The Government have taken, inter alia, following steps to increase solar energy generation in the country: (i) Announcement of a target of installing 100 GW of solar energy capacity by December, 2022. (ii) Waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar power for Read more…
As part of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions as per the Paris Accord on Climate Change, India has undertaken to install at least forty percent of its total electricity generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. As on 29th February 2020, a cumulative renewable energy capacity of 132.15 GW had Read more…
Site is more Informative and User friendly Including for Visually Challenged The Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New and Renewable Energy and Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri R K Singh launched the new website of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy late afternoon here Read more…
The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has today opened a Industry and Investors’ Facilitation Centre in the Ministry. This will work as a focal point to provide correct and timely information on Policies and programmes of the Government and also resolve the issues of the renewable energy Read more…
As per Central Electricity Authority’s National Electricity Plan, contribution of renewable energy sources is estimated to be around 21% of the total electricity demand of the country in the year 2021-22 and 24% by 2026-27. The major efforts being taken by the Government to meet the targets of renewable energy Read more…
The Minister of State (I/C) For New & Renewable Energy, Power and MoS for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri R K Singh informed the Rajya Sabha today while replying to a question during Question Hour that a renewable energy (RE) capacity of 7591.99 MW has been commissioned in the year Read more…
Installed Re Capacity Crosses 84GW; Nearly 1o GW Re Capacity Added in 2019 YEAR END REVIEW, 2019, MNRE As a part of Nationally Determined Contributions as per the Paris Accord on Climate Change, India has made a pledge that by 2030, 40% of our installed power generation capacity shall be Read more…
A total of 47.86 GW of renewable energy capacity has been installed in the country during the last six years i.e. March, 2014 to October, 2019. The initiatives taken by the Government to explore new and renewable energy sources in the country inter-alia, include the Permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Read more…
Source : MNRE Annual Report
1000 MW CAPACITY GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR POWER PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH NTPC VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM LIMITED (NVVN) UNDER NATIONAL SOLAR MISSION (NSM) PHASE-I: This scheme covered large solar power plants of total 1,000 MW capacity connected to grid at 33 kV and above – 500 MW capacity each based on Solar Thermal Read more…