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Solar power projects bid at low tariffs may be at risk as the prices of photovoltaic panels have risen amid a push in the U.S. to impose anti-dumping duty on cheaper imports from China. Tariffs could also rise from record lows as uncertainty over costs may deter renewable energy producers from quoting… read more →
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First Solar, Inc . FSLR recently sold a 40 Megawatt (MW) alternative current (ac) Cuyama Solar Project to D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, L.L.C. (DESRI) affiliate. The project, developed by First Solar is located in Santa Barbara County, CA, and currently in its construction phase. However, other… read more →
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A 396.8 kWp rooftop solar power plant has been installed at the Ocean Research Institute in Hyderabad to meet some of its energy needs. The plant was installed by CleanMax Solar on the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) campus. The company will manage operations and maintenance… read more →
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Indian utility NTPC has invited bids for 35MW of grid-connected solar PV projects across two states, with the requirement to source domestic solar equipment. The tender is for a 20MW project at Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh and a 15MW project at Ramagundam in Telangana. read more →
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The wind and solar tariff will come down considerably in the near future, a government official today said. "It will though take some time to resolve the surfacing issues since the GST has come into vogue but on tariff front, the department of renewable energy is quite confident that since majority… read more →
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Veer Energy and Infrastructure share price rallied 12 percent intraday Monday on receiving a letter of interest from Maharashtra Energy Development Agency, Pune, on installation of solar or hybrid project at its existing wind projects. The company has decided to start hybrid division. It wants to develop… read more →
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The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has written to the Uttar Pradesh government seeking extension of timeline to commission select solar power projects claiming that laxity by state agencies is to blame for the delay. Earlier last month, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) had… read more →
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The Haryana government has waived intra-state wheeling charges, cross subsidy charges, transmission and distribution charges on the electricity generated from solar power plants in the state. Any investor, who installs a solar power plant at any place in the state, can sell this power to any private… read more →
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Solar power developers who won the mega auction of 1,200 MW of projects in Jharkhand 16 months ago have agreed to reduce tariffs, which will help them sign power purchase agreements. Jharkhand is the second state after Uttar Pradesh to renegotiate solar tariffs arrived at through an auction. But while… read more →
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Indian utility NTPC has tendered 250MW of grid-connected solar projects under local content rules that are due to be phased out by the end of the year. Nabin Kumar Tripathi, manager, RE-CS, NTPC, told PV Tech: “It is a new tender under DCR category. Solar plants can be set up anywhere in India.” read more →
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