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Solar Rooftop: Answer to EPCs' Woes
Despite falling costs, the solar EPC industry in India has hit a roadblock with multiple duties and land acquisition problems, and the answer for EPC companies may be to focus on captive projects like rooftop installations and scale up from there, feels Rahul Kamat.
Solar EPC Industry, Rooftop Installations, EBOP, PMC, MMS, Mercom Communications India, Raj Prabhu, GST, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Sunil Rathi, LCOE, MNRE, Rajendra Kumar Parakh, Vikram Solar, NTPC
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In Need of An Overhaul
Growth of rooftop solar installations in 2018 is likely to witness a decline on the back of regulatory complexity and policy uncertainty. POWER TODAY spoke to a cross-section of experts to understand what it would take to return traction to the segment.
Rooftop Solar, Mercom Capital, CAGR, Mercom Capital, Quoting Raj Prabhu, Make In India, MNRE, Vishwanathan Iyer, Andrew Hines, Cleanmax Solar, Kor Energy India, Sushil Sarawgi, SECI, GST, CPI
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Solar Rooftop: Will the slowdown sustain?
Growth of rooftop solar installations in 2018 is likely to witness a decline on the back of regulatory complexity and policy uncertainty. POWER TODAY spoke to a cross-section of experts to understand as to what it would take return traction to the segment.
Rooftop Solar, Quoting Raj Prabhu, Capital Group, Make In India, MNRE, Vishwanathan Iyer, Cleanmax Solar, Kor Energy India, Sushil Sarawgi, PV, SECI, GST, Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure, CFA, NSM
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Payment delays are increasing risk and project costs for solar and wind projects | Mercom
Payment delays by distribution companies (discoms) continue to pose a challenge for the growing renewable energy sector in India as it tries to achieve 175 GW of renewable installations by 2022.
Discoms, Payment Delays, Mercom Report, MSEDCL, UDAY, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited, Electricity, Jharkhand Urja Vitran Nigam Limited, Raj Prabhu, Mercom Capital Group, MAHAGENCO
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Green Grid Gap
Green Energy Corridor planned to carry ´intermittent´ solar and wind power from producers to consumers efficiently, is yet to catch up with the pace of capacity creation.
Green Energy Corridor, Intermittent, Paris Summit, Renewable Power, Infrastructure, Piyush Goyal, Mercom Capital Group, Solar Installations, Electricity, Grid, NGCP, REMC, MNRE, Transmission, Solar Parks
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Corporate Funding in Solar Sector Comes in at $9.1 billion in 2016| Mercom Capital Group
Mercom Capital Group, llc, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2016. Total global corporate funding in the solar sector, including venture capital/private equity (VC), debt financing, and public market financing, raised by public companies came to $9.1 billion, compared to $25.3 billion in 2015, a 64 percent drop.
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Over 9 GW solar installations in India for 2017 | Mercom
Reiterating its 2017 solar installation forecast of 2017, Mercom Capital Group in its its quarterly update on the Indian solar market, said cumulative installations including large-scale and rooftop projects in the country have reached 9.6 GW.
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Elemental Dissonance
Solar has many unique attributes which make it a preferred source of power, particularly in India, a densely populated country with a high energy deficit - where it can be rapidly deployed across most parts of the country, due to its modular nature and by virtue of it being environment friendly.
Solar, Bridge To India, Goi, Solar Manufacturing Sector, Mercom Capital Group, Solar Installations, Raj Prabhu, Processes, Grid Infrastruture, Ashish Khanna, Tata Power Solar, Tangedco, PPA, NTPC, SECI
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