MNRE-Ministry of New & Renewable Energy

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is the nodal Ministry of the Government of India for all matters relating to new and renewable energy. The broad aim of the Ministry is to develop and deploy new and renewable energy for supplementing the energy requirements of the country.

Hope for Micro Grids

While perennial sinking prices of renewable energy systems, integrating technologies such as photovoltaic rooftop systems and solar farms into regional grids will require energy storage in the form of batteries and other technologies for load continuity. Currently, about 1.2 billion people in emerging economies lack access to electrical power. The World Bank report claims that […]

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MEDA Deprives 300 Solar Power Consumers of Sanctioned Subsidy

Maharashtra Energy Development Agency has stripped around 300 solar power consumers from central government subsidy. Change in norms by Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has deprived over 300 solar power consumers of central government subsidy. Solar consumers have demanded that MEDA and state energy ministry should take a sympathetic view of their cases and sanction […]

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VIZ-A-VIZ with Shyam M. Gupta, Project Manager – Saurya EnerTech

“Outsourcing of manpower and other sources might prove costly in case of O&M so it may be good option to take local help for this work. In some cases, if the O&M cost is going high by influences of local unions/demand wages. These all issues may be sorted out in local Gram Panchayats/Local courts by […]

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Record Capacity Addition of Wind Power of 5400 MW in Last Fiscal

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set another record in the wind power capacity addition by adding over 5400 MW in 2016-17 against the target of 4000 MW.  This year’s achievement surpassed the previous higher capacity addition of 3.423 MW achieved in the previous year. The leading States in the wind power capacity […]

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Foundation stone laid for 25 MW of Solar Power Projects in Andaman and Nicobar

The Union Home Minister laid the foundation stone for the Solar Power Projects of 17 MW capacity at Manglutan and 8 MW capacity at Chidiyatapu, in South Andaman Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently laid foundation stones for NTPC Ltd’s solar projects aggregating 25 MW in Andaman & Nicobar. The Union Home Minister laid the foundation […]

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India’s Solar Energy Capacity Grows by Record 5525 MW

The latest figures provided by MNRE shows that India has gained a tremendous growth in solar energy capacity by a record 5525.98 MW. According to the latest figures provided by the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), the FY 2016-17 saw India’s solar energy capacity grow by a record 5525.98 MW, while India had […]

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NISE conducting Three Day Skill Development Program on Chartered Engineers from April 18

National Institute of Solar Energy’s Three Day Skill Development Program on Chartered Engineers will focus on subjects like basics of solar Photovoltaic and power generations in the solar photovoltaic technology. National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is conducting Three Day Skill Development Program on Chartered Engineers to meet the needs and upgrade the technical expertise […]

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Mizoram becomes 27th State to join UDAY

Mizoram would derive an overall net benefit of approximately Rs.198 crores by opting to participate in UDAY The Government of India and the State of Mizoram signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) for operational improvement of the State’s Power Distribution Department. With the signing of MoU by Mizoram, the […]

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CleanMax Installs 1.5MW Rooftop Solar Power Plant at AMU

In collaboration with SECI and MNRE, CleanMax Solar has commissioned 1.5 MW rooftop solar power plants across 17 roofs at Aligarh Muslim University. India’s one of the oldest and most renowned educational institutes, Aligarh Muslim University has turned to solar power to meet its electricity needs. In collaboration with SECI and MNRE, CleanMax Solar has […]

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