INDIA SEEKS FUNDING TO BUILD SUN AND RUSSIA WANTS IN

Delhi eyes aid to produce solar power from consumer rooftops
Neha Sinha, January 13, 2010 (Indian Express)
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Solar energy: Russia sees huge potential for joint ventures; Russia keen to assist Indian firms to construct solar power stations. They are also planning to enter into series of MoUs with Indian partners
Sujuay Mehdudia, January 12, 2010 (The Hindu)

"While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh…announced the National Solar Mission, the Delhi government is eyeing World Bank help to produce solar energy.

"To produce grid-based solar energy, the Delhi government is at present working on a proposal for the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) — a consortium of groups like the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank."

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"A ‘flexible scheme’ was thrashed out at a high-level meeting held last week between representatives of the Delhi government, Delhi’s power distribution companies (discoms), and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. As part of this scheme, electricity may be generated on rooftops by consumers, with the surplus energy sold back to the grid and the discom.

"The scheme will also stress on net production over net consumption…Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta admitted that sales of solar water heating equipment in the Capital have not taken off as expected, despite the government offering subsidy."

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"...Lauding the major renewable energy initiative of Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission, Russia… expressed strong confidence that both New Delhi and Moscow had great potential for forging joint ventures and setting up manufacturing facilities for application of solar energy in the fields of industrial, military, civil and space sectors… [Russia is] ready to assist India and Indian companies to construct solar power stations on a turnkey basis as they had advanced technological knowhow in this field…

"…[Russian solar manufacturer Kvant is] planning to enter into a series of memorada of understanding (MoUs) with Indian partners as well as the Government agencies for providing them with solar power station technology and its installation…[Russia’s main use of solar photovoltic panels (PV) technology has been in] space applications but now it [is] being adopted for industrial use…[and has] moved from silicon expertise to more advanced multi-layer and multi-junction structures…"