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Power Ministry to give renewable energy tag for supplies for large hydro projects

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 23, 2017

The power ministry is proposing renewable energy status to supplies meant for large hydropower projects to help keep power tariffs low under the proposed goods and services tax. ...

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India as a solar power bright spot helps fill Japan, China slowdown

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 20, 2017

India may be a bright spot for global solar markets this year as it adds capacity at a record pace, becoming one of the top regions for panel producers struggling with rock-bottom prices....

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'Only 2 of 10 most polluted cities covered by real-time monitoring'

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 20, 2017

Only two of India's 10 most polluted cities, Delhi and Faridabad, are covered by the government's real-time air quality monitoring system, leaving more than one billion unprepared for toxic...

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Indian Government begins process to move water to concurrent list

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 19, 2017

The Union ministry for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation has begun the process to make water a part of the concurrent list, moving it away from being a state subject....

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ReNew Power secures USD 390 million debt funding from Asian Development Bank

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 18, 2017

ReNew Power Ventures, a leading renewable energy development company, has secured a $390 million long-term debt from Asian Development Bank (ADB). 

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India poised for huge growth in solar energy: Piyush Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 17, 2017

India is poised for huge growth in solar energy and it won't stop at the 100GW solar power target to be achieved by 2022, Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said. 

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India does not need any more coal-based power units till 2027: Central Electricity Authority

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 16, 2017

The country’s peak power demand at the end of the financial year 2021-22 will be 235 giga watt (GW), down 17% from the estimate made in 2012, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has said....

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25 states fail to meet solar capacity target this fiscal year

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 16, 2017

With six years left for India to achieve its goal of generating 100 GW of electricity from solar projects, 25 states have fallen short of adding capacity by some 2,000 MW so far in 2016-17. ...

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India exceeded 9GW solar by end of 2016 : MNRE

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 11, 2017

India reached 9,012MW of solar deployment as of 31 December 2016, according to new data from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

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Water level in 91 major reservoirs dips to 57% of their total

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 10, 2017

Water level in 91 major reservoirs in the country has dipped to 57 per cent of their total capacity, the government said today. 

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