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Coal freight tariff rationalisation will have minimal impact on power: Piyush Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 30, 2016

Rationalisation of the coal freight tariff by railways will have minimal impact on power tariff and the move would gradually lead to domestic fuel replacing imported coal, Power Minister Piyush...

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Subject Tags: coal , power , tariff

Solar power tariffs expected to fall to as low as Rs3.50 a unit in 3 years

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 26, 2016

Solar power tariffs in India, which have fallen below Rs.5 per unit since November, are expected to fall further as the industry doubles volumes every year and the cost of producing power...

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Subject Tags: solar energy , tariff

Solar cell prices to fall as China produces more than demand

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 19, 2016

China is poised is to do solar photo-voltaic cell manufacturing what it did to steel, aluminium and coal. Produce so much that it leads to oversupply and prices crash.

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Government working to double generation target from solar parks

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 19, 2016

Government is working on doubling the power generation target from solar energy parks to 40,000 MW in the backdrop of slow offtake of rooftop solar and problems being faced by some project...

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New tariff, rules put off roof-top solar plant fans in Karnataka

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 12, 2016

The sunshine is missing from the grid-connected solar rooftop plant scheme of the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom). Over two months after the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory...

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Solar power at Rs 2.2 per unit: Possible in Dubai, not in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 11, 2016

Dubai set a global record last month by announcing that an 800 MW solar power project would generate electricity at Rs 2.2 per unit (2.99 cents).

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Subject Tags: solar energy , tariff

First Solar Launches ‘Game-Changing’ Series 5 Thin-Film Module

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 7, 2016

Leading thin-film solar module manufacturing company First Solar recently announced the launch of a major new product that it expects to significantly reduce project costs.

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Indian solar facing first curtailments in Tamil Nadu

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 7, 2016

Developers have experienced curtailment of solar power in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, according to India’s Solar Power Developers Association (SPDA).

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Subject Tags: solar power , tariff

Wind power: Suzlon chief Tulsi Tanti says projects under Rs 5 per unit unviable

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 5, 2016

Tulsi Tanti, chairman of Suzlon Group, one of the country’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, has welcomed the government’s move to award wind power projects through competitive bidding, but...

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Subject Tags: RPOs , tariff , wind power

Maharashtra: Government all set to go solar for agricultural power supply feeder

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 5, 2016

The state government would try to bring the entire power supply feeder for agriculture on solar panels and would try to install energy efficient pumps for agriculture throughout the state. The...

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