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New Guidelines for Wind Turbine Placement Focus on Optimizing Output

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has amended the criteria for micro-siting onshore wind power to focus on optimized output rather than the minimum...

July 4, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Wind
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Uttar Pradesh Invites Bids for PM Surya Ghar-related Awareness Activities

The Uttar Pradesh New & Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has invited bids to select firms for the strategy, planning, and implementation of Information,...

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Haryana Floats Rate Contract Tender for 8.4 MW Rooftop Solar Projects

Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has invited bids to empanel vendors on an annual rate contract basis to set up a tentative aggregate of 8.4 MW of...

February 26, 2024

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Satish Shetty

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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BIS Certification Must be Updated and Expedited to Keep Pace with Solar Technologies

Solar module manufacturers have urged the government to update the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for photovoltaic systems and other related -equipment to align with...

September 15, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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BESCOM’s Empanelment Process is Tedious, Expensive and Unnecessary

The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) has recently revised its guidelines to empanel inverter manufacturers for government solar programs in...

September 30, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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Empanelment Tender Issued for Residential Rooftop Solar Systems in Haryana

The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVNL) has invited expression of interest for empanelment of agencies to set up grid-connected residential rooftop solar systems...

August 9, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Rooftop

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Solar
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Mitsui India’s BIS Accredited Solar Testing Lab in Gujarat Kickstarts Operations

Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals Incorporated has started at its brand-new solar testing facility and certification laboratory in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The lab, which is a...

December 11, 2020

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Rahul Nair

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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MNRE Extends BIS Exemption for Smaller Solar Module Manufacturers With a Condition

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has extended the exemption for the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification for solar module manufacturers with a...

October 27, 2020

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Nithin Thomas

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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BIS Registration for Solar Modules Delayed, Developers Worried

A three-month-long delay in procuring registration certificates issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for a new model of solar modules is severely hampering the...

October 23, 2020

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Rahul Nair

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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MNRE Seeks Stakeholder Comments on Revised Standards for Solar Modules and Inverters

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a notification detailing the recommendations of the expert committee on implementing the quality control order...

August 24, 2020

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Haryana Releases Tender for 33,000 Solar Inverter Chargers

The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has invited bids for the supply of solar inverter chargers. The agency would procure 30,000 inverter-chargers of...

July 28, 2020

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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IEC Issues New Standard for Testing Resistance of Solar Modules to Heavy Snow

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has issued a new standard – the IEC 62938:2020 – to test the resistance of solar photovoltaic modules to large...

June 18, 2020

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Ankita Rajeshwari

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Solar

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Technology
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New Generation Solar Cells Pass Strict Testing Standards for Heat and Humidity

A team of research scientists led by the University of New South Wales, in collaboration with the University of Sydney, have, for the first time, produced a new...

June 6, 2020

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Anjana Parikh

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Solar

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Technology
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GAIL Floats Tender for 3.2 MW of Rooftop Solar Projects for its Premises Across India

The Gas Authority of India (GAIL) has floated a tender for the installation of rooftop solar projects with a total capacity of 3.2 MW at various locations of GAIL across...

November 11, 2019

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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Deadline for BIS Certification of Solar Inverters Extended by Six Months

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has extended the deadline for BIS certification of solar inverters by six months. The new deadline is June 30, 2019. The...

January 7, 2019

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Nitin Kabeer

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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