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Net metering allows developers to sell electricity to the grid and deduct its value from their bill for the power drawn from the distribution company. The government encourages this system to promote renewable energy, but discoms in several states are hostile to this because they lose revenue for each unit Read more

India has one of the youngest populations in the world, with 350 million children less than 14 years of age making school education essential for future of the country. However, 221 million people residing in India are still without electricity access and many more with poor quality of supply (IEA, Read more

The discom has claimed that despite repeated efforts by MSEDCL to procure power through renewable energy sources but was not receiving responses from the bidders. Nagpur: MSEDCL has filed a petition in Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) urging the Commission not to levy any penalty on it for failing to Read more

The Government has approved a new scheme to provide financial assistance in the form of capital subsidy to small powerloom units for installation of solar photovoltaic (SPV) plants. The scheme aims to alleviate the problem of power cuts faced by the decentralized powerloom units in the country. The funds requirement Read more

The Haryana Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a leading company Prestige Ocean Holding and Investments Limited for the setting up of 100 MW solar power projects in the State with an investment of Rs 500 crore. Haryana Principal Secretary, New and Renewable Energy Department, Shri Ankur Read more

As per the agreement, the RSDCL will develop infrastructure in the solar park and NTPC will develop the solar projects. The agreement is likely to bring investment of more than Rs 4,000 crore in the state. New Delhi: Public sector major NTPC and Rajasthan Solarpark Development Company Ltd (RSDCL), a Read more

Gamesa India, a renewable energy company, has inaugurated its Greenfield integrated manufacturing facility at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. The company invested around Rs 300 crore in the facility. The plant was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Shri N Chandrababu Naidu. This is Gamesa’s largest facility in India and forms Read more