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Chandigarh taps private sector for 69MW solar energy target by 2022

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 27, 2020

The UT administration is all set to introduce the Renewable Energy Service Company Model (Resco) model in the city to tap solar energy on private residential houses. Under the model, the UT will rope in private companies to install solar plants atop houses. In return, the...

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Kerala Commission Issues Renewable Energy and Net Metering Regulations

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 25, 2020

The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has issued the new state regulations for renewable energy and net metering in its ‘Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Renewable Energy and...

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Solar rooftop cos move tribunal on KERC's order

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 17, 2020

Developers of solar rooftop projects have challenged the Karnataka power regulator’s order in December seeking to do away with net metering for commercial and industrial consumers. Net metering allows developers to sell electricity to the grid and deduct its value from their...

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Budget 2020: Renewable energy Industry demands GST restructuring, smooth clearances

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2020

With this year’s Union Budget scheduled to be tabled on 1 February 2020, renewable energy industry’s expectations are high and all eyes are on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman making big bang announcements for the sector. While a majority of the industry stakeholders...

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Maharashtra: MSEDCL proposes astronomical GSC for solar rooftop

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 16, 2020

Even as solar rooftop consumers were celebrating the relief given to them by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), MSEDCL has dropped a bombshell. It has proposed astronomical grid support charges, which will make solar power costlier than its own power.

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Indore: Floating solar plants to power Jalood pumping station soon

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 27, 2019

Narmada supply system at Jalood will soon be powered by solar energy as Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) plans to set up two floating solar power plants with capacity of 50 megawatt each.

The solar plants will be...

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Ten-fold growth in rooftop solar installation required to reach 40 GW target: MNRE

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 6, 2019

India’s cumulative rooftop solar installation needs to grow 10-fold in order to achieve the 40 gigawatt (GW) capacity target by 2022, according to a latest report by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The report added that as of March 2019, the rooftop solar...

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Rooftop solar power plants at schools to save 4,000 MW electricity daily

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 19, 2019

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has initiated work on its mega project for installing solar power rooftop plants at 30 model schools, four hospitals and four zonal office buildings. The...

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Chandigarh biggest 15 MW solar plant project to be delayed

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 26, 2018

The city’s biggest solar project of installation of 15 megawatt solar plant in the city is all set to be delayed by more than a year. The Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology...

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Maharashtra regulator rejects surcharge on solar rooftop prosumers

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 14, 2018

In a major relief to solar rooftop consumers, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has rejected the proposal of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (MSEDCL) to levy...

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