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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...- IREDA eyes over 21% growth in revenue from operations to Rs 8,200 crore this fiscalIndian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) anticipates a revenue surge. The company aims for a 21% increase in revenue from operati...
- Tata Power bags contract from SECI for solar and battery project in ChhattisgarhThe project will demonstrate how, by using a large battery storage system like BESS, solar power can be used to provide clean energy during...
- 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 cancels proposal for 500 MW solar park project in Tamil NaduIt was in 2017 that the government announced that a 500 MW solar photovoltaic park would come up at Kadaladi. Former CM J Jayalalithaa had ...
- Dispute resolution panel for renewable energy projects to give decisions in 3 weeks: MNREThe committee will hear all such cases of solar/wind projects being implemented through SECI as well as NTPC.
- 35 developers express interest in Gujarat's offshore wind projectThe wind energy project with a capacity to produce 1,000 megawatt has been planned off the coast of Pipavav port in Gujarat.
- Govt amends solar bidding norms, developers can now pass on duty hikeDevelopers can now pass on the burden of any increase in duties on solar equipment to discoms. It would mean that duty hike will ultimately...
- Govt pushes ahead BIS norms implementation date for solar power manufacturers & sellersLast year, MNRE issued the Quality Control (Requirement for Compulsory Registration under BIS Act) Order 2017, which was supposed to come i...
- MNRE ropes in Germany-based KfW Development Bank to fund two floating solar projects"The KfW-funded floating solar park would be a showcase project that would demonstrate the technical viability of large solar projects," sa...
- All sites for solar parks finalised: Ministry of New and Renewable EnergyWith two new areas selected this year, the process of identifying the land on which these parks will be located is complete.
- Government yet to devise policies for scaling up solar capacity to 100 GW by 2022The government’s ambitious plan to install solar plants with 1 lakh megawatt capacity looks set to be a non-starter in 2015-16.
- Of Rs 40k-crore National Clean Energy Fund, only Rs 1.6 crore spent on projects in last 3 yearsThe lack of inter-ministerial coordination and delay in allocation have resulted in stalling of projects worth Rs 10,000 crore
- India to invite bidding for largest solar power project; aims to achieve a capacity addition of 10,000 MW by 2017The bidding, which is a part of second batch of the phase 2 of JNNSM, aims to achieve a capacity addition of 10,000 MW by 2017.
- Domestic solar cell makers say use of indigenous products can keep cost of solar power lowThe Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), announced in 2009, targets 20 gigawatts of energy generation by 2022 in three phases.
- Dumping duty on imported cells to double solar power costsSolar power costs could now double, after falling steeply in the past few years, if the government goes ahead and imposes dumping duty on i...
- Government, IIT-Bombay launch solar project to reduce kerosene subsidyIIT Bombay started a programme last year to distribute solar lamps to students living in non-electrified areas of the country.
- Local compamies may get little role in the next phase of solar missionThe government has rebuffed the pleas of the domestic manufacturers of solar cells and modules to protect them from a flood of imports.
- Huge potential to tap renewable energy: OfficialIn his keynote address, D R Joshi, director, Gujarat Energy Development Agency claimed that Gujarat is the only state producing 16 per cent...
- India may settle solar case with US out of courtThe Dispute Settlement Understanding of WTO has given India ten days to file a reply.
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