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MSME Solar Parks Feasible When State’s Lower Transmission Charges: Gadkari

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 1, 2020

Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways of India and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Nitin Gadkari has said that he believes that the entry of MSME in the solar parks sector was a good idea, but would only be viable if state governments reduce transmission...

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IEEFA: Ultra-mega solar parks driving India’s clean energy transition

By : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2020

Ultra-mega solar parks have attracted foreign capital as well as top global developers to India, and in return provided investors with an opportunity to join a US$500-700 billion renewable energy and grid infrastructure investment boom in the coming decade, says a new IEEFA...

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Power PSUs to acquire over 2 lakh hectares for solar parks

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 21, 2019

Central public sector undertakings (PSUs) will acquire more than two lakh hectares to set up 47,000 mw of green power units under a new plug-and-play model, aimed at accelerating solar capacity expansion by derisking projects from land acquisition and availability of...

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To Attract Investors & Developers, India Announces Incentives For Solar Energy Parks

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 17, 2019

We recently covered a story about the Indian government planning to set up large-scale renewable energy parks through public sector companies to speed up the renewable energy capacity addition. The government of India has now revealed new details about this program. According...

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Govt to give renewables their moment in the sun

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 12, 2019

In a renewed push to cut India’s dependence on fossil fuels, the central government wants state-run companies to build massive clean energy parks at a cost of around $2 billion each, with built-in incentives to ensure states and operators are invested in the success of the...

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India’s renewable energy investments jump 10 per cent to $5.9 billion in first half 2019

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 12, 2019

India invested $5.9 billion in setting up renewable energy projects in the first half of the current calendar year, a 10 per cent jump compared to the investments in the same period of 2018, as...

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Companies Line Up To Prospect 7.5 Gigawatt Solar Power Park In India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2019

One of India’s largest solar power parks, and certainly the most challenging to implement and operate, has attracted tremendous interest from some of the leading technology companies and project...

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MNRE steps in to help green energy developers

By : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2019

The renewable energy ministry has held discussions with state governments to find out how much land they are willing to set aside for renewable energy parks, a senior official told ET. This follows a recent announcement by the ministry that it will ensure that land and...

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Govt modifies solar park scheme to ease land, evacuation constraints

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 13, 2019

The government has modified the existing scheme for development of solar parks and ultra mega solar parks in a bid to ease constraints related to availability of land and evacuation...

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Gujarat auctions 500MW of PV and tenders 175MW in solar parks

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 21, 2019
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has auctioned 500MW of grid-connected solar capacity with winning tariffs in the range of INR2.55-2.66/kWh (US$3.6-3.8 cents). Paryapt Solar, a unit of...
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