Use of solar photovoltaics to generate electricity in terms of solar parks and solar panels on rooftops is growing but even decades after photovoltaics were first developed, the slabs of silicon remain bulky, expensive, and inefficient. Fundamental limitations prevent these conventional photovoltaics from absorbing more than a fraction of the Read more…
The Budget has given a boost to renewable energy, announcing another 20,000 MW of solar park development in phase II and a slew of duty reductions on components for fuel cell-based power generating and biogas systems, as well as wind energy equipment. Giving a boost to clean energy programme, the Read more…
The Government of India has approved the enhancement of capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW of the Scheme for Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects. The enhanced capacity would ensure setting up of at least 50 solar parks each with a capacity of 500 MW Read more…
In India, paddy is cultivated in about 43.95 million hectares producing about 106.54 million tonnes of rice and approximately 160 million tonnes of straw with a ratio of 1:1.5 for rice grain produced to straw produced. Punjab produced 11.27 million tonnes of rice, which is 10.6 per cent of all Read more…
To Reduce Risk, Enhance Transparency and Increase Affordability of Solar Power According to one of the key objectives of Electricity Act, 2013 “Promotion of competition in the electricity in India” emphasizes on the reduction of electricity cost through the competitive procurement mechanism. The power purchase cost of electricity is the Read more…
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shri R K Singh has emphasized the need for setting up more waste management plants around the country. Shri Singh said this while inaugurating a Workshop on Waste to Energy—‘Swachchata Se Swachh Urja’ on September 26, 2017, in Read more…
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…