Solar panel owners face new payment system from 2027
1 month, 1 week ago

Solar panel owners face new payment system from 2027

Dutch News  

As expected, MPs have voted in favour of ending the way in which households with solar panels are paid for the excess electricity they produce and feed back into the grid from January 2027. “We can now focus on the future and work towards encouraging people to use more of the electricity that they produce,” said Nold Jaeger, a spokesman for solar power lobby group Holland Solar. “Research shows that people who use twice as much of their own solar energy earn back the cost of their solar panels twice as quickly. The cabinet must now stimulate people to use their own energy.” Energy companies have also been introducing fees for solar panel owners, who have to pay fees to return their excess power to the grid.

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Will give Rs 75,000 to Rs 80,000 to every household for installing solar panels: PM Modi in Jharkhand
1 month, 1 week ago

Will give Rs 75,000 to Rs 80,000 to every household for installing solar panels: PM Modi in Jharkhand

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed an election rally in Jharkhand and said the Centre will give Rs 75,000 to Rs 80,000 to every household for installing solar panels. We will give Rs 75,000 to Rs 80,000 to every household for installing solar panels. The electricity that will be generated from it will have zero electricity bill and if …

Curious about adding solar power to your home? Watch out for scams
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Curious about adding solar power to your home? Watch out for scams

Salon  

I'm a relatively eco-conscious person. "Home solar is one of the only power plants that will fit on your roof, generate electricity without causing pollution and use fuel that is free and abundant for everyone," said my former colleague Gene Rodrigues, who is now the assistant secretary for electricity for the U.S. Department of Energy. An indecent proposal My husband, …

Consumer authority looks again at fees for solar panel owners
4 months, 1 week ago

Consumer authority looks again at fees for solar panel owners

Dutch News  

The Dutch consumers authority ACM says it is again looking at the fees which solar panel owners have to pay to deliver excess electricity back to the national grid. The ACM earlier looked into the fees charged by the four biggest energy suppliers and concluded that they were not unreasonable, given the costs that the companies make. The previous government …

Solar power scheme gets Modi Cabinet's nod, Rs 60,000 subsidy, 300 units free for 1 crore homes
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Solar power scheme gets Modi Cabinet's nod, Rs 60,000 subsidy, 300 units free for 1 crore homes

India TV News  

Families will get up to Rs 60,000 subsidy for setting up rooftop solar panel systems, and 300 units of free electricity under Centre's mega push for switching to solar power after the Modi cabinet gave its approval for PM-Surya Ghar: Mufti Bijli Yojna. The government will invest Rs 75,021 crore, under which one crore households will get financial assistance for …

India wants to hook its population onto clean energy by boosting rooftop solar
10 months ago

India wants to hook its population onto clean energy by boosting rooftop solar

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Just a few years ago, someone who wanted to install a rooftop solar connection in India faced getting multiple approvals, finding a reliable company to install the panels and spending heavily before seeing the first surge of clean energy. “We had to get 45 signatures to set up a small rooftop solar connection in 2021,” said Shreya …

A sunshine initiative: The Hindu Editorial on the government’s rooftop solar panel plan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

A sunshine initiative: The Hindu Editorial on the government’s rooftop solar panel plan

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim Budget day speech reiterated a plan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supply power to one crore households in the country using rooftop solar panels. What is known so far is that households that have a monthly electricity consumption of less than 300 units a month will be able to install a mid-sized system with …

Centre likely to bear ₹1 lakh-crore bill of PM rooftop solar scheme
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre likely to bear ₹1 lakh-crore bill of PM rooftop solar scheme

The Hindu  

As part of a renewed thrust to increase adoption of household rooftop solar systems via the Pradhan Mantri Suryoday Yojana, the Centre will effectively bear the entire cost of setting up such systems for households that consume less than 300 units of electricity per month. Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget Speech on Thursday said that one crore households …

Solar panels for households will lower cost of batteries for EVs: PM Modi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Solar panels for households will lower cost of batteries for EVs: PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that government initiatives such as solar panel rooftops for 1 crore households announced in the interim Budget along with a clean cooking mission will be a boost for the battery manufacturing industry and bring down the cost of batteries for electric passenger vehicles. Speaking at the inauguration of the three-day Bharat Mobility Summit, …

Budget 2024 | One crore households to get 300 units free electricity every month through rooftop solarisation
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024 | One crore households to get 300 units free electricity every month through rooftop solarisation

The Hindu  

Taking cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance following the Ayodhya temple consecration that one crore households will be electrified via rooftop solar installations, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Interim Budget 2024-25, reiterated that commitment. “Through rooftop solarisation, one crore households will be enabled to obtain up to 300 units free electricity every month. Limited consumption India’s low …

Rooftop Solar Program - Budget 2024: Free Electricity to 1Crore Houses, Saving ₹18,000 Crore Annually
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Rooftop Solar Program - Budget 2024: Free Electricity to 1Crore Houses, Saving ₹18,000 Crore Annually

The Hindu  

The rooftop solar programme of the Central government will enable one crore houses to get 300 units of free electricity every month, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Thursday as she presented the interim Budget 2024. “Savings of ₹18,000 crore are expected for households annually through free energy and selling their excess generation to the grid,” the Finance Minister …

Kejriwal unveils new solar policy, says will help cut power bill to zero
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kejriwal unveils new solar policy, says will help cut power bill to zero

