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While large-scale projects of over 100 megawatt (MW) are now common, the investment risks caused by climate, poor installation and lack of proper maintenance are on the rise in the solar sector.

According to Badrinarayanan Thirumalai, Head of Business-Solar, Anchor Electricals (A Panasonic Group Company), at the moment only big players can participate in the utility scale hybrid policy.

Competition exists in every sector; since solar is in demand and is a lucrative business arena, the competition only keeps intensifying.

Pushed by factors like declining tariffs and higher costs, significant changes have happened over the past decade in the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) sector pertaining to the solar power industry, says Sunil Rathi, Director, Waaree Energies.

An overwhelming number of solar projects are proposed to be signed on the eve of the International Solar Alliance's (ISA) New Delhi summit on March 11. Speaking at a round table conference on Golden Triangle: Integrating EPC, BOS and Energy Auditors in Delhi, Upendra Tripathy, Full Time Interim Director General, ISA said, 'On March 10, one day before the summit, we are going to sign 121 projects both in India and outside.

Government is already taking good care of the power sector since last 2.5 years hence there is not much sops for the sector in this budget. Budget initiatives that will have impact on the power sector have been listed below: 1. Government’s commitment towards ‘renewable energy’ and ‘Power for all’ has been reiterated through second round of solar capacity addition of 20,000 MW and 100 per cent village electrification.

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.

Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in the second quarter (Q2) of 2016.