India Needs to Establish Value Chain to Boost Solar Equipment Manufacturing : Industry Updated On Wed, Oct 7th, 2020 by Saurenergy Domestic manufacturing of solar equipment in India will need the support of a back-end supply chain that needs to be quickly established The plans for establishing domestic manufacturing of solar equipment in India will need the support of a back-end supply chain that will need to be quickly established, industry executives said. Sumant Sinha, chairman […] Read more
Committed to Advanced Technology and Replace Coal-Fired Plants: RK Singh Updated On Wed, Oct 7th, 2020 by Saurenergy RK Singh has said that India is strongly committed to its renewable energy targets and that it is working towards advancing the technology that is adopted Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy RK Singh has affirmed that India is strongly committed to its renewable energy targets and that it is constantly working […] Read more
India Pledges to Tighten up Solar Equipment Imports Soon : RK Singh Updated On Wed, Oct 7th, 2020 by Saurenergy India will soon tighten provisions for imports of solar equipment in order to encourage more domestic manufacturing, RK Singh has said. India will soon tighten provisions for imports of solar equipment in order to encourage more domestic manufacturing even as power demand post the covid outbreak has rebounded, RK Singh, Minister for New and Renewable […] Read more
Power Trading in Power Exchanges Exempted From new TDS and TCS Updated On Mon, Oct 5th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Central Board of Direct Taxes of India (CBDT) has exempted power trading transactions through online exchanges like Power Exchange India Ltd (PXIL) from the newly imposed section 194 (O) – TDS on E-Commerce Transactions & section 206C (1H) – TCS on Sale of Goods on an E-Commerce platform, of Income-tax Act, 1961. The Finance […] Read more
US-India Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation Legislation Introduced Updated On Sat, Oct 3rd, 2020 by Saurenergy Senator Menendez (D-NJ), a Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced the ‘Prioritising Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation with India Act of 2020’. Senator Bob Menendez (District of New Jersey), a Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced the ‘Prioritising Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation with India Act of […] Read more
8 Governments Pledge to Kickstart Offshore Wind in Baltic Sea Updated On Thu, Oct 1st, 2020 by Saurenergy 8 Baltic Sea countries and the European Commission have signed a joint declaration to accelerate the build-out of new offshore wind capacities in the Baltic Sea At an Offshore Wind Conference, hosted by the Polish Wind Energy Association (PSEW), high-level representatives of eight Baltic Sea countries and the European Commission signed a joint declaration to […] Read more
India and Denmark Hold Virtual Summit for Green Partnership Updated On Tue, Sep 29th, 2020 by Saurenergy PM Narendra Modi and Mette Frederiksen, PM of Denmark co-chaired a Virtual Summit between India and Denmark for the signing of a Green Partnership. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, and Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark co-chaired a Virtual Summit between India and Denmark on September 28, 2020, […] Read more
MNRE Issues Amendments for its Dispute Resolution Mechanism Updated On Mon, Sep 28th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued amendments to the guideline for the operation of its Dispute Resolution Mechanism to consider the unforeseen disputes between solar and wind power developers and SECl/ NTPC/ NHPC, beyond their contractual agreements. A few key amendments made by the ministry: 1. The DRC will consider all […] Read more
EOI for Evaluation of Decentralised Solar PV Applications Programme-III Updated On Thu, Sep 24th, 2020 by Saurenergy MNRE intends to engage consultants to undertake the evaluation of Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV Applications Programme Phase-III. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) intends to engage reputed consultants/experts to undertake the evaluation of Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV Applications Programme Phase-III. The scheme consists of the following three components: Installation of 3,00,000 […] Read more