The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) organised two-day international conference, RENERGY 20120 concluded at Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam. The conference was inaugurated by Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise, Natham R Viswanathan, in the presence of GB Pradhan, Secretary MNRE; Ramesh Kumar Khanna, Principal Secretary Energy Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Rajeev Ranjan, Chairman, [...]
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Mahindra Solar seeks payment assurance
Mahindra Group, wants “payment guarantee” in the case of solar power projects set up under the various State schemes. “Our confidence level at the Centre level is much higher, but at the State-level, we are waiting and watching,” Dr Vish Palekar, Business Head, Cleantech, Mahindra Group said. He was speaking at Renergy 2012, a conference-cum-exhibition [...]
Secrets of solar success revealed
“We feel that solar is going to play a very vital role in the energy scenario in the country. No country of the size of India can afford to be dependent upon only imported equipment. We would like the Indian industry to come up and supply the requirements of such a large programme,” says Gireesh [...]
Moser Baer wants infrastructure status to solar PV industry
Vivek Chaturvedi, Chief Marketing Officer, Moser Baer Solar feels removal of inverted duty structure, classifying solar PV industry as ‘infrastructure industry’, making it a priority lending sector and treating it separately from the conventional power sector are some of the broad expectations of the industry. “Currently, Indian solar PV manufacturing industry has close to Rs [...]
Renergy a big hit
Renergy 2012, a conference and exhibition being organised in Chennai by the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) on Monday and Tuesday (March 12 and 13) has proved to be a big draw. Nearly 1,200 delegates have confirmed participation, which makes Renergy 2012 one of the biggest events in the renewable energy sector in India. [...]
Gujarat CM to dedicate solar park to country
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Charanka Solar Park to the nation on April 19, the first day of the Indian Solar Summit, 2012, in Gandhinagar. Besides inaugurating it, Modi will personally take all the conference attendees to the solar park. The conference organised by the PV Tech magazine and Gujarat Power Corporation [...]
India’s solar module making capacity touches 1,300 MW
Thanks to steady and significant growth, solar module manufacturing capacity in India is now 1,300 MW. Amit Barve, General Manager (India and South East Asia), of the German company, Schott Solar, said this in a recent Webinar organised by the PV Tech magazine. He said, “This is in excess of what the domestic market can [...]
Chennai to host Renergy
With an aim to bring state-of-the-art renewable energy technologies across the world under one roof, stage is set for the international conference and expo on renewable energy, Renergy 2012. The event is scheduled to take place at Chennai Trade Centre from 12 and 13 March. Speaking to reporters, co–founder and director, Energy Alternatives India, Narasimhan [...]
Solarpraxis to host techno forum
Solarpraxis AG, one of the leading organizers of conferences in the renewable energy sectors will host the Inverter and PV Systems Technology Forum in San Francisco on February 27 & 28 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport. The forum, which will kick off with key note speeches from Carla Peterman (California Energy Commission) and [...]
China Sunergy to sponsor India Solar Energy Summit
China Sunergy Co Ltd, a specialised solar cell and module manufacturer, announced that it is a platinum sponsor of the 2nd India Solar Energy Summit to be held on February 23 and 24, 2012 in New Delhi. Stephen Cai, CEO of China Sunergy, will speak at noon on February 23, 2012 to the Summit audience, [...]