Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines inaugurated the Conference of Ministers for Power, New & Renewable Energy and Mines of States & Union Territories at the first SWITCH Global Expo in the presence of Shri Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, MNRE. Read more…
Today, India is one of the youngest nations in the world with more than 62 per cent of its population in the working age group (15–59 years) and more than 54 per cent of its total population below 25 years of age. Its population pyramid is expected to bulge across Read more…
European Union (EU) countries are on track to meet their 2020 targets for renewable energy and emissions cuts but could fall short of ambitious longer-term goals, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). “The EU’s 2020 targets on energy and climate are now well within reach,” EEA Executive Director Hans Read more…
The COP of Action The years leading up to COP22 have seen a drastic change in international political response to climate change. In December 2015, at COP21 in Paris, France, parties signed the Paris Agreement that specifies that countries will submit nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and report on progress on Read more…
A capacity addition of 14.30 GW of renewable energy has been reported during the last two and half years under Grid Connected Renewable Power, which include 5.8 GW from Solar Power, 7.04 GW from Wind Power, 0.53 from Small Hydro Power, and 0.93 from Biopower. This was stated by Shri Read more…
TERI, in conjunction with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has developed a web portal for monitoring and compliance of Renewable Purchase obligation (RPO) in the country. In this context, TERI organized an interactive work session on demonstration of the web-based portal for stakeholders to accelerate grid-connected RE Read more…
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) CMD Shri K S Popli was awarded the ‘SCOPE Award for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to the Public Sector Management-Individual Leadership Category III (Other Profit Making PSEs)’. The award was presented by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India to Shri Popli, Chairman Read more…
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited, (IREDA) was awarded the India Pride Award 2016–17 by Dainik Bhaskar Group of Publications under the category – CSR/ Environment Protection and Conservation. The Award was presented by Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister for Communication (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Railways to Shri Read more…
ReNew Power Ventures, India’s leading renewable energy company exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of echnology, Delhi (IITD) to set up a research facility on renewable energy. This exchange took place in the presence of the Honourable President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The MoU Read more…
The REN21 Renewables 2017 Global Futures Report presents the views of 114 renowned energy experts from around the world, on the feasibility and challenges of achieving a 100 per cent renewable energy future. Their thoughts are grouped into 12 Great Debates ranging from the future of heating and transport, the Read more…