Key industry and policymakers congregated at Asia’s Largest Energy Trade Expo, Renewable Energy India (REI) 2016 on September 7–9, 2016 at Greater Noida. The expo was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Shri Upendra Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India and other key dignitaries, such Read more…
The 7th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress and Expo-2016 (WRETC-2016) was held on August 21–23, 2016 in New Delhi and was organized by the Energy and Environment Foundation and supported by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, and UNESCO, New Delhi Office. The event served Read more…
European Union (EU) countries are on track to meet their 2020 targets for renewable energy and emissions cuts but could fall short of ambitious longer-term goals, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). “The EU’s 2020 targets on energy and climate are now well within reach,” EEA Executive Director Hans Read more…
The REN21 Renewables 2017 Global Futures Report presents the views of 114 renowned energy experts from around the world, on the feasibility and challenges of achieving a 100 per cent renewable energy future. Their thoughts are grouped into 12 Great Debates ranging from the future of heating and transport, the Read more…
Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, laid the foundation stone for Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan in New Delhi on October 19, 2016. Shri Upendra Tripathy, Secretary MNRE; Shri P K Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power; Shri Balvender Kumar, Secretary, Read more…
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), one of the important invasive aquatic species, commonly covers the surface of rivers and lakes and causes a series of environmental problems due to its rapid growth and high reproducibility in both clear water and wastewater. Thus, it is also considered as a noxious weed as Read more…
ReNew Power Ventures, India’s leading renewable energy company exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of echnology, Delhi (IITD) to set up a research facility on renewable energy. This exchange took place in the presence of the Honourable President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The MoU Read more…
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) organized a two-day National Review Meeting with the State Government officials of Renewable Energy sector on January 23–24, 2017. Mobile App for Solar Rooftop Systems: ‘ARUN—Atal Rooftop Solar User Navigator’ and Information Guide on Rooftop Systems were also launched on the occasion Read more…
Thayannankudi is a very old Muthuvan tribal settlement in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary along the side of River Chinnar in Idukki District, Kerala. There are 48 families and nearly 200 members in this settlement as per the management plan 2012– 2022, and there was no electricity or communication facility in Read more…