MNRE, Government of India, in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), organised a panel discussion on ‘Innovative Financing and Market Evolution to achieve 175 GW renewables by 2022’ on November 16, 2017, at the India Pavilion at the Conference of Parties (CoP) 23, Bonn, Germany. Reaffirming India’s resolution Read more…
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh, presided over the 4th Foundation Day celebrations of National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), at its campus in Gurugram, Haryana, on October 27, 2017. “NISE should aim to establish itself as the World’s leading Read more…
Helping India’s Climate Change Pledge I ndia is at a complex stage with respect to the energy scenario. The demand for energy is increasing rapidly. It is expected that India will contribute the maximum amount of addition to the energy requirement in the world in the next 25 years. On Read more…
Rewa Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh (750 MW) The Rewa Solar Park was developed by Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL); a Joint Venture Company (JVC ) of SECI and MPUVNL. In a recent bid for 750 MW Solar Power Project at Rewa Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh, a levelized Read more…
The National Solar Mission (NSM) was launched in 2010 as a major initiative of the Government of India with active participation from states to promote ecologically sustainable SUCCESS STORY OF SOLAR PARKS IN INDIA growth while addressing India’s energy security challenges. It will also constitute a major contribution by India Read more…
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had started ‘Akshay Urja Aur Hum’, a Radio Sponsored Programme (RSP) from September 16, 2016, on every Friday and Tuesday. The concluding episode (104th episode) was aired on All India Radio on September 12, 2017. The programme covered various areas of renewable Read more…
I n its ‘Intended Nationally Determined Contribution’ (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), post the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) held in Paris in 2015; India declared a voluntary goal of reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33–35%, over 2005 levels, by 2030, Read more…
From Moderate to Exponential Growth Aswift transformation has been observed in the renewable energy (RE) sector of India in the past three years in terms of both installed capacity and programme formulation/implementation. The growth has been further pushed up by the encouraging policy regime, precise incentives, and declining trend in Read more…
Energy is the prime factor for the development of a nation. An enormous amount of energy is extracted, distributed, converted, and consumed in the global society daily. Eighty-five per cent of energy production is dependent on fossil fuels. The resources of the fossil fuels are limited and their use results Read more…
More than 1.1 billion people worldwide (about 80 per cent population in rural areas including over 230 million in India) do not have access to electricity. Renewable energy (RE) sources-based mini and micro grids (small-scale versions of centralized electric grids) are proving to be one of the biggest rewards for Read more…