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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…
Read insight — MNRE ISSUES NATIONAL WIND–SOLAR HYBRID POLICYThe 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…
Read insight — MNRE SETS UP THE BIGGEST SOLAR POWER PLANT IN UTTAR PRADESHMeghalaya has become the latest state to become a participant of the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) programme, which aims to provide…
Read insight — ‘SAUBHAGYA’ PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN MEGHALAYAHero 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…
Read insight — HERO FUTURE ENERGIES SETS UP COUNTRY’S FIRST HYBRID RENEWABLE POWER PLANTThe 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.…
Read insight — SHAKTI STHALA SOLAR PARK LAUNCHED IN KARNATAKAThe Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, in consultation with the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), Chennai, has prepared a draft…
Read insight — MNRE CIRCULATES DRAFT INDIAN WIND TURBINE CERTIFICATION SCHEME (IWTCS)With an aim to promote the usage of solar energy, the Chief Minister of Delhi, Shri Arvind Kejriwal, inaugurated solar power plants at Dwarka’s residential…
Read insight — Delhi CM Inaugurates Rooftop Solar Power Plants in DwarkaNRG Systems, Inc. has stated that a trial of its ultrasonic acoustic Bat Deterrent System reduced overall bat fatalities at the Los Vientos Wind Energy…
Read insight — BAT DETERRENT SYSTEM REDUCES BAT FATALITIES AT TEXAS WIND FARMWhen 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…
Read insight — INDIA’S REMARKABLE SUCCESS IN SOLAR POWER CAPACITY ADDITIONDue to the accelerated global economic growth, energy consumption is increasing exponentially on a yearly basis. At the same time, the onslaught of greenhouse gases…
Read insight — HYBRID RENEWABLE SYSTEMS: Aiding Growing Economies to Achieve Development and Climate Goals