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May 31, 2017

Giant 1 GW Plus Solar Plant To Come Up In Middle East Desert

1177 MW Solar Plant in Middle-East The sharply falling prices of solar panels have led to more and more countries joining the solar bandwagon in a […]
May 30, 2017

Why Coal Power Plants Will Be A Thing Of The Past Now!

Large Number Of Thermal Coal Power Plants In India Get Canceled As Solar Power Strikes Fear The recent crash of solar power price to just 4 […]
May 29, 2017

Indian Rooftop Solar Energy Remains In A Moribund State Despite Lofty Government Goals

Indian Rooftop Solar System still to catch up with Utility Solar in India While the Indian solar industry has been making waves around the world in […]
May 26, 2017

Indian Government's 12% Tax On Electric Vehicles Is Contrary To Policy

India to Tax EV @ 12% The Indian government recently set up new tax rates for a large number of goods and services to be sold […]
May 25, 2017

Indian Wind Players Face A Bleak Future As Orders Crash – Time To Get Out

State of Wind Energy in India remains dismal even after a record-breaking 2016! While Indian wind energy industry is looked upon as one of the bright […]
May 24, 2017

Satellite Data To Provide Accurate Solar Radiation Readings For Solar Panels In India

Solar Radiation Calculation in India India’s space research agency ISRO seems to have found another major revenue stream after it signed an agreement with power conglomerate […]
May 23, 2017

Buyer’s Remorse – Falling Solar Prices Make Indian Utilities Reduce PPA From 25 Years To 1 Year

Plight of Indian Discoms Solar prices have been crashing at an astounding rate with each new tender leading to a new lower solar price. Last year […]
May 22, 2017

Smart Policy Change As India Plans To Boost Domestic Manufacturing For Nuclear Power Expansion

Smart Policy for Nuclear Electric Power in India The Indian cabinet today approved a plan to build a massive 35 GW of nuclear power capacity using […]
May 19, 2017

With Another Huge Bankruptcy, The West Will Come Down Hard On Chinese Solar Industry

Solarworld which was the largest maker of solar panels in the US and one of the largest in Europe has left the western governments a bit shell […]
May 17, 2017

Reva Electric Car India – Should You Buy It (Price, Specifications, Tax Credit)

Should You buy Mahindra’s Electric Car The new Mahindra’s Reva looks like a futuristic stylish car!! Though the car is compact with two doors, it has […]
May 16, 2017

Tata Solar Power Becomes The Installer of India's Largest Vertical Solar Farm Till Date

India’s Largest Vertical Solar Farm We have heard about solar farms in India, but have you heard about a vertical solar farm? Yes, you heard it right. […]
May 15, 2017

India Becomes a Solar Inspiration For Many Developing Economies

Solar Prices Keep Falling in India India has done it yet again! In the latest bid for building a 500MW in Rajasthan’s Bhadla solar park, Acme […]
May 12, 2017

Tesla’s SolarCity Mistake To Haunt It For A Long Time

Success Of Tesla Solar Integration Highly Doubtful It was a no-brainer that buying SolarCity would be a huge mistake for Tesla. The business model for SolarCity […]
May 11, 2017

Do’s and Don’ts of Industrial LED Lighting

Industrial LED Lighting As cliché it may sound, it’s true to state that the lighting industry has evolved drastically in the past few years. The evolution […]
May 10, 2017

Indian Solar Price Falls To Just INR 2.62/kWh (4 cents)

Solar becomes Power King Displacing Coal Indian solar prices have been crashing to new lows driven by two main factors: a) Falling solar panel prices due […]
May 9, 2017

How Solar Industry Could See A Major Convulsive Shock At The End Of The Year

Fate of Solar Industry In 2017 Solar panel prices fall has been an industry phenomenon since the last 10 years ever since the Chinese solar panel […]
May 8, 2017

Why Niti Aayog Need To Read This To Change Their Wrong Policy Ideas

Niti Aayog Needs To Take Note Niti Aayog which is the Indian central government think tank in charge of framing the country policies and development targets […]
May 5, 2017

India’s Crazy Government – Left Hand Doesn't Know What The Right Hand Is Doing

Indian Governance System The Indian governance system is a chaotic crazy, oversized and lethargic. The competence level except at the very top is quite pathetic. The […]
May 4, 2017

Leveraging Its 28 million Car Market, China Wants To Create “Global Electric Vehicle Champions”

EV Market in China While the Chinese manufacturing industry is extremely strong globally for its low costs and scale, its automobile industry is a nobody in […]
May 3, 2017

India’s Planning Commission Goes Batty – Wants To Promote Nuclear Power

Nuclear Energy is dying around the world as the high costs and the massive tail risks make it unfeasible in most countries. Many of the big […]
May 2, 2017

Custom & Excise Duty Relief to Rooftop Solar Developers in India

Will Duty exemption Boost Rooftop Solar in India In yet another move to boost rooftop solar in India, the Union ministry of new and renewable energy […]
May 1, 2017

India's Solar Lacks What China Has!

China the biggest Beneficiary of Solar Boom in India In continuation of our last Monday’s story “Can Indian Solar Panel Companies Take Advantage of the Solar […]
April 28, 2017

India Wants To Auction 4 GW of Wind Power Tenders In 2017 But Who Will Buy

Is India’s 4GW of central auctions even feasible? India has reached a position of surplus power at the current point of time with most states facing […]
April 27, 2017

Softbank Plans To Start An Electric Vehicle Leasing Company To Seed EV Taxis

Softbank and Ola to Change the Face of Indian Taxis Softbank through its company Ola has an ambitious plan to run 1 million Electric Vehicles in […]
April 27, 2017

Is Indian Government's SECI Going Bananas By Planning An Entry Into The Solar EPC International Market

Now SECI to Enter Solar EPC Solar Energy Corporation of India is the nodal agency tasked with helping the Indian government achieve its target of 175 […]
April 26, 2017

India Plans A Radical New Policy To Electrify Its Transport

India’s New EV Policy The Indian government has set out a target to completely electrify its entire transportation fleet of buses, cars, autos and two-wheelers by […]
April 26, 2017

The U.S. Solar Companies Keep Falling Like Nine Pins Against Chinese Ruthless Onslaught

US Solar Companies Keep Shutting Down U.S. solar companies are dying like flies as the relentless fall in solar panel prices has totally upended their business […]
April 25, 2017

ISRO’s Solar Calculator App – India’s own Project Sunroof

ISRO’s Solar Calculator App I receive many queries from readers who are confused if they should install solar. Though solar energy has proved its mettle and […]
April 24, 2017

Can Indian Solar Panel Companies Take Advantage of the Solar Boom in India?

Can Indian Solar Companies survive in India I receive a lot of queries regarding which solar panel to buy in India. One thing that is common […]
April 21, 2017

Indian Government Initial Efforts To Push Electric Vehicle Cars Come To A Cropper

Will Govt. Of India Succeed in Promoting EVs Given that the Indian market is currently highly immature in terms of Electric Vehicle adoption, the government is […]