India, Germany Look To Raise Renewable Energy to 500 GW by 2030 Updated On Tue, Apr 26th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Indian Government officials met Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary of the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, in New Delhi and held talks to find ways to deepen the collaboration between India and Germany in the realm of renewable energy development and climate neutrality. Jochen Flasbarth, who arrived in India for a two-day state […] Read more
IESA supports UN’s low carbon tech innovation challenge’22 Updated On Mon, Apr 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Regional Office in New Delhi has announced the launch of 5th Innovation Challenge on Innovative Low Carbon Technologies. Applications will be accepted until 31st May 2022. The Innovation Challenge is conducted under the Facility for Low Carbon Technology Deployment (FLCTD; https://www.low-carbon-innovation.org/), which is jointly implemented by UNIDO and […] Read more
MoP Launches Fresh Version of Scheme For Bundling Thermal with Renewable Energy Updated On Thu, Apr 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power (MoP) has repealed its scheme on bundling thermal/hydro power plants with standalone renewable energy projects, substituting it with a fresh scheme. In November, 2021, MoP issued the ‘Scheme for Flexibility in Generation and Scheduling of Thermal/Hydro Power Stations through bundling with Renewable Energy and Storage Power’ to comprehensively cover replacement of […] Read more
CERC Deviation Settlement Mechanism To Hurt Renewable Players, Says NSEFI Updated On Mon, Apr 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a letter to Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Secretary, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI), a key developer body of renewable players has flagged major industry concerns on the Deviation Settlement Mechanism for renewable energy as notified by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). The new rules […] Read more
NTPC and Gujarat Gas to Blend Green Hydrogen with PNG Updated On Wed, Apr 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power has informed that India’s leading power generator National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has joined hands with Gujarat Gas Limited to undertake a novel initiative of blending ‘Green Hydrogen’ in the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) supplied by the city gas distributor. Both the companies are state owned and the blending will be […] Read more
CERC Adopts Tariff for SECI’s Manufacturing Linked Solar Tenders Updated On Mon, Apr 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has accepted Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited’s (SECI) request for the adoption of tariff for 8800 MW of solar power plants connected to inter-state transmission system (ISTS) linked with setting-up of solar manufacturing plant, selected through competitive bidding process as per the official guidelines issued by Ministry of […] Read more
MHI sanctions 2877 EV charging stations under FAME Phase-II Updated On Thu, Mar 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has sanctioned 2877 charging stations in 68 cities across 25 states/UTs under Phase-II of FAME India Scheme. The details of solar-based charging stations sanctioned and installed in the cities and states under FAME India Scheme Phase-II are as follows: Additionally, MHI has sanctioned 1576 EV Charging Stations across 16 […] Read more
MoP makes conciliation committees to help CPSUs in dispute resolution Updated On Wed, Mar 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power (MoP) has introduced a conciliation mechanism for the settlement of contractual disputes in the contracts of CPSUs / statutory bodies under MoP executing power projects. In order to help CPSUs, three Conciliation Committees of Independent Experts (CCIEs) have been constituted: Each CCIE will comprise 3 members with a high level of […] Read more
CII Pitches for Free Access For Green EV Charging Updated On Tue, Mar 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Key Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has pitched to make Open Access almost free where EV charging stations are powered by green energy, namely solar or wind energy. The idea is already being tried out in many places worldwide. “The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for an early policy notification for […] Read more
