The Scheme for Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects was rolled out on 12-12-2014 with aggregate capacity 20,000 MW. Further, the capacity of the Solar Park Scheme was enhanced from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW on 21-03-2017 to set up at least 50 solar parks by Read more
Source: MNRE Annual reports
The Ministry launched the above scheme in January 2015 , the Scheme is closed for new sanctions. Under this Scheme, MNRE has sanctioned around 882 MW grid-connected solar PV power plant capacity to 9 CPSUs/Govt. Organizations. As of 31.12.2019, all the sanctioned 882 MW capacity solar PV projects have been Read more
Government of India, through Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), on 05.04.2019, has approved Implementation of CPSU Scheme Phase-II for setting up 12,000 MW grid-connected Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Projects by CPSUs/ State PSUs/ Government Organisations, with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) support over 4 years 2019-20 to 2022-23 for Read more
Shri Anand Kumar, Secretary, Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said that the Government is committed to managing curtailments to enhance the ease of doing business for developers in the renewable energy sector. Speaking at the session on Renewables in India at the India Pavilion, on the Read more
Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading module manufacturers and a prominent rooftop solar & EPC solutions provider was recently conferred with prestigious Best Employer Brand Award for Kolkata for the year 2019. The award ceremony was an effort by World HRD Congress to identify the companies with growing capacities to Read more
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued an advisory/clarification dated November 5 stating that as long as the solar PV power plant is in accordance with the contracted AC capacity and meets the range of energy supply based on Capacity Utilisation Factor (CUF) requirements, the design and installation Read more
Rajasthan-based SunAlpha Energy has launched Easy EMI financial facility for rooftop solar power plants. With a view to make the adoption of solar power easier on the pocket, SunAlpha aims to enable mass adoption of solar power across all segments. While launching this scheme, SunAlpha Co-founder & CEO Raghav Mittal said, Read more
The scheme provides for the setting up of large scale ground-mounted solar PV projects on pan-India basis for 750 MW capacity. After a transparent selection and award process, projects of capacity 680 MW could successfully achieve financial closure and were commissioned. All these projects are under commercial operation. Total VGF 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