MNRE recommends measures to minimise environmental impacts of green energy projects

Report focuses on wind, solar projects in India; overlooks small hydropower projects

Target $100 billion investment in solar energy, says Prime Minister Modi

Challenges to investment and use of solar energy remain unresolved

Crores to gamble

National fund for research in clean energy ill-utilised

Lanco found guilty of false commissioning of plants

To lose bank guarantees for its four power plants in Rajasthan

Solar mission continues to lure private players

Project proposals total 2,500 MW solar energy in second batch of bidding

Rs 3,300 crore omission

Subsidies given annually to industries for pollution control are unmonitored

Clouds over solar

Patronising dirty technology

Delhi municipality constructs yet another waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur

Solar thermal technology to get a boost in phase two of solar mission

Should solar thermal be preferred over photovoltaic solar power?

Solar trick

A number of solar mission projects operational only on paper

Tamil Nadu Solar Policy: will it be enforced?

State aims to have same amount of solar as is now installed in all of India by 2014

National Solar Mission: bidders quote low tariff, bag projects

Lowest bid in second batch of solar energy projects was for Rs7.49/unit

Solar power plants' output high, but varying widely

Larger projects under National Solar Mission doing better than smaller ones

Solar mission projects set to miss deadline

Developers face penalty in the range of Rs. 2 crore for a month’s delay

Odisha seeks help to buy costly renewable energy

Other states may follow suit as cash-strapped state discoms find the going difficult

US challenges India's solar energy policy before WTO

'It is an attempt to browbeat India and further the interest of US solar companies'

Microcredit scheme for solar lighting system

Rural families pay less than what they spent on kerosene lamps for off-grid lighting

Solar energy is everybody's business

Solar mission is too important to let doubtful dealings hijack it

Falling silicon prices shakes up solar manufacturing industry

What will prevail? Crystalline PV or thin-film

News Briefs

Investments in Indian renewable energy sector declining

Is it a temporary phase?

The truth about solar mission

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Draft wind power development guidelines fall short in ensuring environmental protection

After 20 years, new guidelines have been issued for the developement of on-shore wind power addressing mostly technical challenges that the …

Renewable energy: India’s wind power sector is in a downward spiral

The sector is losing its sheen, with dropping capacity addition, lukewarm response to new auctions, and a plummeting manufacturing sector

Renewables ministry guidelines for PM-KUSUM fail to address key concerns

The scheme aims to provide energy security along with financial and water security to farmers