The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is in parleys with the Union Finance Ministry to work out a model of finance for innovative ideas in the energy saving space. The Bureau is working on framing...
NEW DELHI: Welspun Energy commissioned its 55 mw solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Rajasthan. This project was a part of the first phase of the National Solar Mission and is Asia’s largest single location solar power plant....
Making it the next hub for solar power in the country, government plans to set up 4,000 mw of solar thermal power capacity in Rajasthan. “We have discussed the plant with the Rajasthan government and we aim to...
(Hybrid micro-grid can strengthen electricity supply to Rural India) When distribution and transmission lines in India are not able to supply electricity to remote rural villages, then there is a hope of innovation, Micro-grid....
Chennai: Tamil Nadu may find its pole position in captive wind energy under threat as companies are reluctant to add to capacity nor is the sector attractive enough for third-party wind power developers. That could...
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former President and eminent scientist, on Tuesday attached priority on fuel conservation as a sustainable means to achieve energy sufficiency. Addressing a conference on ‘Environment and Its Impact on...
In a breakthrough decision for wind and solar power industry, the power regulator in Maharashtra has directed all distribution firms to meet their obligation for buying renewable energy in the past four years, and said they will...
Anna University in Chennai has set up a 3kw solar power plant on the campus to reduce dependence on non-renewable forms of energy. University vice-chancellor M Rajaram inaugurated the solar plant installed at the Centre for Nanoscience...
Power equipment makers and generators are at loggerheads as the government contemplates making domestic equipment sourcing mandatory for mega projects. The power generators have written to the finance minister, asking the government not to...
Mercom Capital (Austin, Texas, U.S.) says that Indian policymakers have been unable to navigate rapid changes in the global solar market and that protectionist policies have “all but paralyzed the sector”, in its latest...
Himachal Pradesh government has decided to come out with new power policy to harness solar energy. Chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday said that state government was endeavouring to preserve the depleting conventional resources to meet...
The Delhi government may have regularised 895 unauthorised colonies with an eye on the elections, but there is no clarity on who will foot the bill for the creation and upgrade of infrastructure in...
The state power regulator’s recent decision to enhance the capital cost of the 15-year old gas-based power plant owned by GVK group may not go uncontested as the state power utility will have to pay more to enable...