Country: India

India: National Incentive Programme Reduces Grants

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) reduced its benchmark prices of solar water heaters within the national solar subsidy scheme under the National Solar Mission. As the level […]

India: Drop Vacuum Tube Collector Subsidy?

To protect local solar photovoltaic manufacturers, the Indian government has made it mandatory in its National Solar Mission to use locally made cells and modules. There is no such rule […]

India: Pilgrim Sites Use Solar Energy

India is the birthplace of three of the world’s largest religions – Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism – all of which admire nature and preach conservation. Some of the country’s leading […]

India: Industry Shifts to Vacuum Tube Collectors

The renewed growth of the Indian solar thermal market has existing manufacturers expanding their production capacities and integrating vertically. Solar water heaters based on vacuum tube collectors are a popular […]

India: NABARD Scheme Successful with Buyers

The subsidy scheme of the Indian National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has grown into a successful programme since its implementation in August 2011. NABARD has already received […]

India: Solar Food Processing Network Launch

With the launch of the Solar Food Processing Network in January 2013, India can look forward to a successful usage of solar thermal systems to meet the energy needs of […]

India: MNRE Assures Quicker Subsidy Disbursement

Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in India, had invited all channel partners of the federal incentive programme to a meeting in New Delhi […]