India
Chart of the Week: Solar tenders, auctions have slowed in India for 1Q17
Chart of the Week: Solar tenders, auctions have slowed in India for 1Q17
Only 1.9GW of solar was tendered versus 3.4GW in 4Q16.
India's Kudankulam-2 nuclear reactor finally starts commercial operations
The plant will have eight nuclear reactors of 1,000MW each.
India targets 4.5 to 5GW of wind power installations by 2018
Thanks to burgeoning demand from eight windy states.
India's UDAY scheme deemed "successful": analyst
Sector will benefit from the improvement in DISCOM finances.
Azure Power won bid to develop 46MW rooftop solar for Indian Railways
The project will be across 11 states.
ADB loans $200m to India for energy efficiency projects
Energy savings of 3,800gWh yearly is targeted.
Indian IPP Azure Power commissions 137MW of solar power system
The facility is in Chitradurga district.
India's NTPC completes commissioning of 260MW solar project
The last 55MW were commissioned March 27.
Payment delays by distribution firms hamper India's renewables growth
Potential of issuing bonds are jeopardised.
Is net metering the right way forward for PV rooftops in Asia?
Net metering started by being a very sexy idea in regards to the development of rooftops. Maybe very similar to the infamous feed-in tariffs (FiT). And as with FiT, it ignored one of the most important ingredients in any business: scale and competition.
Urgent reform needed to achieve energy sector transformation in India: analyst
Renewables sector should stop expecting "special advantages".
India raised $305.5m in Green Masala Bonds issuance
The amount raised is just in the overseas market.
India's proposed solar park capacity hike gets green light
It's been doubled from 20GW to 40GW.
India urged to improve Renewable Purchase Obligation policy fast
States are scrambling to meet their RPOs.
Bidding behavior in the Indian solar sector is not sustainable: analyst
Inadequate risk pricing threatens the sector.
India installs 149MW of solar under off-grid program
Developers must provide maintenance for five years.
World Bank to provide $25m loan for Rewa Solar Park transmission development
The loan is payable in 40 years.
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