Pakistani financier JS Bank has partnered with local solar firm Nizam Energy on a PV module financing solution directed at small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
India’s newly-formed Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) will hold a public hearing regarding the case on whether to impose Safeguard Duties on imports of solar cells and modules on 26 June in New Delhi.
India updates quality control order, MNRE to develop construction standards for rooftop and off-grid PV, India nears 22GW solar capacity, Solar park developer rules updated.
Indian solar developer Azure Power has secured US$135 million in debt financing for 200MW of rooftop PV projects across India from a consortium of development finance institutions.
Neoen closes finance for 51MW Jamaica solar park, Enel starts production at Australia’s largest Solar PV Project, Vikram Solar commissions 10MW solar project in Madhya Pradesh.
The sanctioning of a tendering scheme for 2.5GW of hybrid wind and solar capacity in India, to be allocated through a transparent bidding process, has been branded as “the right step”, by consultancy firm Bridge to India.
The World Bank has signed a US$55 million financing agreement with the government of Bangladesh to expand renewable energy applications in rural areas.
The Government of Sindh Province in Pakistan has rejected submissions from all four bidders in its tender for 352 solar PV systems to electrify primary health facilities.
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has created a Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) compliance cell to improve enforcement of this key policy for clean energy deployment.