SW Energy plans to launch its own electric vehicle by 2020. The company had acquired cent percent stake in group company JSW Electric Vehicles Private Limited in March for its proposed foray into electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and charging infrastructure.

The government had ordered a safeguard duty probe on surging solar cell imports with a view to protect domestic manufacturers.

While a record number of firms made their IPO debut in 2017, many key players plan to enter the primary market this year and raise funds for their expansion and growth. We look at some of these firms which are gearing up with their IPOs in 2018.

India imported solar and photovoltaic cells worth about $826 million from China in the first six months of the current fiscal, which is over 87 per cent of the country's total such imports.

Leaders in solar technologies are some of the South-East Asian nations with China in the forefront, and the US. India trails way behind, adopting only those technologies it can afford after other countries have perfected them.

\"We are preparing a road map for 100 mw Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) capacity for the next five years in India,\" UNIDO s National Project Manager Anil Misra said.

For growth in the capital goods sector, there should be an increase in outlay for power, railway, defence and roads

At present India has just over 10 GW of solar projects under development, with cumulative solar installations of 5,632 MW and about 8.4 GW expected to be auctioned off over the next few months.

The proposed park will include generation projects and a large manufacturing unit for solar module, parts and equipments. The company has also set a target of 10,000 MW of solar power capacity by 2022.

Anchor Electricals Pvt. Ltd. is a 100 per cent subsidiary of the $64-billion Japanese electronics major Panasonic Corporation.

The renewable energy sector, a particular focus of attention for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has generated 400,000 jobs till 2014, according to a report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

The prime minister wants to increase solar power capacity 30 times in seven years. His 100 GW target is bigger than anything attempted by anyone anywhere in the world. Is it realistic?

The earlier-than-expected capacity addition is due to high demand for solar equipment in the country and Rolta Power is already sitting on Rs 80-crore order book, said Managing Director Aditya K. Singh.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday presented his maiden full-year Budget for the 2015-16 financial year in the Lok Sabha. Read the full text of his speech here:

Reports say that an outreach will convey the improved environment for doing business in India and assure US investors of a stable policy regime.

India is sundrenched for more than 300 days a year and is ideally suited to use it. But the country has remained far behind Europe and the US, both in manufacturing and project capacities.