The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, issued the National Wind–Solar Hybrid Policy on May 14, 2018. The objective of the policy is to provide a framework for the promotion of large grid-connected wind–solar PV hybrid system for efficient utilization of transmission infrastructure and land. It also Read more
The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, and the French President Mr Emmanuel Macron inaugurated Uttar Pradesh’s biggest solar power plant of 75 MW (101DC) capacity in Mirzapur on March 12, 2018. Built at a cost of around `528 crore, the 75 MW solar plant at Vijaypur village Read more
Meghalaya has become the latest state to become a participant of the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) programme, which aims to provide last-mile connectivity to all willing households in India by 2018. The programme was launched on April 20, 2018 by the state’s Chief Minister Shri Conrad Read more
Hero Future Energies has commissioned the country’s first large-scale hybrid renewable energy project—a combination of sun and wind power—in Karnataka’s Raichur district. The company has added a 28.8 MW solar project to an existing 50 MW wind project set up two years ago. Also, both wind and solar are ‘infirm’ sources of Read more
The Karnataka government inaugurated the first phase of a 2,000 MW solar park in the drought-prone Pavagada region of Tumkur district on March 1, 2018. The first phase of the `16,500 crore park called ‘Shakti Sthala’ will generate 600 MW, while the balance 1,400 MW is expected to be commissioned Read more
Costa Rica’s new president has announced a plan to ban fossil fuels and become the first fully decarbonized country in the world. Carlos Alvarado, a 38-year-old former journalist, made the announcement to a crowd of thousands during his inauguration. “Decarbonization is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica Read more
With 2.3 million solar panels—covering the equivalent of 2,200 football fields in the arid northern state of Coahuila— the Villanueva power plant, built by the Italian energy company Enel, is part of Mexico’s push to generate 43% of its electricity from clean sources by 2024. Arrayed across the sand in seemingly endless Read more
In 2017, Asia accounted for nearly two-thirds of the worldwide increase in renewable energy generating capacity, according to a report published in April 2018 by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). IRENA, an intergovernmental organization based in Abu Dhabi, reported that the global renewable energy capacity in 2017 was 2,179 Read more
When the National Solar Mission was launched in 2010, the target of 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022 appeared too ambitious, as the country had only 160 MW of solar power then. India announced its commitment to achieve 40% of its total generating capacity from renewables by 2030 for Read more
Under the present rooftop solar programme, which was approved by the Government in December 2015, an aggregated capacity of 2,100 MW is targeted to be achieved in residential, institutional, social and Government sector through central financial assistance by the year 2019–20. As per data captured on the SPIN portal of Read more