To give a big push for rooftop solar panel installations, the Central government has increased subsidy from the current 30 percent to 40 percent, a move which will be boosted rooftop solar capacity in Telangana, says N Janaiah, VC & MD, TSREDCO. According to him, Telangana has a commissioned capacity Read more…
It also approved the pact with Cambodia for cooperation in communications. With Denmark, the Cabinet gave its approval for a cooperation agreement in renewable energy with focus on offshore wind energy. The Cabinet which was chaired by Prime Minister Modi was also apprised about an MoU signed in May 2018 Read more…
Wind energy developers were surprisingly lukewarm to the auction of 1,200 MW of projects offered by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), with techno-commercial bids of only half the capacity on offer. SECI confirmed the development. Most SECI auctions are usually oversubscribed. Its last wind auction of 1200 MW Read more…
Singapore-based AM International Holdings, the holding company of SPIC and Manali Petro, has announced its foray into renewable energy by setting up a floating solar power plant. Ashwin Muthiah, founder chairman of AM International Group, laid the foundation stone for the 24 MW floating solar power plant at SPIC’s Thoothukudi Read more…
Malaysia’s state-run oil and gas company, Petroliam Nasional Bhd or Petronas on Monday said it has acquired Amplus Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd, one of India’s largest rooftop solar power producers. The ₹2,700 crore deal, which is expected to be completed later this month, marks Petronas’ foray into the global clean energy Read more…
Union Minister Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of State (IC), Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, mentioned that business and government must partner for sustainable development of India. He was speaking at the launch of NITI Aayog and CII Partnership on SDGs, at the Government and Business Read more…
The Minister Calls for a Clean Environment for Our Future Generations “India is making rapid strides in the field of renewable energy and we will overshoot the target of 175 GW renewable energy by 2022,” said Shri R K Singh, Minister of State(IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Read more…
The Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh releasing the booklet “State Distribution Utilities – Sixth Annual Integrated Rating”, at the Conference of Power and New & Renewable Energy Ministers of States & UTs, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh on July 03, 2018. Read more…
India is committed to increasing the share of renewable energy in its electricity generation mix. With the rapidly declining cost of power from large-scale wind and solar projects, the renewables’ share has risen from around 5 per cent in 2014–15 to over 9 per cent in 2018–19.1 By 2021–22, over Read more…
At a time when farmers across the country are in distress, solar power-irrigated agricultural felds at Chakhaji village in Pusa block, Samastipur, Bihar, are lush green. Standing resplendently are bumper crops of peas, tomatoes, a variety of vegetables, and tobacco. Since the solar power irrigation project was launched towards the Read more…