Gahlot and Singh discussed installation of charging infrastructure in Delhi-NCR in the presence of officials from the state and Union government, as part of the recently launched Electric Vehicle policy,” said a Delhi government statement New Delhi: Delhi Transport minister Kailash Gahlot on Thursday discussed the issue of installation of charging stations as per […]
India to have 60% power capacity from renewable energy by 2030: RK Singh
At the launch of TERI’s new report, ‘Renewable Power Pathways: Modelling the Integration of Wind and Solar in India by 2030’, the minister said that India has the fastest growth rate in the world in renewable energy New Delhi: India can integrate more than 30% of wind and solar in its power system, while […]
APP requests MNRE to include gas-based power in RTC scheme
A power producers body has requested the government to include electricity generated from gas-based plants in its proposed scheme for round-the-clock power from renewable energy (RE) projects complemented with thermal power. power producers body has requested the government to include electricity generated from gas-based plants in its proposed scheme for round-the-clock power from renewable energy […]
Import duty on solar modules to rise to 40 per cent in a year
The move will be a big blow for China, which supplies 85 per cent-90 per cent of equipment used in the rapidly expanding solar energy sector in the country. The minister said anything that is imported will be thoroughly checked for malware NEW DELHI: The government will raise the basic customs duty on solar modules […]
Power minister proposes a new scheme worth Rs 3 lakh crore to finance commission
Officials of the power ministry discussed the need to restructure the power system to make states responsible for the financial health of their power distributions companies (discoms), with the NK Singh-led FC Power minister RK Singh proposed a new scheme for the power sector amounting to Rs 3 lakh crore spanning five years, in his […]
PFC-REC loans can be recalled if discoms don’t shape up: Power Minister RK Singh
Non-compliant state-run electricity distribution companies (discoms) run the risk of losing their share of the Rs 90,000 crore loan that the government announced on Wednesday to inject liquidity into the segment. If discoms do not take appropriate steps to reduce their losses, they would be denied the facility, Union power minister RK Singh said […]
Making clean energy a key part of the global economic recovery
Ministers from around world joined by leaders of international organisations and major companies in meeting focused on role of energy efficiency and renewables in stimulus plans. The International Energy Agency and the Government of Denmark today hosted a high-level roundtable meeting in which government ministers and business leaders from around the world discussed the importance […]
Power Minister Shri RK Singh approves amendments in Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Guidelines and Specifications
‘Revised guidelines will address the concerns of EV owners’ says the Minister At least one Charging Station to be available in a grid of 3 Km x 3 Km in the cities and one Charging Station at every 25 Km on both sides of highways/roads All Mega Cities & expressways connected to these Mega Cities […]
‘PPAs decoded: Just wait for 15 days’, says Principal Advisor to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Every government should have a legislature and an executive, be it at the national, State or village level. At the village level, there is no executive. VIJAYAWADA : Strongly defending the State government’s decision to review renewable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Ajeya Kallam, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, asserts that the […]
Hopeful that new power tariff policy will be passed soon: Union Power Minister RK Singh
The new power tariff policy is a path-breaking one, Singh said, adding it has gone to the Cabinet and hopefully it would be passed quickly A new power tariff policy with a focus on empowering the consumer has been sent to the Union Cabinet for approval and it is expected to be passed soon, Power […]