Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy, and Mines said that International Solar Alliance (ISA) can act as a medium to spread lessons on energy security which can help achieve universal energy access target set up in SDGs before 2030. He was speaking Read more…
Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Government of India, and Ms Ségolène Royal, Minister for Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs Government of France jointly decided to appoint Shri Upendra Tripathy, as the Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Read more…
India’s solar energy capacity has expanded by a record 5,525.98 MW in 2016–17, according to the latest figures provided by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).In comparison, India had added 3,010 MW of solar capacity in 2015–16, which shows that growth nearly doubled over the past year. The Read more…
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to raising of bonds of Rs 2,360 crore for renewable energy. The bonds will be raised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) through the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) during the Read more…
The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre has developed an android app for computing the solar energy potential of a place. Developed at the behest of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the app is considered to be a ‘very useful’ tool for the installation of Read more…
IREDA’s cumulative loan sanction, since inception crosses Rs 50,000 crore. Cumulative loan sanctions towards clean energy projects as on date is Rs 50,559 crore. IREDA’s cumulative disbursements, since inception is Rs 29,172 crore. IREDA over the last 10 years has committed a cumulative loan amount of around Rs 40,792 crores Read more…
The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) increased its financing of green energy projects considerably in 2016–17, crossing the milestone of Rs 10,000 crore in a single year for the first time. IREDA provided loans of Rs 10,200 crore through 2016–17 for 112 clean energy projects across solar, wind, small Read more…
India has overtaken the US to become the second-most attractive country after China for renewable energy investment, according to a report by a UK accountancy firm EY. In an annual ranking of the top 40 renewable energy markets worldwide in terms of allure, China was ranked at the top, followed Read more…
Dr Arun K Tripathi has taken over the charge as the Director General of the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurugram, on May 18, 2017. He has over three decades of experience in planning, development, and implementation of various renewable energy programmes particularly on biogas development, biomass gasification, solar Read more…
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set another record in the wind power capacity addition by adding over 5,400 MW in 2016–17 against the target of 4,000 MW. This year’s achievement surpassed the previous higher capacity addition of 3,423 MW achieved in the previous year. The leading Read more…