Karnataka Secures Proposals Worth Rs. 72,000 Crores, With EVs and Solar in Focus

"About 50 foreign and domestic firms have proposed to invest Rs 72,000 crore in the northwest and northern regions of the state and a dozen companies signed...

Policies & Regulations | February 17, 2020 | By News Bureau |  2544 readings

Govt. Plans to Set Up Energy Parks worth 50 GW in Rajasthan, Gujarat

Industry majors such as Tata Power called it a significant leap for green energy while experts also said the initiative poses a challenging threat to thermal...

Policies & Regulations | February 17, 2020 | By News Bureau |  2626 readings

MNRE Decreases Effective Custom Duty to Zero After Increase in Budget

The budget had divided the tariffs into two categories- unassembled solar cells, or solar cells assembled into modules or panels; both of which would incur...

Policies & Regulations | February 14, 2020 | By News Bureau |  2615 readings

MNRE Inaugurates “Industry and Investors’ Facilitation Centre”

The centre will be headed by Amitesh Kumar Sinha, a Joint Secretary of MNRE. The centre will “catalyze and boost investor confidence and safeguard timely...

Policies & Regulations | February 12, 2020 | By News Bureau |  3165 readings

Rajasthan Soon To Bring Policy For Environmental Protection

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said the state government will soon bring a new policy for environmental protection as he noted that global...

Policies & Regulations | February 10, 2020 | By Darshana Daga |  2612 readings

Renewables to Underwrite 21% of Electricity Demand in India in 2021-22: RK Singh

As part of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Accord on Climate Change, India has made a pledge that by 2030, 40 percent of its installed...

Policies & Regulations | February 07, 2020 | By News Bureau |  2638 readings

Indonesia Plans to Switch Fossil Fuel Plants with Renewable Energy Plants to Meet RE Target

The country is mainly dominated by thermal power generation. Around 85% of the total power mix is contributed by thermal technology, says GlobalData

Policies & Regulations | February 07, 2020 | By News Bureau |  2526 readings

RE Capacity worth 7.5 GW Commissioned till December 2019: R K Singh

“Another 34,160 MW RE capacity is under various stages of implementation. It is expected that renewable energy capacity addition in the year 2019-20 will...

Policies & Regulations | February 05, 2020 | By News Bureau |  2431 readings

Ofgem Launches ‘Decarbonisation Action Plan’ to Support EV, RE in Britain

The plan also summaries the objective to support the development of an offshore grid to enable a four-fold increase in offshore wind generation by 2030. And...

Policies & Regulations | February 04, 2020 | By News Bureau |  2175 readings

China Set to Enhance Subsidy Policies for Renewable Energy Generation

In 2020, new subsidies to support new wind power, photovoltaic and biomass power generation projects are expected to be kept within 5 billion yuan (about 722...

Policies & Regulations | February 04, 2020 | By News Bureau |  2510 readings