With 3,000 hours of sunshine every year, which is equivalent to 5,000 trillion kilowatts of energy, IndiaĂ´s solar energy potential is vast. According to the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Annual report 2014-15, of the total renewable energy
Tag: Renewable Energy
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Bharti, Soft Bank plan renewable energy foray
Telecom major Bharti has tied up with JapanĂ´s Soft Bank and JBIC for foraying into renewable energy.
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India inks pacts on renewable energy
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with 12 countries during the last three years
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MNRE to increase budget for RE
The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has proposed a manifold increase in allocation for the transition phase from megawatt to gigawatt through the Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA).
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NTPC to invest $10 billion in renewable energy projects
NTPC Limited plans to invest $10 billion to set up 10 GW of renewable energy capacity over the next five years. A large part of this capacity is expected in the form of solar power projects.
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Welspun makes Green Energy Commitment of 11,001 MW
Welspun Renewables has pledged to set up mega 11 GW solar and wind projects across the country. The 11,001 MW capacity will be developed as 8,660 MW of solar and 2,341 MW of wind power projects.
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NTPC commits to add 10,000 MW of solar
NTPC has committed to add 10,000 MW through solar projects at RE-Invest - 2015, the first renewable energy global investment meet which was held in New Delhi. Dr Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC, presented the certificate of commitment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy and PK Sinha, Secretary, Power, GOI.
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Prabhu wants specific policies on renewable energy
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has called for more active participation of States in harnessing renewable energy. He was speaking at the session tilted Ă´Showcase of Policy Incentives by StatesĂ´ in the RE-INVEST 2015 in New Delhi.
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Investments in RE will be protected
Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (RE) has assured the country that the government will make sure that the investments in India will be protected and encouraged.
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Solar & wind power policies released in Andhra Pradesh
Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu have jointly released the Andhra Pradesh Solar and Wind Power Policies for 2015.