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Government Goes into Overdrive to Ensure Energy Demand is Met in Summer

Anticipating an energy demand higher than in previous years as temperatures rise across the country, the government is taking measures to ensure zero load shedding in...

April 3, 2024

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Market & Policy
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India’s 500 GW Non-fossil Energy Target Moved to 2031-32

The government has moved the target year to install 500 GW of non-fossil energy capacity to 2031-32 from 2030, Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy R...

February 9, 2024

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Renewable Energy
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Daily News Wrap-Up: MNRE to Implement Green Hydrogen in Steel Industry

The government has launched pilot projects aimed at decarbonizing the steel sector using green hydrogen under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, the Ministry of New...

February 6, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Residential Rooftop Solar Subsidy to be Increased to 60%: R K Singh

Free electricity will be provided for households with a consumption of less than 300 units a month by installing rooftop solar systems on their homes, according to an...

February 5, 2024

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Solar
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India Says No to Pledge to Triple Renewables and Phase Down Coal at COP28

India has not endorsed a pledge signed by over 118 countries at the ongoing COP28 summit in Dubai to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, as doing so would have...

December 5, 2023

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Renewable Energy
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Green Hydrogen at the Core of Government’s Renewable Energy Plans

Green Hydrogen will play a central role in India’s ambition to reach 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030 and in developing energy storage solutions that could...

February 13, 2023

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Sumit Jha

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Renewable Energy
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Transmission Infrastructure for 66.5 GW of Renewable Energy Zones to be Set Up By 2022

The government is working towards setting up transmission systems for renewable energy zones with 66.5 GW of capacity by the end of 2022 to integrate non-fossil fuel...

October 13, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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T&D
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Bids for 12 GW of Offshore Wind Energy to be Issued in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat in Three Years

In a meeting on transmission planning for offshore wind energy projects in India, R.K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, announced that bids...

June 10, 2022

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Peer Mohamed Azees

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Tenders and Auctions

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Wind
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India’s Installed Renewable Energy Capacity Including Hydro Crosses 150 GW: MNRE

India has crossed the 150 GW milestone of installed renewable energy capacity, including hydro, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said in a tweet. In...

December 3, 2021

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Staff

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Renewable Energy
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Defer Bids Until Power Sale Agreements Backlog is Cleared – Solar Developers to Minister

The Solar Power Developers Association (SPDA) has written to Union Power Minister R.K. Singh asking to stop new auction activity for solar projects until the backlog of...

March 25, 2021

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Nithin Thomas

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Solar
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Power Sale Agreement for 16.8 GW of Renewable Projects Yet to be Signed: RK Singh

The Minister of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), R.K. Singh, told the Lok Sabha that power supply agreements (PSAs) for 16.8 GW of renewable energy projects are yet to...

September 24, 2020

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Rahul Nair

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Renewable Energy
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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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Waste to Energy
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Government Classifies Ocean Energy Under Renewable Sources

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has informed all the stakeholders that energy from the ocean like tidal, wave, ocean thermal energy conversion, will be...

August 26, 2019

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Ramya Ranganath

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Other Energy
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Andhra Pradesh Government Now Says it Will Only Target PPAs of Corrupt Wind Projects

In a welcome development, the ongoing feud between the renewable industry and the new administration in the state of Andhra Pradesh could be deescalating. The state...

August 21, 2019

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Saumy Prateek

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Wind
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India Likely to Hike Import Duty on Solar Equipment in the Coming Years

The Minister for Power R. K. Singh has announced that the import duty that’s currently being levied on solar equipment will be raised in the coming years. According to a...

August 12, 2019

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Saumy Prateek

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