India planning to build large-scale floating solar power projects Updated On Fri, Aug 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy With the huge target of adding 40 GW of rooftop solar power capacity by March 2022 turning out to be more difficult, the Government of India has started looking at other unconventional options to expand the solar power capacity base in the country. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has agreed to a […] Read more
30 percent of 472 villages electrified this month are off-grid Updated On Wed, Jun 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy According to the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), electrification of 472 villages was completed this month (6june-28june) and about 142 of them got an off-grid connection. Solar PV has remained the most deployed off-grid connection in the country, with total installed capacity of 7.5GW as of May 2016. Nine out of eleven projects sanctioned under renewable […] Read more
MNRE invites proposals from Rural Entrepreneurs for Establishing Infrastructure of off-grid Renewable Energy Systems Updated On Fri, Apr 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, is implementing a MNRE – UNDP/GEF Project on “Scale Up of Access to Clean Energy for Rural Productive Uses”. The project aims at enhancing access to reliable and affordable renewable energy services for rural livelihoods in identified districts as per the list given at Annexure […] Read more
IDFC Alternative is in talks with Delhi-based ACME Solar to invest Rs.600 crore: Report Updated On Tue, Apr 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy IDFC Alternatives is in talks with Delhi-based ACME Solar to invest Rs.600 crore claims a report. Livemint citing sources reports that talks between the two companies are in an advanced stage and the deal is expected to close soon. ACME will pump the fund to complete its solar project that is still under development across various […] Read more
Power Ministry achieves the target of electrifying 7,000 villages in the current fiscal Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Power Ministry on Monday said it has achieved the target of electrification of 7,000 villages in this FY2016. During last week (from 21st to 27th March 2016) 196 villages have been electrified across the country under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY), of these electrified villages, 75 are in Assam, 22 in Arunachal […] Read more