Indian minister for energy and mines Piyush Goyal has said that the whole world laughed at India when it announced its plans to reach 100GW of solar power by 2022. Azure Power progresses on 14MW rooftop for Delhi Metro. Fonroche divests from India to focus on Latin America.
Renewable energy company Welink has announced a joint venture with Your Housing Group – claimed to be valued at £2.5 billion – which could see the development of 25,000 solar-powered homes using BIPV in the UK each year by 2022.
Indian rooftop solar tariffs are expected to reach an all-time low under Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI’s) latest 1GW rooftop tender, according to forecasts from consultancy firm Bridge to India.
Major global food company Nestle Group has agreed to have a rooftop solar system installed at one of its facilities in China by Goldman Sachs-backed rooftop PV specialist Asia Clean Capital (ACC).
Household solar systems have taken hold in Laos, but PV deployment on a grand-scale is being held back by a focus on hydropower, according to delegates at the Solar & Off-Grid Renewables Southeast Asia Event, in Bangkok.
The rooftop solar market in India has grown at a CAGR of 98% in the last four years. As of 30 September 2016, total installed capacity stands at 1,020MW. Bridge to India's Jyoti Gulia looks at both the causes and the path ahead.
Bangladesh plans to double fossil fuel generation capacity to 24GW by 2021, but the dangers of dependence on conventional energy generation can be avoided through energy imports and solar, according to a new report from the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Hanwha Q CELLS and Goldman Sachs-backed rooftop solar specialist Asian Clean Capital (ACC) have agreed to partner on 200MW of solar PV projects in China.
India’s government will provide central finance assistance (CFA) for 100MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects in the state of Tamil Nadu, according to Mercom Captial Group.
State-owned firm Indian Railways, which carries 23 million passengers everyday, is targeting 5GW of solar by 2025 in partnership with global development organisation UNDP.
