European Investment Bank (EIB) and Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) Ltd. have signed a loan agreement for a second line of credit (LoC) of Euro 150 million on nonsovereign basis on March 10, 2018, in New Delhi. The line of credit is for tenure of 15 years including a Read more…
First released in 2005, REN21’s Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) has grown to become a truly collaborative effort, drawing on an international network of over 900 authors, contributors, and reviewers. Today it is the most frequently referenced report on renewable energy market, industry and policy trends. This year’s Renewables 2018 Read more…
Source: REN21, Renewables 2018 Global Status Report
Shri R K Singh, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, held a meeting with battery manufacturers in New Delhi on March 23, 2018, to discuss the creation of an ecosystem for incentivizing battery manufacturing in India. In the meeting, Shri Singh Read more…
Apart from the President of France and the Indian Prime Minister, 21 Heads of State and Heads of Government, 6 Vice Presidents and Deputy Prime Ministers, 19 Ministers as Heads of Delegation attended the founding conference in addition to many other ministers who were accompanying the Heads of State and Read more…
Perovskites have emerged as a promising alternative to silicon for making inexpensive and efficient solar cells. A group of researchers at Brown University and University of Nebraska—Lincoln (UNL) has come up with a new titaniumbased material for making lead-free, inorganic perovskite solar cells. In a paper published in the journal Read more…
Researchers from the University of Alicante’s research group in applied electrochemistry and electrocatalysis have developed a stand-alone system for desalinating and treating water through electrodialysis. The system is directly powered by solar energy and can be applied in off-grid areas. Designed only for desalinating water, it is a sustainable, eco-friendly Read more…
The 9th India–Japan Energy Dialogue was held in New Delhi on May 1, 2018. The Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, Shri R K Singh, and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan, Mr Hiroshige Seko signed a Joint Statement at the Read more…
On the occasion of the 127th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on April 14, 2018, Shri R K Singh, Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, launched a number of initiatives for the welfare of the underprivileged. At this occasion, Shri Singh Read more…
I naugurating NTPC’s two-day conference on Agro Residue and Municipal Solid Waste to Power in New Delhi on May 8, 2018, Shri R K Singh, the Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, said, “Environmentally Healthy and Clean India is at the core of the Government’s Read more…