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India reveals competitive bidding draft rules for wind projects
India reveals competitive bidding draft rules for wind projects
Comments will be received until April 21.
Tata Power Renewable Energy unveils commissioning of 100MW wind farm
The project is located in Nimbagallu, Andhra Pradesh.
IPP ReNew Power doubled power generation capacity to 2GW
It has invested around US$1b for these additions.
India approves incentives scheme for grid-connected rooftop solar projects
This includes small solar power projects.
Essar Power hits 49% power generation growth
On a m-o-m basis, generation jumped 57%.
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.
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