Page 12 - Renewable Energy Policy

Major firms bet on Rajasthan's green power push, especially solar

Reliance Group leads the pack with plans to invest around Rs 1 trillion in solar power projects of 20,000 Mw in Jodhpur, Barmer, and Jalore, among other places

India among leaders in annual renewable energy investment: UN report

The report mentions WFP estimates of an increase of 47 million acutely hungry people in 2022 across 82 countries due to the lingering effects of Covid-19 and the continuing Russian-Ukraine war

Green investment jumped 125% to $14.5 billion in FY22: IEEFA report

Acquisitions, bond issues make up for 75% of total value

Centre announces Rs 1,000 cr scheme for power and RE equipment making zones

The proposed funding for the three zones is Rs 1,000 crore with a ceiling of Rs 4,000 crore

Work begins on world's largest renewable energy storage project in Andhra

The worlds largest Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project is coming up in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district with an investment of over $3 billion.

Japan's Mitsui to invest in ReNew Power's renewable energy project

ReNew Power renewable energy project to provide 400 MW of electricity to state-owned electricity.

India's Green Hydrogen Policy to benefit RIL, Tata Power the most: Analysts

RIL has already spent $1.4 billion to acquire technologies across the solar battery and hydrogen ecosystems

LIVE: Ukraine's foreign minister says tank fire recorded in country's East

These shells came from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, which are controlled by Russia, says Dmytro Kuleba

India, ASEAN can develop entire ecosystem for renewable energy: R K Singh

Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh on Monday said India and ASEAN together can develop the entire ecosystem for renewable energy (RE) and explore the joint initiative for building RE manufacturing hubs in the region. At the ASEAN-India High-Level Conference on Renewable Energy, in his keynote address, Singh said India and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) can work together to develop an entire ecosystem for renewables that promotes knowledge sharing, capacity building and technical assistance; and also explore joint initiatives for the development of renewable energy manufacturing hubs in the region. The ASEAN-India High-Level Conference on Renewable Energy, being organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the Ministry of External Affairs of Government of India on February 7-8, 2022, commenced on Monday. The High-Level Conference, over a period of two days, will focus on the theme: 'Experience and Innovations for Integrated ...

India's renewable power generation growth races ahead of thermal

But Omicron scare could derail electricity demand recovery

NTPC arm to float global tender to set up Rs 15k-cr 3 GW RE project by Feb

The development assumes significance given India's ambitious target of having 175GW of renewable energy by 2022, including 100GW of solar and 60 GW of wind energy

Inter-ministerial coordination needed for higher RE investments: Experts

India's plan to expand its non-fossil energy capacity five-fold to 500 Gw by 2030 and meet half its energy needs from RE could add over $300 bn of investments in the sector

Europe's energy crunch sparks panic in Asia and scramble to buy fuel

Worried the eye-watering price of natural gas in Europe will spill over, LNG traders in Asia say they're paying record prices for this time of year

India needs to judiciously use land for renewable energy expansion targets

Whether or not India commits to net-zero emission by 2050, its huge renewable energy (RE) capacity expansion over next few decades will require large quantum of land

Renewable energy in India: The good, the bad, and the action needed

See how much of your state's energy consumption is from renewables in today's analysis

How renewable energy became price-competitive with conventional power

Solar power resources are more evenly distributed. Yet, most solar capacity addition is seen in the states already rich in windpower

PLI boost spurs solar manufacturers to look at new schemes for growth

A basic Customs duty of 40 per cent on solar cells and 25 per cent on modules will come into effect from April 1, 2022

India's renewable energy plan of 175 GW by FY22-end faces multiple risks

Sector comes of age with large companies driving growth, but land acquisition and regulatory delays hamper the immediate target of achieving 175 Gw capacity by FY22 end

Transmission charges' waiver for renewable projects extended till 2025

Battery storage, Pump hydro, renewable trading also under exemption

India unlikely to accept IEA's call to stop new fossil fuel investments

"We do not think the report by IEA has been vetted by the member countries as a position document", said a senior source in the government