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Kerala to be fully-electrified by end of May; solar, wind energy to be promoted

By : sustainabilityo..., May 5, 2017

Kerala Power Minister M.M. Mani announced on Thursday that the state is set to become the third Indian state to be fully-electrified. Speaking in the Assembly, Mani stated that each and every...

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Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission to fix feed-in tariff for solar power

By : sustainabilityo..., May 3, 2017

For the first time in the country , a feed-in tariff for rooftop solar power will be fixed by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) soon.

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India to benchmark power tariff at Rs 3/unit in medium term, Piyush Goyal says

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2017

The government is looking at Rs 3 per unit as the benchmark price for power from all energy sources like thermal, solar and wind in the medium term.

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Green power capacity addition hits a record, neck and neck with thermal

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 28, 2017

The renewable energy sector reported a record capacity addition of over 11 gigawatt (gw) in fiscal 2017, an increase of around 60% over the previous year.

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Solar Energy Corporation eyes overseas entry into Asian, African markets

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 26, 2017

Enthused by its domestic success, the Solar Energy Corp. of India Ltd (SECI) is exploring the possibility of an overseas foray, according to a top company executive.

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Vestas to increase Ahmadabad plant's capacity to 600 MW

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 25, 2017

Wind power solutions provider Vestas will ramp up its equipment manufacturing capacity at Ahmadabad plant to 600 MW in 2-3 years from existing 200 MW to get a bigger share of over 5,000 MW...

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Abengoa completes its first photovoltaic plant in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 25, 2017

The international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has satisfactorily completed its first photovoltaic plant in...

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Sale of Renewable Energy certificates up 31% to 64.88 lakh

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 24, 2017

The sale of renewable energy certificates (RECs) has jumped by 31 per cent to 64.88 lakh in 2016-17 as compared to 49.55 lakh in previous fiscal indicating improvement in compliance of renewable...

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Tata Cleantech Capital eyes Rs 5,500 cr asset book by FY19

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 24, 2017

Tata Cleantech Capital (TCCL) is looking at growing its asset book to around Rs 5,500 crore by fiscal 2019, with nearly USD 120 billion debt funds expected to flow into the renewable energy...

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India Plans Auctions for 4 Gigawatts of Wind Power This Fiscal Year

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 21, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is seeking to step up the pace of auctioning power-purchase contracts for wind-energy plants, building on a contest that reaped record-low prices for...

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