India increased its rooftop solar power capacity in 2017 by more than the previous four years combined, adding 715 megawatts in rooftop photo-voltaic power and recording a compound annual growth rate of 117% since 2013. That makes solar the fastest-growing area of the country’s clean energy market, and solar rooftop...
India To Auction 100 GW of Green Energy Contracts
India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy announced that it will award a 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind contracts by March 2020. 77 GW of the total will be awarded for solar power projects. Having set a target of 175 GW of clean energy capacity by March 2022,...
Solar Power Becoming Increasingly Important in India
India's government plans to draw 40% of the country's energy from renewables by 2030, and it is because of the government's commitment that India is about to become the biggest market for solar energy, said San Jose, CA-based SunPower CEO Tom Werner. Prime Minister Modi wants to spend $3.1 billion...
India Installs 2.1 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy from April-December 2014
India's Ministry of New & Renewable Energy says that between the months of April and December 2014 India has connected to the grid 2,100 MW of renewable power capacity. Most of the newly-installed capacity comes from wind farms. SeeNews reports that India has also installed 431 MW of grid-connected solar...
Andhra Pradesh Leaps Ahead in Solar Energy Plans
A draft Solar Energy expansion plan for the southern state of Andhra Pradesh sets a timeline for building 3,000 megawatts by 2017, 5,000 megawatts by 2018 and 7,000 megawatts by 2019 according to a news report. Companies will be able to bid for as much as 250 megawatts of capacity...
California Company Provides Solar Electricity to Remote Villages in India
Meerwada, a village in Central India’s Madhya Pradesh province, recently received solar power services through a California-based company named SunEdison. This company tackled Meerwada as the first of many villages to receive electricity in their Eradication of Darkness Program. They connect 50 houses, run a small solar plant and let...