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday unveiled the Delhi Solar Policy-2024, under which consumers installing solar power panels on their rooftops will be given generation-based incentives. The Chief Minister said the scheme would help cut households’ power bills to zero if their electricity consumption is below 200 units a month after adjusting against the electricity they generate. Mr. Kejriwal said …

Households could get solar panel subscription under new government trial
11 months ago

Households could get solar panel subscription under new government trial

The Telegraph  

Households could install solar panels on a subscription model as part of a trial backed by the Government to encourage the uptake of green technology. Among them is Sunsave, a London-based company, that will receive £2 million funding to trial a scheme offering households solar panels for a monthly payment, similar to a mobile phone, rather than an upfront sum. …

Panels put rural homes on energy map
11 months ago

Panels put rural homes on energy map

China Daily  

Solar photovoltaic panels are placed on the rooftops of residences in Donglian village in Gansu province. The province has seen roughly 910.4 MW of distributed solar PV put into operation, he said, with over 40 percent linked to rural vitalization efforts. The cost of a household solar PV system is relatively high for rural residents, with a long payback period, …

UK households to lose £5bn if proposed solar farm law passed
1 year, 3 months ago

UK households to lose £5bn if proposed solar farm law passed

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy UK households could collectively lose up to £5bn a year …

Solar panels: Should you buy them? Rent them? Pass?
1 year, 4 months ago

Solar panels: Should you buy them? Rent them? Pass?

LA Times  

Figuring out whether rooftop solar would work for your home has always been complicated, involving factors like the size and shape of your roof and the monthly amount you pay for electricity — not just now, but for the coming 20 to 30 years. The California Public Utilities Commission, which ordered the change, said the previous “net metering” fees had …

‘UPPCL compensating user for excess solar power production’
1 year, 6 months ago

‘UPPCL compensating user for excess solar power production’

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd on Sunday said it was providing the facility of net metering and net billing to solar power consumers to promote green energy in the state. Photographer: Vivek Prakash/Bloomberg “Net metering is available for domestic and agriculture consumers while net billing can be availed by any consumer using solar power,” UPPCL chairman M Devraj said. He …

How solar power is keeping Lebanon’s lights on
1 year, 7 months ago

How solar power is keeping Lebanon’s lights on

BBC  

How solar power is keeping Lebanon’s lights on Patrick Gaillardin Rooftop solar has ballooned in Lebanon, offering a reliable electricity supply for those who can afford it Rooftop solar panels are offering the promise of a more normal way of living in Lebanon amidst an unsteady electricity supply – for those who can afford it. "Before 2021, households were installing …

California lowers incentives for rooftop solar panels
2 years ago

California lowers incentives for rooftop solar panels

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California utility regulators on Thursday approved major changes to the state’s booming rooftop solar market that they say will more evenly spread the cost of energy and help reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels in the evening. That’s led to criticism that rooftop solar customers aren’t paying their fair share into the rest of the energy …

Eneco slashing rate paid for excess solar panel energy
2 years, 4 months ago

Eneco slashing rate paid for excess solar panel energy

NL Times  

Eneco is cutting the compensation for solar panel owners that feed electricity back into the power grid. According to AD, the compensation cut means that solar panel owners with an expensive energy contract will get hundreds of euros less per year for their excess energy. The energy company used the regular electricity rate for the feed-in fee in the past …

Longer wait time for solar panels after energy price increase
2 years, 6 months ago

Longer wait time for solar panels after energy price increase

NL Times  

Demand for alternative forms of energy has increased so much in recent months that customers who want to buy solar panels from the web store Coolblue are sent straight to competitors, Nu.nl reports. The rush for sustainable home modifications like solar panels, heat pumps and insulation caused a shortage of many materials in March. Now, although solar panels are still …

Solar power prices are falling. What does this mean for our household electricity bills?
3 years ago

Solar power prices are falling. What does this mean for our household electricity bills?

ABC  

After a long decade of year-on-year increases in power prices throughout the country, the cost of electricity is forecast to fall in most places. There's even talk in some quarters that solar could one day fulfil the unrealised promise of nuclear power to generate electricity so abundant that it would be "too cheap to meter". Professor Green's forecast even outpaces …

Solar energy has the potential to power 40% of US electricity by 2035, new DOE report shows
3 years, 3 months ago

Solar energy has the potential to power 40% of US electricity by 2035, new DOE report shows

CNN  

CNN — A new blueprint from the Biden administration shows how solar energy could play a massive role in transitioning the United States’ power sector to clean energy, and achieve the President’s ambitious goals to decarbonize the US economy. The Solar Futures Study from the Department of Energy, released Wednesday, shows that by 2035, solar energy has the potential to …

Fears proposal to charge households with solar panels to export electricity will kill demand for solar energy
3 years, 7 months ago

Fears proposal to charge households with solar panels to export electricity will kill demand for solar energy

ABC  

An energy expert has hit out at a new proposal to charge solar panel users for exporting their excess electricity, labelling it a "sun tax" and arguing it will cost solar households more than is being estimated by the independent statutory body pushing the changes. Key points: For years, solar panel owners have been able to sell their surplus energy …

Solar power is the ‘new king’ and offers the ‘cheapest electricity in history’
4 years, 2 months ago

Solar power is the ‘new king’ and offers the ‘cheapest electricity in history’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Solar PV is now consistently cheaper than new coal- or gas-fired power plants in most countries, and solar projects …

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