As the Indian solar sector grows from an infancy phase to a relatively more mature phase, one can surely expect investments into the sector from a variety of segments – some of these will surely be from the expected suspects, while many will come from those who have been waiting on the sidelines for things to become more clear.

A large % of these investments will be in greenfield ventures; a minority of these will come through from investments in or acquisitions of existing ventures.

I thought I’d review some of these investments that have happened in the past few months; hopefully, these will provide an […]

With Tamil Nadu leading the country with over 85 MW of rooftop solar installations, it is not surprising that star hotels in Chennai are showing a keen interest in going solar. Westin Chennai was one of the first hotels in the city to set up a solar system over its roof. The solar system was commissioned in 2014.

Westin Hotel decided to go solar as part of its parent Company, Tecton Engineering & Construction, opting to diversify its investment portfolio into renewable energy.

A PPA based financing model has been adopted with the investor being Tecton and Westin being the consumer (thus Tecton […]

Tamil Nadu leads the nation in the rooftop solar sector with more than 85 MW of solar installations. In light of this growth and the projected scope of future solar installations in the state, iPLON, has been strategizing its operations to have a large focus on the southern state. iPLON, an independent solar monitoring solutions provider based out of Schwäbisch Hall in Germany, and working across various countries in Europe as well as India, is keen on expanding operations in Tamil Nadu.

To facilitate this, iPLON has initiated Renewable Energy to Tamil Nadu (RE2TN.org) program to disseminate knowledge within the renewable energy […]

Introduction

More often than not, having a customized monitoring solution for a solar power plant has been considered an add-on or a luxury by most developers in India. In most solar power plants, developers typically go for monitoring systems which take measurements only at the inverter level. Some developers also employ monitoring at the string level as well as at weather stations. But, as is seen in India, they fail to provide the kind of rigorous analytics, insights and observations that would be required for a MW-Scale solar power plant.

It is in this context that DataGlen, a Remote Monitoring System (RMS) […]