Power Minister Calls RE Additions Inadequate, Case For Pushing Thermal Till 2035 Updated On Tue, Sep 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy Power Minister Manohar Lal made a strong case for India to push thermal power growth till 2035, due mainly to the inability of renewable capacity additions to fill the gap in demand. India’s peak power demand is projected to reach 458 GW by 2032, a number that cannot be met by even the planned 500 […] Read more
Manohar Lal Khattar Takes Charge Of Ministry Of Power Updated On Tue, Jun 11th, 2024 by Saurenergy Newly-inducted Union Cabinet Minister Manohar Lal today took charge as the Union Minister for Power. This is in addition to his existing portfolio of Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs. He took charge of the ministry at Shram Shakti Bhawan today. Secretary, Ministry of Power, Pankaj Agarwal, along with the senior officials of ministry welcomed […] Read more
Lok Sabha Passes Energy Conservation Amendment Bill 2022 Updated On Tue, Aug 9th, 2022 by Saurenergy The onslaught of climate change is forcing countries to reduce their carbon footprints and move towards clean forms of energy sources to decarbonize their economies to protect the planet from the rising temperatures. The Lok Sabha (House of Commons) of the Parliament has passed the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, in a bid to promote […] Read more
RK Singh Urges States To Form Steering Committees On Clean Energy Transition Updated On Wed, May 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy Union Power Minister RK Singh has asked all chief ministers, and lieutenant governors of Union Territories to set up state-level steering committees for energy transition to reduce carbon emissions. A statement from power ministry reads, “Singh stressed on the role of the state governments for successful implementation of reduction in emission intensity by 45 percent […] Read more
MNRE Minister confirms fresh bids to be called for expanded Solar PLI Scheme Updated On Sun, Feb 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy Union minister for Power and Renewable Energy RK Singh has said that the fresh bids will be invited for the setting up of 40,000 MW production capacity for solar modules and cells under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had made an additional outlay of Rs 19,500 crore for the PLI scheme […] Read more
Could KUSUM Deliver Crucial GW’s to Solar Target for 2022 Updated On Wed, Sep 8th, 2021 by Saurenergy India’s solar capacity target of 100 GW installations by 2022, which has been hit by multiple blows due to payments, policy, legal and finally the covid hurdle, has been up for speculation for some time now. While some of us observers have been predicting a miss since 2019, others have become more insistent about it […] Read more
MNRE Releases Updated ALMM List With 3 New Additions Updated On Wed, Aug 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued an updated list of approved manufacturers in its ALMM (Approved list of module manufacturers) list. The List is effective August 17, 2021, with the certifications valid to August 16, 2023, or two years. While broadly in line with the previous list, the fresh list has […] Read more
Budget 2021. Why 24X7 Power For All, Tackling Discom Losses Is key Updated On Mon, Feb 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy Hopes are once again high that the government will take a broom to clean up discom losses in some way, one of the most intractable issues for the power sector for decades now. As always, the present time remains the best time to do something about it. On January 29 morning, power minister R.K. Singh […] Read more
Power Minister Iterates Plan To Overhaul Regulation, Enforcement Soon Updated On Wed, Oct 14th, 2020 by Saurenergy India’s power ministry is pushing for an overhaul of electricity regulation and enforcement of contracts in order to stem losses of the state-run distribution companies that have burdened the sector. On solar imports, plans afoot to draw up a list of approved manufacturers for allowing imports. The weak financial condition of distribution companies hurts their […] Read more
