Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a tender for EPC of a grid-connected 2MWac solar PV project linked with 1MW / 1MWh of battery energy storage on government land at Kaza, in the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh. The notice of issue (NIT) was released on behalf of Himachal Ren... Read more
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a tender for EPC of a grid-connected 2MWac solar PV project linked with 1MW / 1MWh of battery energy storage on government land at Kaza, in the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh. The notice of issue (NIT) was released on behalf of Himachal Ren... Read more
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a tender for the development of 2 MW (AC) of solar projects with 1 MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) at Kaza, located in Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The scope of work includes the design, engineering, supply, construction, insta... Read more
The technical assistance will advance pre-implementation and pre-construction activities for the plant, which is expected to lead to a 1,040 MW installation, according to a statement issued by the USTDA. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on July 30 by Thomas Hardy, USTDA Director, Co... Read more
After months of rapid growth, India’s solar energy sector is staring at a round of policy and legal uncertainty, and tariff hikes. On Monday (July 30), the Narendra Modi government notified a 25% safeguard duty on imported solar panels for a period of two years. The duty, typically imposed during... Read more
Is your wind farm forced to stop generation because the grid is not able to cart away the electricity it produces? Here is a possible solution. Dr Satyanarayanan Seshadri, who teaches Applied Mechanics at IIT-Madras, has developed a compressed air storage system that can chip in and help. How it w... Read more
Thai renewable power technology company Energy Absolute plans to invest $3 billion in an enormous battery "gigafactory," betting electric vehicles and smart grids will soon catch on in Southeast Asia. Deputy CEO Amorn Sapthaweekul told local media that the company is in talks with four or five Thai... Read more
Essel Infraprojects today said it is planning to invest Rs 1,750 crore in phased manner to set up electric vehicle charging and battery swapping infrastructure. "In a massive boost to the electric vehicle segment in the country, Essel Infraprojects Ltd, (EIL) an enterprise of Subhash Chandra led Ess... Read more
Soon it will be easy for enforcement agencies to identify whether a vehicle is running on diesel or petrol as the government will assign colour codes for each category of vehicle. There is also a plan to put the year of registration on the front windshield, which will help authorities to spot vehicl... Read more
With thermal power generation creating environmental concerns, Senior AIADMK leader M Thambidurai today stressed on the need for innovation and new technologies in the renewable energy space to push India's economic development. "There is a resource shortage in hydro sector, while thermal creates p... Read more
Dumping of Chinese solar panels in India, once a major exporter of the product, is estimated to have cost 2 lakh jobs, a parliamentary panel said and asked the commerce department to properly implement its probing arm DGAD's suggestions on cheap imports from China. Expressing shock at the job loss ... Read more
Senior government officials have refused to use electric cars made by Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd and Tata Motors Ltd citing poor performance and low mileage, said three people aware of the development. The vehicles are procured and deployed by Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), a public sector u... Read more
