Articles for Solar Installations

PM Modi announces solar roof-top scheme for one crore households
11 months ago

PM Modi announces solar roof-top scheme for one crore households

The Hindu  

Hours after the consecration of the Ram idol in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing divine inspiration, publicly announced a scheme to electrify one crore households with solar electricity. The first decision I have taken after returning from Ayodhya is that our government will launch ‘Pradhanmantri Suryodaya Yojana’ with the target of installing rooftop solar on one crore houses. The …

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Opinion: Here is one way California can end its rooftop solar wars
11 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Here is one way California can end its rooftop solar wars

LA Times  

California needs to accelerate rooftop solar deployment, not constrain it. Because California has long been a leader in rooftop solar policy, the commission’s decisions may be imperiling rooftop solar elsewhere: Last month, Hawaii instituted similar cuts to its incentives. Without incentives, though, it doesn’t make financial sense for most Californians to install rooftop solar, meaning we all get less of …

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Senators back solar tariffs, oppose prairie bird safeguards
1 year, 7 months ago

Senators back solar tariffs, oppose prairie bird safeguards

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a measure Wednesday that would reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the U.S. The White House said Biden’s action was “necessary to satisfy the demand for reliable and clean energy” while providing “certainty for jobs and …

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India meets two-thirds of renewable energy target, says report
2 years, 3 months ago

India meets two-thirds of renewable energy target, says report

The Hindu  

‘22% rise in solar installations in Jan-Aug 2022’ India has so far installed 66% of its targeted renewable energy installation of 175 GW with only Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Telangana meeting State-wise targets, according to a report on Thursday by global energy thinktank Ember. While India may not reach 175 GW by the end of 2022, its 2030 targets of …

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Uttar Pradesh eyes to develop 16,000 MW renewable energy capacity by 2027
2 years, 4 months ago

Uttar Pradesh eyes to develop 16,000 MW renewable energy capacity by 2027

The Hindu  

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh unveiled the draft of its Solar Energy Policy-2022 on August 19, which suggests that the State will be targeting generation of 16,000 Mega Watt of renewable power by 2026-27. The draft also proposes rooftop solar installations in government buildings and in more than 21,000 unelectrified primary schools in the State. “The policy aims to develop solar parks, …

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Rooftop solar energy to power nation's green development
2 years, 8 months ago

Rooftop solar energy to power nation's green development

China Daily  

Photovoltaic panels are installed on rooftops at an NEV service station in Tianjin in August. Rooftop installations in China increased to 27.3 gigawatts in 2021 from 19.4 GW in 2017, and the growth should keep rising for the rooftop solar market, a Rystad Energy analysis piece said. The increased adoption of rooftop installations in China has also driven the world's …

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