WTO finally sides with the US; terms India’s solar conditions ‘inconsistent’

India had appealed against an earlier decision of WTO which favoured the US

World’s largest solar plant opens in California

The plant will generate enough electricity to power 160,000 homes

Mega solar power project becomes operational in Thailand

The project will produce enough electricity to power 287,500 households

Bandh in Kerala over solar scam

Protest by Left organisations turns violent; 30 policepersons and 50 protesters injured

Multi-powered craft

Future power

Reaching for the sun

Micro-financed solar energy systems light up Bangladesh’s rural areas

Off-grid thinking

Solar lamps can reach where transmission lines cannot  

China opposes anti-dumping probe on solar panels by the US

Warns US of retaliatory measures

Science & Technology - Briefs

Clouds over solar

Solar trick

A number of solar mission projects operational only on paper

Guarantee of 14 companies under solar mission encashed

NVVN recovers Rs 28 crore from erring firms

Falling silicon prices shakes up solar manufacturing industry

What will prevail? Crystalline PV or thin-film

Their place in the Sun...

Renewable interest

Despite its vast potential, India is yet to come up with a renewable energy policy

Here comes the sun

The German experience is a good example for India’s solar energy mission

Solar Entrepreneurs

Energy in news on June 7

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

Talking of solar power

Solar sense

Targets or diktats?

India: aim, hope high

Opting for renewables

Solar mission phase II: viability gap funding not the best way to subsidise solar photovoltaic plants, say analysts

It may lead to setting up of inefficient solar projects under National Solar Mission