The 'stunner' from India

India's rooftop solar installations are a little over 10% of the 40-Gw target set for 2022

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Green energy | Power Sector | solar power

Vandana Gombar 

Vandana Gombar

There are five headlines from last month — including a key one from India — that have set the stage for what we can expect in 2021 in the world of green power and sustainability. Solar power at Rs 2 In an auction conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India, a record low solar tariff of Rs 2 (2.7 US cents) per unit of power was discovered.

The three winners were from Asia: Saudi Arabia’s Aljomaih Energy and Water, the Indian unit of Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries, and NTPC. BloombergNEF (BNEF) identified 12 reasons “ranging from a tender-specific ...

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First Published: Tue, December 01 2020. 21:48 IST
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