‘India’s renewable energy plan lacks vision’
The target of achieving 175 GW green power capacity by 2022 is ambitious; but what’s the logic behind choosing those numbers?
Amendment proposed in Electricity Act to enforce renewable energy purchase obligation
Most state discoms are not meeting RPO targets because electricity regulatory commissions do not penalise them, says renewable energy ministry
A looming biomess
Industry, government blame each other for green sector’s fall
Biomass market in a flux
Biomass power generation started with a bang 10 years ago. Plant owners, Ruhi Kandhari and Aparna Pallavi met say the picture is not that …
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Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation
Another batch of solar projects up for grabs in India
The government races ahead by announcing guidelines for new solar projects, with 3,000 MW worth of solar energy already opened up to stakeholders
Wanted, tariff revision
Biomass power plant owners say they cannot manage with power rates fixed when they began operations
Energy pill for renewable sector
World Bank prepares off-grid scheme to revitalise growth
Delhi to go greener
After CNG, the national capital is all set to run its public transport fleet on biogas
Solar mission’s new priority: off-grid and grid-connected rooftop solar power
3,000 MW of solar energy to be added in second phase of national solar mission
Nature cure from India
Solar mission phase II: viability gap funding not the best way to subsidise solar photovoltaic plants, say analysts
It may lead to setting up of inefficient solar projects under National Solar Mission
Centre considering fund to protect domestic solar industry
Solar mission mandate to promote domestic crystalline silicon technology fails to achieve desired result
Solar mission: Centre releases policy for 750 MW grid-connected projects
Policy provides for subsidy in the form of viability gap funding
Deadline extended for developers of solar thermal projects
Faulty solar radiation data and delay in raw material supply slow down developers; deadline extended to spare them penalties
MNRE recommends measures to minimise environmental impacts of green energy projects
Report focuses on wind, solar projects in India; overlooks small hydropower projects
Assembly elections may further delay solar mission phase 2
Union Cabinet yet to approve plan; model code of conduct may be announced anytime in states like Rajasthan, making launch difficult
Is REC an albatross for power distribution utilities?
Only two states have achieved their renewable energy targets so far. Others scaled down their commitments
Target $100 billion investment in solar energy, says Prime Minister Modi
Challenges to investment and use of solar energy remain unresolved
Solar mission: 1,500 MW worth projects to be allocated under bundling scheme
Bundling, wherein solar and thermal power were sold as a bundle, was credited with the reduction of tariff rates for solar power in Phase I of …
Cabinet clears phase two of solar mission
Lack of clarity on domestic content and procedural hitches delayed the launch by over six months
Solar equipment makers at loggerheads with solar plant developers
Manufacturers say long-term growth of solar industry possible only if domestic content mandated in solar mission phase II
Crores to gamble
National fund for research in clean energy ill-utilised
Concentrated solar power projects may get second extension
Lack of experience in handling new technologies and dearth of funds have been cited as reasons for delay in commissioning projects
Lanco found guilty of false commissioning of plants
To lose bank guarantees for its four power plants in Rajasthan