This will allow thousands of RWAs and lakhs of individuals to take advantage of the schemes of the Delhi government in thesolar energy sector, with a particular push to agri-solar and rooftop solar energy, a Delhi government release stated on Friday.
Andhra Pradesh has emerged as a front runner in the country’s renewable energy sector with 2,591 MW of solar power and 4,057 MW of wind power capacity installed as of September 2018. Owing to rich resource availability, the state has the potential to develop 38 GW of solar and 44 Read more…
Five years ago, when the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) published its first State of Renewable Energy report, the sector was just taking wings. We were among its cheerleaders. As we publish the 2019 State of Renewable Energy, much has changed and yet, much remains the same. The Government Read more…
While the private sector has played a significant role in promoting renewable energy in India, the public sector too is emerging as a growth driver with more public sector units (PSUs) looking at alternative sources of power generation to become diversified energy companies. One such PSU is NLC India Limited Read more…
India’s bid to protect its solar-equipment makers by imposing a safeguard duty on cheap, Chinese imports has failed, according to domestic manufacturers, who are campaigning for tougher measures. The country last year imposed a 25% tariff on solar cells and modules imported from China and Malaysia for two years. That Read more…
India’s rapidly growing renewable energy capacity, a major achievement of the Modi government, faces a serious slowdown as investors are disappointed by the unrelenting focus on reduction of tariffs and multiple cancellation of bids after auctions. Central and state agencies have together scrapped solar tenders of close to 7,000 MW Read more…
With the government putting in major thrust on solar energy, coupled with its huge local market and strong manufacturing capabilities, India is poised to become a global leader for solar energy products and in innovations in solar technology. According to a market report of GOGLA, India is the single-largest market Read more…
Contributing towards green energy and to achieve self-reliance in power, R Madhavan, Chairman and Managing Director, HAL, inaugurated an 8.4 MW wind energy power plant near Ilkal in Bagalkot district in Karnataka. The power generated from this plant will be used for captive energy consumption at Bengaluru. “We are glad Read more…
The growth of our society is dependent on energy. And, since we have built our world using limited fossil fuel reserves, continuously shrinking reserves have created scarcity for energy, and given rise to energy cost. Currently, more than 1 billion people live without electricity and continuous fossil fuel generation has Read more…
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won an order for setting up 129 MW Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) power plants in Telangana from Singareni Collieries Company Limited. Significantly, valued at Rs.565 Crore, this is the largest SPV power plant order won by BHEL till date. The plants are to be set Read more…