The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) asked the states to ensure movement of material and engineers for zero disruption in renewable energy generation. The MNRE in a notification noted “Power generation (including renewable power generation) is an essential service for securing smooth and uninterrupted power flow across and within states .” The ministry […]
Renewable Energy projects under implementation will be given extension of time considering period of lockdown and time required for re-mobilisation of work force, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Secretary Anand Kumar said. Kumar made the announcement through a tweet following Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi’s announcement for a complete lockdown across the country for […]
The Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council, headed by Lt Governor G C Murmu recently approved four policies for tourism, captive power, hydro power and renewable energy, and AYUSH care. The Administrative Council’s decision comes in the backdrop of Global Investors Summit scheduled to be held later in the year to attract investments in the union […]
As part of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions as per the Paris Accord on Climate Change, India has undertaken to install at least forty percent of its total electricity generation capacity from renewable energy sources by 2030. As on 29th February 2020, a cumulative renewable energy capacity of 132.15 GW had been installed in the country, […]
Policy certainty will increase domestic and international investing into India, a new report out on Thursday by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said. The report, India’s Renewable Energy Policy Headwinds – Recommendations for Urgently Accelerating Activity in the Renewable Energy Sector, finds a number of recent policy positions that have undermined […]
India’s renewable energy (RE) sector seems to be losing steam, even as the total capacity has reached almost 86 GW by December 2019, says the latest State of India’s Environment Annual report, released here at the 2020 Annual Media Conclave and Anil Agarwal Dialogue. India has set itself a target of 175 gigaWatt (GW) RE capacity by […]
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in its new report said that India’s national transmission grid must urgently modernise to increase the rate of renewable energy adoption. This is a key prerequisite for achieving India’s renewable energy investment ambitions while accelerating the excellent progress of recent years. As of December 2019, India had […]
The Sajjan Jindal-led company JSW Energy is reportedly planning to have renewable energy at core of its 20 GW capacity target. According to ET the company is on track to double its capacity to 10 GW by 2024 and aims to scale it up to 20 gw by 2029-30. Prashant Jain, joint managing director and […]
The Renewable Energy Minister, R K Singh informed the Rajya Sabha replying to a question, that a renewable energy (RE) capacity of 7591.99 MW has been commissioned in the year 2019-20 (up to Dec 2019). He added that another 34160 MW RE capacity is under various stages of implementation. It is expected that renewable energy […]
Renewable energy experts lauded the governments’ decision on expanding the PM-KUSUM scheme and a proposal to allocate about Rs 22,000 crore to power and renewable energy sector in 2020-21, saying the step will help generate employment opportunities and give a boost to the agriculture sector. While presenting the budget for 2020-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman […]
