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Guj’s rooftop solar power scheme aims to cover 2 lakh families

September 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

Gujarat energy minister Saurabh Patel said here on Thursday that the state government’s rooftop solar panel scheme aims to cover two lakh households by March 31 next year. Under the scheme, people can install solar panels for electricity generation on the roof of their houses, and if there is surplus electricity, they can sell it […]

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Climate change: India pitches for financial support

September 3, 2019 Anand Gupta

In the run-up to two key UN summits on Climate Change, India has raised the pitch for finance and technology support to developing nations to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of keeping a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said […]

India

In Maharashtra village farmers switch to solar pumps, experts fear groundwater exploitation

August 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

In Maharashtra’s Jalgaon village, many farmers spend sleepless nights to irrigate their fields, as power for irrigation isn’t available during the daytime for 15 days a month, but Dattaji Balaji Kikole, 62, doesn’t need to strain himself. Reason: Kikole has got a three-horsepower (hp) solar pump installed under the Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana launched […]

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T’gana to go for 1000 MW solar energy, one-time settlement of dues of panchayats

August 1, 2019 Anand Gupta

The Telangana government on Wednesday said it would go for one-time settlement of dues of panchayats and municipalities to state-run electricity organisations and warned that henceforth heads of local bodies will be ‘punished’ for non-payment of bills on time. Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao, who presided over a review meeting on the power sector, said […]

Middle East & Africa

Africa’s largest wind power project opens in northern Kenya

July 23, 2019 Anand Gupta

Kenya unveiled Africa’s largest wind power plant on Friday, a project aimed at reducing electricity costs and dependence on fossil fuels and moving the nation to meet its ambitious goal of 100% green energy next year. The sprawling wind farm of 365 turbines on the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya was designed to […]

India

Government spots constraints on renewable energy projects

July 23, 2019 Anand Gupta

Land constraints, insufficient transmission facility and Discom defaults on payments are the leading impediments Land constraints, insufficient transmission facility and discom defaults on payments are the leading impediments to renewable energy adoption in the country. This has been unanimously agreed upon by both the industry and government stakeholders. To address these bottlenecks, the government recently […]

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AP govt reviewing PPAs in public interest: Official

July 16, 2019 Anand Gupta

The Andhra Pradesh government has initiated an exercise to review power purchase agreements in the interest of the public and the State, a top official said Monday and added it is not for antagonising the Centre and all facts will be brought to its notice. The State will go ahead with the exercise, Ajay Kallam, […]

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Government expresses confidence in achieving renewable power target of 175 GW by 2022

July 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

The government has set a target of installing 175 GW of grid-connected renewable power capacity from various renewable energy sources by 2022. New Delhi: New and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh Thursday expressed confidence that the government will not only achieve the target of installing 175 GW of renewable power by 2022 but also cross […]

Energy Storage

Government to float tender for gravity storage; foreign firms keen on prospects

June 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

India is planning to float a tender for setting up gravity storage plants, inviting firms with mechanical storage expertise to bid for it. International gravity-based storage companies like EnergyVault, Gravitricity and Gravity Storage Inc have already shown interest. New Delhi: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is planning to float a tender inviting […]

Europe & UK

Germany needs to ease rules to hit 2030 renewables target

June 19, 2019 Anand Gupta

Germany needs to ease restrictions on the location and size of solar power plants and wind turbines and increase incentives if the country is to meet a target demanding it double renewable energy capacity by 2030, energy companies said on Tuesday. Germany has set a target of generating 65% of its power from renewable sources […]

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