MoF approves scheme for floating solar battery storageIndia is set to boost renewable energy with a new ₹5,500 crore floating solar battery storage scheme. The finance ministry's expenditure fi...
China-like grid planning needed to meet renewable energy goal: MNRE secretaryIndia aims for 1,800 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2050. Achieving this requires a super grid, similar to China's. The government plans ...
IBA seeks 10% compulsory fermented organic manure blending target by 2030India's soil health is set to improve with a new proposal for Fermented Organic Manure (FOM). The Indian Biogas Association suggests a phas...
MNRE to review solar project delays ahead of ALMM rolloutThe ministry of new and renewable energy will hold a review meeting with manufacturers and developers over concerns about delays in project...
Some PM KUSUM projects get extension till March 2027The government has extended the deadline for some PM KUSUM solar projects. Developers and state agencies now have until March 31, 2027, to ...
Nidhi Khare given additional charge of MNREThe appointment comes after Prashant Kumar Singh, secretary MNRE, was repatriated to Manipur to serve as the chief secretary. Singh had tak...
Govt plans Rs 17,000 cr incentive scheme for electrolyzers, green hydrogen production: MNRE Secy Bhupinder BhallaThe government has planned over Rs 17,000 crore in incentives to promote the manufacturing of electrolyzers and green hydrogen in the count...
MNRE organising webinars on renewable energyThe Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) on Tuesday said it has been conducting a series of webinars on achievements in clean energy...
Only DISCOMS are authorised to install rooftop solar plants, empanel vendors: GovtThe ministry informed that almost all the DISCOMS have issued online processes for this purpose and residential consumers willing to set up...
Duty concessions for wind turbine components may continueMNRE held several rounds of discussions with Indian wind equipment makers about the duty concessions. It held the view that use of local eq...
MNRE cautions against fake websites for PM-KUSUM SchemeOn March 18, 2019 MNRE had issued an advisory advising beneficiaries and general public to refrain from depositing any registration fee and...
Government appoints Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi as MNRE SecretaryThe existing MNRE Secretary Anand Kumar has been appointed as the Secretary to Ministry of Culture, an order issued by Appointment Committe...
MNRE urges states to set up renewable energy equipment parks, make India global hub"MNRE has initiated action in big way towards setting up new hubs for manufacturing renewable energy equipments in the country to meet both...
MNRE officers, staff working from home through e-office platformRK Singh, Minister for New and Renewable Energy, also took review meetings with all officers yesterday and today in which it was decided th...
MNRE issues clarification on the approved list of models and manufacturers (ALMM) of solar PV cellsThe application fees for PV module manufacturers having total manufacturing capacity less than 50 MW will be Rs. 2,500 per module. Earlier,...
Solar PV cells manufactured using ‘blue wafers’ no longer to be classified as domestically manufactured cells: MNREA solar PV cell shall be considered to be domestically manufactured only if the same has been manufactured in India using un-diffused silic...
MNRE to launch mega-sized solar power projectsTo give a boost to its efforts to bring down the cost of solar power in India, MNRE is planning to roll out large megawatt size solar power...