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India needs a whopping USD 2.64 trillion investment to meet the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), offering the private sector an investment opportunity of over…
Read insight — India needs $2.64 tn investment to meet SDGs by 2030The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had started ‘Akshay Urja Aur Hum’, a Radio Sponsored Programme (RSP) from September 16, 2016, on every…
Read insight — AKSHAY URJA AUR HUM: Radio-Sponsored Programme on Applications of Renewable EnergySource: REN21 Renewables 2017 Global Status Report Source: IRENA
Read insight — RENEWABLE ENERGY AT A GLANCE: GLOBALThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the implementation of Phase-III of the…
Read insight — Cabinet Approves Continuation of Off-Grid and Decentralized Solar PV Applications Programme: Phase IIIUniversity of British Columbia researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that converts light to energy. Their cell…
Read insight — Bacteria-Powered Solar Cell for Overcast ConditionsThe Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, is organizing the 2nd Global RE-Invest INDIA-ISA Partnership Renewable Energy Investors Meet & Expo from October…
Read insight — Global RE-INVEST 2018: A Curtain Raiser on the Biennial RE Investors’ Meet & ExpoThe Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) and the State Health Department have collaborated to install, operate, and maintain solar PV systems in 900 health centres…
Read insight — Health Services Transformed by Solar Electrification: CREDA Receives Ashden Award 2018Softbank-backed SB Energy, AMP Energy and French state-run power major EDF won 600 MW, 100 MW and 300 MW, respectively, at a tariff of Rs…
Read insight — SECI solar auction gets good response, auctions 1,200 MW solar projectsIt was in 2017 that the government announced that a 500 MW solar photovoltaic park would come up at Kadaladi. Former CM J Jayalalithaa had…
Read insight — MNRE cancels proposal for 500 MW solar park project in Tamil NaduIndia has evolved from being a power-deficit country to having sufficient power. Further, the Central government’s Saubhagya Scheme is working towards ensuring complete village electrification…
Read insight — Distributed Renewable Energy: Transforming Women’s Lives in Rural Bihar