piyush-goyal

thumbnail
“Nothing in it for Us”: Solar Industry Reacts to 2019 Budget

The interim budget announced by interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal did not offer much for India’s renewable energy sector. Mercom had reported that the budget could...

February 4, 2019

/

Saumy Prateek

/

Markets & Policy

,

Solar
thumbnail
Budget 2019 Fails to Meet Renewable Industry’s Expectations Yet Again

The interim Budget 2019 was announced on February 1, 2019 by the interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal. Like the previous two years, this year’s Budget also appears to...

February 1, 2019

/

Saumy Prateek

/

Markets & Policy

,

Solar
thumbnail
Indian Railways Announces Plans to Install Solar Panels on Stations and Trains

The Indian Railways is the single largest consumer of electricity with roughly 2 percent share of national energy consumption and it is gradually turning towards green...

July 19, 2018

/

Saumy Prateek

/

Markets & Policy

,

Solar
thumbnail
Indian Railways to Become Net-Zero Carbon Emitter by 2030

Indian Railways is going green in a big way and plans to become a net-zero carbon emitter by 2030, according to Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal. Goyal spoke to news...

June 21, 2018

/

Nitin Kabeer

/

Markets & Policy

,

Solar
thumbnail
Indian Railways to Tender 5 GW of Solar to Cut Down Power Costs

The Indian Railways is turning to solar power to cut down its increasing power costs. The Railways will soon launch tenders to set up large-scale solar power projects,...

February 28, 2018

/

Saumy Prateek

/

Solar

,

Tenders & Auctions
thumbnail
Goyal: Indian Railways Plans to Invite Bids for the Development of More Solar Projects

The Indian Railways is preparing to release tenders for the development of solar projects that will expand the company’s footprint in the Indian solar sector, according...

February 15, 2018

/

Ankita Rajeshwari

/

Solar

,

Tenders & Auctions
thumbnail
5 MW of Rooftop Solar Projects Commissioned for Indian Railways

The Indian Railways have commissioned solar projects aggregating 5 MW. These projects have been set up on the roof tops of Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi, Anand Vihar and...

October 30, 2017

/

Saumy Prateek

/

Rooftop

,

Solar
thumbnail
Indian Railways to Shift the Energy Mix Toward Renewable Sources

The International Conference on Green Initiatives and Railway Electrification has opened to a discourse on green initiatives, electrification, and decarbonization of the...

October 30, 2017

/

Saumy Prateek

/

Markets & Policy

,

Solar
thumbnail
India Renewable Energy News and Policy Roundup for September 2017

Several important renewable energy policies especially in solar were announced last month in India. Notable news was the Rewa payment guarantee announcement from Madhya...

October 4, 2017

/

Priya Sanjay

/

Markets & Policy

,

Solar
thumbnail
Minister for Power to Meet with Major Solar Developers

The new Indian Minister for Power, Mr. R. K. Singh, has called a meeting with major developers in the solar energy sector. This is the first such meeting he will chair...

September 29, 2017

/

Saumy Prateek

/

Markets & Policy

,

Solar
thumbnail
After Solid Accomplishments, Piyush Goyal Makes Way for Raj Kumar Singh as India’s New Minister of Power

In a recent cabinet shuffle, Mr. Piyush Goyal was promoted to the position of Minister of Railways and Coal and Mr. Raj Kumar Singh took over his old role as the...

September 5, 2017

/

Saumy Prateek

/

Markets & Policy

,

Solar
thumbnail
India Renewable Energy Policy Roundup from August 2017

Government agencies were busy in the month of August with two anti-dumping cases decided against Chinese companies for solar glass and castings for wind turbines. The...

August 31, 2017

/

Priya Sanjay

/

Other

,

Renewable Energy
thumbnail
Solar RPO in India to be Set at 6.75 Percent for FY 2018-19

The solar renewable purchase obligation (RPO) for financial year (FY) 2018-19 will be set at 6.75 percent, stated Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister for Power, in the Lok Sabha....

August 3, 2017

/

Priya Sanjay

/

Solar

,

Utility Scale
thumbnail
RPO System to be Re-evaluated Says Power Minister Piyush Goyal

A separate solar and non-solar renewable purchase obligations (RPO) system should be reviewed according to Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Power. If what’s been proposed...

July 25, 2017

/

Saumy Prateek

/

Other

,

Renewable Energy
India Can Integrate 175 GW of Renewable Energy into the Electricity Grid, Study Reveals

India can integrate the entire targeted 175 GW of renewable energy into the national electricity grid based on projected power system plans and regulations according to...

July 4, 2017

/

Raj Prabhu

/

Grid

,

T&D

1

2

3

...

3