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,…
Karnataka 1200 MW Solar Projects – Highlights
We present here highlights of the recently announced 1200 MW of solar power plant plans across 60 taluks in Karnataka. For those who wish to see the references, here they are: The Original Notification The RFP A PPA template Overall Minimum…
What are Your Suggestions to Modi Government for 100 GW Solar in India?
We have seen a large number of solar energy initiatives in the last 2 years – some ambitious, some expected, and some harebrained! While 100 GW by 2022 is not exactly unachievable, it sure is super ambitious. But, achieving it…
Solar Trackers – Their on-the-ground benefits and challenges – Perspectives from prominent tracker manufacturers
Read an excellent article on the use of solar trackers from this Greentech Media report. The news report uses perspectives from some of the top (US) solar tracker makers. While of course, each tracker maker expectedly highlights some of the features…
MW Solar Power Plants Performing Better Than Expected
Now, this is an interesting piece of news for many developers and prospective developers of solar farms. According to a new report by Fitch Ratings, based on a survey of a few solar power plants set up in 2011, results…