Tag: Gujarat

Wind Energy Tariffs Rise In India’s State-Level Auction

Wind energy tariffs in the latest auction in India are firming up even as competition among project developers remained high. The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) offered a wind energy capacity...

This Indian City Is 100% Solar-Powered

While technically not a city, Diu has become the first union territory in India to be fully powered by solar power. Daman & Diu are geographically separated, but administratively form a single union...

New Low For India Wind Energy Tariff In 500 Megawatt Auction

The latest onshore wind energy auction in India has yielded the lowest-ever tariffs quoted by project developers. The wind energy auction organized by the state government of Gujarat its power distribution company revealed...

India Plans 5 Gigawatt Offshore Wind Auction In 2018

After delay of several years, India may eventually auction and allocate its first-ever offshore wind energy projects next year. The Minister for New & Renewable Energy, RK Singh, recently told media outlets that...

Gujarat, India, Floats 1 Gigawatt Renewable Energy Tender

Perhaps for the first time, the Indian state of Gujarat will auction renewable energy projects under its state policy when it puts on the block 500 megawatts each of solar and wind...

India Cancels Nearly 14 Gigawatts Of Proposed Coal Plants

The transformation of India’s electricity market continues to deliver, as shown this month by the cancellation of 13.7 gigawatts of proposed coal-fired power plants, an admission that 8.6 gigawatts of operating coal...

Solar Energy Brings A Ray Of Hope To Salt Farmers In Gujarat

A vast majority of India's salt comes from Gujarat's Little Rann of Kutch desert. Here, about 43,000 salt farmers, mostly women, work in brutal heat to produce salt from briny tidal water....

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