India is set to best last year’s renewable capacity figures.
Renewable energy: 7,592 MW commissioned in first nine months of the fiscal year
18 Feb, 2020 9:15:00 PM / by Uma Gupta, pv magazine posted in Renewable Energy, Policy, Politics, Markets, Utility-Scale PV, Finance, Rooftop Solar, Floating PV, Floating Solar, India, Highlights, Distributed Solar, Residential PV, Industrial PV, Commercial PV, Ground Mounted, Off-Grid Solar
India reportedly considering waiving carbon tax on coal
9 Jan, 2020 11:00:00 PM / by Max Hall, pv magazine posted in News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar, Solar Finance, Policy, Politics, Finance, Solar Cost & Prices, Fossil Fuels, Coal, India, Germany, New Year
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As Germany shuttered another of its nuclear power plants on New Year’s Day, the office of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was said to be considering a proposal which would make coal more competitive with renewables in one of the world’s worst polluting nations.