• Rs 1.1 lakh crore loan guarantee scheme for COVID affected sectors • Additional Rs 1.5 lakh crore for Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme • Credit Guarantee Scheme to facilitate loans to 25 lakh persons through Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) • Financial support to more than 11,000 Registered Tourists/ Guides/ Travel and Tourism Stakeholders • […]
Chinese Solar Power Firm to Invest $10B in Malaysian Production
A man walks between solar panels at a solar power plant under construction in Aksu, in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 5, 2012. A solar power company from China has agreed to invest $10 billion in Malaysia over 15 years, as Chinese firms look to Southeast Asia to expand production and avoid “obstacles” put […]
POWERGRID Provides Support to District Administration Kargil (Ladakh) Under CSR
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna CPSU under Ministry of Power handed over one Vaccine Delivery van, twelve ice lined refrigerators and nine deep freezers to district administration of Kargil today. On this occasion, Shri Mohsin Ali, Executive Counsellor (Kargil) flagged-off the Vaccine Delivery van. The items costing 29 lakhs have been […]
A Third Wave of COVID-19, Solar Power in Togo, and Security Updates
The COVAX program, a global vaccine-sharing scheme devised by the WHO, is facing shortages in the midst of the heightened need by African countries. COVAX has “delivered 90 million doses to 131 countries”—40 million of which have been administered in Africa—but many of these countries have already or nearly exhausted their supplies. Facing uncertainty about […]
SEFEA Demonstrates Decentralised Renewables Will Remain a Cornerstone to Achieve East Africa’s Energy Targets
Organised by the East African Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Efficiency (EACREEE) and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), the 2nd edition of the Sustainable Energy Forum for East Africa (SEFEA) took place virtually from 22 to 24 June 2021. The event was supported by GET.invest, a European programme supported by the European […]
Govt Approves RM42.2b Solar Module Manufacturing Investment
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has approved a manufacturer’s licence and incentives under the National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) for the design, development and manufacturing of solar cells and solar modules in Malaysia for Risen Energy Co Ltd with a total investment of RM42.2 billion. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the investment through Risen […]
SOFARSOLAR 3rd Time in a Row “Top Brand Inverter” in Poland: Strong Foundations For a Steady Development And Continuous Leadership
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has had a major impact on the global economy, PV market environment and user consumption patterns. As the world’s top provider of PV storage inverters, batteries and charging solutions, SOFARSOLAR has gone against the current in the domestic and foreign markets and has achieved a hasty sales growth of […]
Where Will the Solar Megawatts Come From to Support Our Energy Transition?
My key takeaway from the Africa Solar Industry Association’s inaugural Africa Solar Outlook published in Q1 this year was that 37 countries in the world had joined the Gigawatt Club (installed more than 1GW of solar energy). Still, only two of those are in Africa, namely South Africa and Egypt. However, nine African countries could […]
Even With Low Tariffs, Why Growth in India’s Solar Sector Is Slumping
A rising number of firms are cutting costs and even exiting the market, even as investments into the sector are slowing. At first glance, all seems well in India’s solar sector. Its tariffs continue to crash. At the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)’s auction last November, Saudi Arabia’s Aljomaih Energy and Water Co and […]
Indian Everester Gives Clarion Call For Renewable Energy
When one finds COVID-19 has spread to the Earth’s highest mountain, the need to look at sustainable living and promoting the use of clean, renewable sources of energy, becomes crucial. This is what 24-year-old, mountaineer and adventure seeker Harshvardhan Joshi, who successfully scaled Mt. Everest in his very first attempt this year, would like to […]