2015|Categories: Rooftop Solar, Solar - India|Tags: , |1 Comment

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 […]

Quality of India’s Solar Installations Compromised in the Race to Low Tariffs

Now, this should not come as any surprise at all: Many leading personalities from the Indian solar sector feel that the quality of many solar power plant installations in the country could be suffering as developers try to execute costs […]

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