DELHI ROOFTOP SOLAR

In the national capital, people are taking hot showers due to heatwave conditions and plastic water tanks like Sintex being exposed to extreme heat, replacing concrete tanks. Solutions include using tank jackets made of ultra violet-resistant materi...

Delhi government launches a portal for solar policy to guide rooftop solar panel installation, featuring shadow area assessment and solar capacity calculator.

With V2G technology, EV owners can charge their vehicles during off-peak hours and sell the stored power when their vehicle is not in use, earning incentives set by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission. "This is pretty much like selling surpl...

With the conclusion of the country's largest electoral activity and the impending lifting of the Model Code of Conduct, various pending government initiatives and projects in Delhi are poised to gain momentum, as per ToI reports. Among the numerous ...

India added 367 MW of rooftop solar in the March quarter. Installations fell nearly 10 per cent quarter-over-quarter from 406 MW and dropped over 24 per cent year-on-year from 485 MW, the report titled 'Q1 India Rooftop Solar Market' said.

The Met Department warns of severe heatwaves in Delhi, Punjab, and Haryana due to prolonged heatwave conditions. Adapting to extreme heat requires systemic changes, mindset shifts, and infrastructure improvements to combat escalating temperatures.

"The expectation is that in the next 4-5 years, about 25-30 GW of capacity will be added. We are looking to cover about 20% of this but it will be over five years. It will be flat in the initial years but possibly from the second or third year, we w...

Besides trained manpower, another challenge for such a scale of implementation would be the need for a large number of vendors. An official said the government is also looking to train 50,000 vendors for entrepreneurship.

The government has launched a new scheme to encourage the installation of solar panels on rooftops, aiming to triple renewable capacity by 2030. The program provides subsidies to install grid-connected systems, allowing households to reduce electric...

The five projects will be set up on EPC mode in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The company aims to complete the projects by July 2024, Hanish Gupta, Founder and CEO of Sunkind Energy, said.

The solar project will have a total size of 14.4 megawatts, which will provide a local solution to power the company’s offices and the two retail stores in Mumbai and New Delhi, the Cupertino-based smartphone major said in a statement.

The PM Gati Shakti plan incorporates the infrastructure schemes of various ministries and state governments like Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways, dry and land ports, among others. Once under Gati Shakti, stakeholders like power distribution ...

Delhi Solar Policy, 2023, introduced by Arvind Kejriwal government, aims to provide zero bills for consumers with over 400 monthly units. It includes halving power bills for commercial users, generation-based incentives, and Net Metering benefits.

The Delhi government has approved a solar policy to install rooftop solar plants on 645 buildings, including educational institutions and healthcare facilities. The initiative will help make the government buildings more energy-efficient, resulting ...

India is streamlining the process for rooftop solar connections with government support and subsidies. However, the country still falls short of its targeted 40 gigawatts of rooftop solar power by 2022. Consumer awareness and buy-in from electricity...

There are two parts to the implementation of the scheme. In one, the SPVs will reach out to consumers having up to 3kW of load and the 40% non-subsidised portion of the capital cost would be loaned by the SPV. The excess power units that will be gen...

The Delhi government is set to use satellite imagery for rooftop assessments to enhance solar power generation under the newly passed Delhi Solar Policy 2024. The initiative aims to accurately analyze shadow and sunlight patterns throughout the year...

India aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by solarising rooftops of one crore households and providing viability gap funding for offshore wind energy. The government will mandate blending compressed biogas with natural gas for transport and do...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the Delhi Solar Policy 2024, offering generation-based incentives for rooftop solar panel installations. The policy also requires government buildings with an area of 500 square metres to install solar ...