Rooftop Solar Costs In India The Indian government has just released its benchmark cost for the rooftop solar sector for the coming year and it is one of the lowest in the world. For a rooftop solar project between 100-500 kW, the cost is just $900/kilowatt which means that you can install a 10 kW […]

Haryana’s Inefficient DHBVN Fail To Install Net Meters For Rooftop Solar Haryana which is a small northern state in India has one of the most inefficient utilities in the power sector DHBVN. While the state government has made a policy to install rooftop solar mandatory for any institution above a certain size, the useless and […]

Is Sungevity going Bankrupt It is no secret that the residential solar panel installer business model that was going great guns till last year has suddenly gone bust. The biggest solar panel installer Solarcity was going downhill rapidly till it was rescued at the last minute by Tesla who acquired it in a controversial deal […]

Amplus Energy The Indian solar sector is one of the hottest industries in the energy industry right now with massive expansion taking place due to falling prices and government support. A huge amount of money is flowing into the industry not only from domestic sources but also foreign channels. While the ground mounted large utility […]

Will rooftop Solar Finally Succeed in India Rooftop Solar in India has been the Achilles heel of the government’s renewable energy strategy. This segment has failed to take off despite the numerous policies and subsides enacted by the central ministry. The main reason is that rooftop solar energy requires support from the local distribution utilities […]

Rooftop Solar India In Jeopardy? Promoting rooftop solar energy in India has been very hard for the government despite the central government enacting numerous policies and subsidies to support the segment. The problem is the small scale and support required from a large number of stakeholders such as state regulatory commissions and utilities. Unlike large […]