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State considering renewable energy to meet power needs

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 18, 2021

The state government has approached the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) to undertake a feasibility study and provide technical assistance to assess potential, availability of technologies and financial viability to set up power generation projects from new...

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Subject Tags: Renewable energy

Maharashtra to add 17,385 MW renewable energy capacity by 2025

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 10, 2020

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has come out with a renewable energy policy that has set a target of adding 17,385MW renewable energy capacity by 2025. It was cleared by the cabinet on Wednesday. An investment of Rs 75,000 crore is expected...

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All-women green energy consultancy set up in Kerala

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 10, 2020

Women in key positions to drive the message for fast-tracking the adoption and use of sustainable or renewable energy The lofty ideal of empowering women has inspired a non-resident entrepreneur to set up a consultancy-cum-project management firm...

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India sets 450-GW capacity renewable energy target for 2030

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 1, 2020

The Union Minister of New & Renewable Energy and Power, R K Singh, on Saturday, assured India’s full cooperation to the Maldives, in its efforts to promote renewable projects. While speaking...

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Subject Tags: Renewable energy

India to offer production-linked incentives for solar modules, renewable energy business potential $20 bn per year: PM Modi

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 27, 2020

Renewable energy will generate business worth $20 billion a year over the next decade in India, which aspires to become the global manufacturing hub in the sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

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Subject Tags: Renewable energy

Clean energy firms queue up for IPOs

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 3, 2020

Several renewable energy companies in India, especially those owned or backed by financial sponsors, have started exploring plans to go public, either in India or abroad. Mint reported on 18 October that Goldman Sachs-backed ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd, one of the top...

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Govt may impose customs duty on solar equipment soon

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 28, 2020

NEW DELHI: The ministry of new and renewable energy has asked solar manufacturers to provide a list of machinery and capital goods that should be exempted from basic customs duty (BCD), indicating that the duty may soon be imposed. "Ministry of New and Renewable Energy had...

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NTPC pivots from thermal to green

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 25, 2020

New Delhi: State-run NTPC Ltd will not set up greenfield coal-fuelled power projects as part of its pivot towards green energy, said the company’s chairman and managing director, Gurdeep Singh. NTPC, India’s largest power generation utility which runs one of the biggest coal...

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Subject Tags: India , NTPC , Renewable energy

India’s largest floating solar plant to come up in Sagardighi

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 25, 2020

Kolkata: The West Bengal cabinet on Thursday approved a 5MW grid-connected floating solar project at Sagardighi Thermal Power Project (SgTPP) in Murshidabad. State power minister Sovondeb Chattopadhyay raised the issue at the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Mamata...

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MNRE invites EoI for installation of innovative solar pumps

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 25, 2020

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited Indian innovators, manufacturers and service providers to submit an expression of interest to participate in the government’s scheme to promote innovative solar pump technologies. The applicants must submit a...

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Subject Tags: India , MNRE , Renewable energy