The very first Solar Today Awards 2016 was successfully held at the InterSolar Exhibition in Mumbai on October 21, 2016, in the presence of the industry´s best and brightest.

Tamil Nadu is back on a tender mode for solar power projects, reports the Economic Times. Though the price per unit of solar power has been falling across the country, Tamil Nadu was among the few states which signed power purchase agreements at Rs.7.10 per unit until recently.

The fast growth of the Indian economy in recent years has placed increasing stress on physical infrastructure, such as electricity, railways, roads, ports, airports, irrigation, healthcare, water supply and sanitation systems, all of which already suffer from a substantial deficit

Speaking to Bloomberg TV India, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said he plans to seek approval for the next round of coal auctions.

Some projects of SunEdison and Adani Power, both of which are building solar projects in Tamil Nadu, have technically missed the March 31 deadline for commissioning.

On June 17, 2015, the Centre approved the proposal to boost the country´s solar power capacity target under the National Solar Mission by five times, to achieve 100 GW by 2022

Punj Lloyd Infrastructure Limited (PLIL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Punj Lloyd which was incorporated as a project development company focussing on public private partnership (PPP) projects in transportation, energy and urban infrastructure.

The government is confident of receiving bids for 3,000 MW of solar projects this financial year against the set target of 2,000 MW.

In the wake of falling solar tariffs and increasing capacity addition, the Union Cabinet approved setting up 5,000 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic power projects on a build, own and operate basis.