India installed 2.38 GW of utility-scale solar in Q1 2023
India added 2.38 GW of utility-scale solar and 801 MW of rooftop solar capacity in the first three months of 2023.
REC seeks consultants for solar projects across India
REC Power Development and Consultancy Ltd (RECPDCL) seeks to empanel project management consultants for setting up solar PV plants (floating, ground-mount, and rooftop) across India.
New leaders emerge in India’s 2022 solar market
Mercom’s latest report says the Indian solar sector saw significant changes in the players’ market share in 2022—a year heavily impacted by policies like basic customs duty on cells and modules and Approved List of Models and Manufacturers.
Renewables, hydro now account for over 40% of India’s installed power capacity, says CEEW-CEF
India reached a cumulative installed power generation capacity of 416 GW as of March 2023. Renewables formed 30% and hydro 11% of the capacity mix.
Machine learning method to identify residential PV adopters, reduce soft costs
Researchers have defined a new machine learning-based methodology that reportedly reduces customer acquisition costs by about 15% or $0.07/Watt. It is based on an adapted version of the XGBoost algorithm and considers factors such as summer bills, household income, and homeowner’s age, among others.
Solar Ladder raises INR 11 crore in seed funding
Solar Ladder co-founder Abhishek Pillai told pv magazine they would use the funding to market and increase the sales of their software-as-a-service (SaaS) product to PV installers pan India. The company also plans to expand its customer support team.
MAHAPREIT, GEAPP partner on 1 GW of solar projects in Maharashtra
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and Mahatma Phule Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Technology Ltd (MAHAPREIT) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to implement 1 GW of solar projects across Maharashtra.
Gensol Engineering revenue soars 144% in fiscal 2022-23
The Ahmedabad-based solar EPC and advisory services provider has recorded a revenue of INR 391.61 crore for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, defying the headwinds posed by volatile commodity prices.
Amplus led ‘Opex’ mode rooftop solar installations in 2022
Amplus accounted for around 26% of the overall Opex mode rooftop/on-site solar installations in India during CY 2022, according to a report by JMK Research and Analytics.
High-latitude tests show vertical rooftop PV yields 30% more energy
Norway’s Over Easy says its pilot vertical PV system in Oslo achieved remarkable performance throughout a snowy winter. In 2022, the vertical array generated 1,070 kWh per kilowatt installed, which the company says compares to around 800 kWh per kilowatt installed for a conventional rooftop array.
