In India’s electricity output; in April–October 2018, this share touched the 10% threshold. The share of renewables in the total installed power capacity is also on a rise—from 14% in FY2015, this has risen to the current level of over 20%. Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Read more…
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, has been conferred the Skoch Award for national significance at an event held in New Delhi in early December 2018. The award was received by Secretary, MNRE, Shri Anand Kumar. The award has been conferred on the Ministry considering Read more…
On December 6, 2018, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a three-day long Khadi Exposition 2018, in Lucknow. At the event Navneet Sehgal, Principal Secretary, Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) and Atul Bagai, UN Environment Country Head, India, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under the Read more…
The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) conducted India’s first auction of wind power projects in February 2017 in which tariff of `3.46 was discovered, which was much lower than feed in tariffs in vogue those days. This was a 1,000 MW bid for projects to be connected on Read more…
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is providing subsidy up to 30% of the benchmark cost of the solar water pumps to the farmers under Off-grid and Decentralized Solar PV Applications Programme. Till date (August 2018) over 1.85 lakh solar water pumps have been reported installed in the Read more…
India can surpass the target of attaining 100 GW solar energy by 2022, provided it replaces all traditional water pumps by solar water pumps, said a study. According to the report, these grid-connected, net-metered solar pumps will also play an important role in providing secondary income to farmers, while giving Read more…
The Gujarat government has launched a solar power scheme for farmers— Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) enabling them to generate electricity for their captive consumption as well as sell the surplus power to the grid and earn an extra buck. Announcing the pilot project of the scheme in Gandhinagar, Chief Minister Read more…
State-run power sector financier Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has announced its commitment of USD 1 million to International Solar Alliance (ISA). “In view of the World Environment Day 2018, REC contributed USD 1 million to the ISA becoming a corpus contributor,” an REC statement said. REC Chairman and Managing Director Read more…
India’s second-largest software services firm, Infosys, saw over 43% of its electricity requirements being met through renewable energy sources during 2017/18, a report today said. As per Infosys’ 11th Annual Sustainability Report, 43.7% of the company’s electricity requirements—equating to more than 100 million units—is sourced from renewable sources. The Bengaluru-based Read more…
The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), an autonomous institution under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, has installed a remote sensing instrument—LiDAR for assessment of offshore wind resource at the Gulf of Khambat, off the Gujarat Coast. The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), a Read more…