Centre using VGF tool to woo states like West Bengal for its solar mission Updated On Sat, Jul 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy Centre is trying to woo states like West Bengal offering viability gap funding to put national solar mission on fast track. Ministry of New Renewable Energy (MNRE) joint Secretary Tarun Kapoor speaking to PTI said “We will offer viability gap funding to the state governments. We will give subsidy to bring down the tariff to […] Read more
MNRE collaborates with KfW for floating solar projects in Maharashtra and Kerala Updated On Thu, Jun 30th, 2016 by Saurenergy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in collaboration with Germany-based development bank KfW to set up two floating solar PV plants in the Maharashtra and Kerala. MNRE recently conducted a study to assess the potential of floating solar power in the country. Both the plants are estimated to cost around USD 46.15 million. “The KfW-funded […] Read more
Solar Park in India: Scope, Status, Achievement, and Challenges Updated On Sat, Jun 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy India, with its large population and rapidly growing economy, needs access to clean, cheap and reliable sources of energy. The government with the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission has been promoting ecologically sustainable growth while addressing India’s energy security challenge. The Government of India’s ambitious plan to add 100 GW of solar capacity by 2022 […] Read more
CleanMax Solar honored twice by MNRE for excellence in the rooftop solar industry Updated On Thu, Jun 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy CleanMax Solar has been honored twice in the ‘Developer’ and ‘EPC’ categories by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for excellence in the rooftop solar industry. The National Excellence Awards 2016′ were bestowed at the ‘National Workshop on Roof Top Solar Power’ organized by MNRE at Vigyan Bhavan. Kuldeep Jain, Managing Director, CleanMax […] Read more
Trina Solar’s cumulative shipments of solar modules hits 1 GW milestone in the Indian market Updated On Thu, Jun 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy Trina Solar has announced that its cumulative shipments of solar modules to India have exceeded 1 GW to date with around 20% market share in the region in 2015. The company in a statement said it has successfully built an extensive sales network throughout India, offering innovative solar PV solutions to developers, distributors, engineering, procurement […] Read more
Piyush Goyal Launches “SURYAMITRA” Mobile App Updated On Wed, Jun 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal has launched a mobile app named “Surya Mitra” at National Workshop on Rooftop Solar Power on Tuesday. The GPS based mobile app is developed by National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) which is an autonomous institution of Ministry of New & […] Read more
MNRE sets new capacity addition target of 16,660 MW for green energy Updated On Mon, Jun 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has set the uppermost capacity addition target of 16,660 MW for the clean power sector this fiscal. The target is close to four times the capacity target that the government set in the previous year. MNRE expects solar segment to achieve its highest-ever annual capacity in the current […] Read more
US renewables row: Government for bilateral solution Updated On Fri, Jun 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy The Indian government has decided not to drag US to the WTO for alleged desecration of the world trade body’s norms on renewable energy as it prefers a bilateral solution, said Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal. “The US has requested for bilateral talks to which Govt. has readily agreed. The commerce ministry is in dialogue […] Read more
MNRE to introduce a policy for solar zones in June Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2016 by Saurenergy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is gearing up to introduce a policy on solar Zone in June this year. The Solar Zone would be spread over one or more districts of a state. Joint secretary of MNRE , Tarun Kapoor speaking to PTI said “We have been working on a new policy for solar […] Read more
