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New Dominance in Renewable Energy Rises in the East

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 9, 2014

Global renewable energy investment dropped 14 percent last year from 2012, to $214 billion, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). That's 23 percent off the peak, reached in 2011, according to a new report, Global Trends in Renewable Energy...

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Ministry of New and Renewable energy and NHB signed MoU

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 7, 2014

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and National Housing Bank (NHB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 31 March 2014 to channelise subsidy for solar energy usage. The MoU was signed to promote the use of solar water heating and solar...

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Subject Tags: energy , Renewable Energy

India solar: MNRE to support 17500 solar water pumps, 68000 small PV systems

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 10, 2014

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has approved INR 299 crore (USD 48 million) to subsidize the installation of 17,500 solar water pumps in the nation to support irrigation for agriculture.

The total...

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Subject Tags: Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy Certificate tradings volumes doubled in February: Indian Energy Exchange

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 28, 2014

 NEW DELHI: The traded volume of renewable energy certificates more than doubled this month on the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX). 

Prices of these certificates both in solar and non-solar segments, however, remained flat on a month-on-month basis. 

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Subject Tags: energy , Renewable Energy

Co-Operation in Renewable Energy

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 26, 2014

New Delhi: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Renewable Energy Cooperation was signed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 18th January 2014. Cooperation between India and the United Arab Emirates is for establishing an institutional...

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The shifting sands of rural marketing: 5 lessons in selling rural energy products

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 17, 2014

In India, a range of Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) technologies have arisen to test whether clean energy can displace ‘energy staples’ for rural Indians such diesel or kerosene. These DRE devices include clean-cookstoves, solar lighting through lanterns and home systems...

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MNRE: Indian Solar PV installations dip to zero in October 2013

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 2, 2013

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) reports that no new solar photovoltaic (PV) plants were commissioned in October 2013. This follows installations of roughly 100 MW per month for the previous three months.

This is the second time in the last six...

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Subject Tags: Renewable Energy

Solar City Project of Ministry of Renewable Energy Faces Dark Future

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 2, 2013

 The Solar City project under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has hit a road block for want of funds and land.

Bhubaneswar was one of 60 cities identified by MNRE for Solar City project. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the nodal agency for...

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India's MNRE seeks equipment for Solar Energy Center in Gurgaon

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 17, 2013

To boost the use of Concentrating Solar Power Technologies (CSP), the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, is implementing a UNDP - GEF supported project on “Market Development & Promotion of Solar Concentrator based...

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Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission order for RPO Compliance

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 13, 2013

 Immediately after the land mark order given by the honorable Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission on the enforcement and strict compliance of the Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO) including the Distribution Licensees including  the entire backlog upto FY 2012-13...

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