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EU States Approve New Electricity Market Design to Boost Renewables Deployment

The European Council has agreed upon a proposal to amend the European Union’s electricity market design (EMD), aiming to make electricity prices less dependent on...

October 19, 2023

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Staff

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Renewable Energy
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Parliament Panel Wants Extension of FAME Program Until 2027

A parliamentary committee has recommended that the government extend Phase II of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (FAME) for at...

August 9, 2023

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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Parliament Panel Wants Renewable Finance Obligation Prescribed for Banks

Parliament’s Standing Committee on Energy has asked the government to explore the possibility of prescribing Renewable Finance Obligations along the lines of Renewable...

July 27, 2023

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Renewable Energy
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European Parliament Raises Target for Renewable Share to 42.5% by 2030

The European Parliament and the Council have provisionally agreed to raise the European Union’s binding renewable target to a minimum of 42.5% by 2030, up from 32%. It...

March 31, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Intra-State Sections of Evacuation Infrastructure for Renewables Delayed

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy that the intra-state stretches of the Green Energy Corridor (GEC)...

March 24, 2023

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Sumit Jha

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Grid

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Renewable Energy

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Solar
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Power Ministry’s Planning Led to Highest-Ever Budgetary Allocation: Committee

Allocation in the Union Budget 2023 to the Ministry of Power has increased 29% to over ₹160 billion (~$2 billion), the highest ever for the ministry, the parliamentary...

March 23, 2023

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Sumit Jha

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Markets & Policy

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Tenders & Auctions
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European Parliament to Mandate Solar Rooftops for All New Buildings by 2028

The European Parliament adopted the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, mandating the use of solar rooftop systems for all new buildings by 2028 and...

March 16, 2023

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Satish Shetty

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Consumers

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Markets & Policy

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Rooftop

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Solar
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European Union Parliament Passes Law to Ban Fossil Fuel Cars by 2035

The European Parliament has approved a law that effectively bans the sales of new petrol and diesel cars in Europe from 2035 to accelerate measures to cut 100% of carbon...

February 15, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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EU Reaches Deal on Major Carbon Market Reform to Cut Emissions by 2030

European Union (EU) member states and parliamentarians have agreed on a major reform to the bloc’s carbon market or emission trading system (ETS) to reduce...

December 19, 2022

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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All Government Vehicles in Delhi To Switch to Electric by August 2021 – Nitin Gadkari

All vehicles owned/leased by the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) will transition to electric by August 6, 2021, Minister of Road Transport...

March 9, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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Gujarat and Tamil Nadu Have Offshore Wind Energy Potential of 70 GW: MNRE

The Ministry of Renewable Energy (MNRE) recently told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy that India has an offshore wind energy potential of around 70 GW in...

January 8, 2020

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Nithin Thomas

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Wind
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India Has Set Up 186 Waste-to-Energy Projects So Far

To recover energy from waste and effluent generated from industries, India has set up 186 waste-to-energy projects for generation of biogas, bioCNG power with a...

December 23, 2019

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Anjana Parikh

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Other

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Waste to Energy
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Andhra Pradesh Develops Over 1 GW of Solar Parks in Naxal Affected Areas

According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the government of Andhra Pradesh has reported the development of a cumulative capacity of 1,160 MW  of...

November 27, 2019

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Anjana Parikh

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Solar

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