People in Himachal Pradesh can now access solar energy at 70% subsidy Updated On Sat, Apr 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy People in Himachal Pradesh can now access solar energy at 70 per cent subsidy. As per the guidelines of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) people opting for grid connected rooftop solar panels/power plant will be given 70 per cent subsidy. The surplus power produced by rooftop solar panels/power plant can be sold […] Read more
MNRE releases year wise cumulative target to achieve 100GW Grid connected Solar Power Project Updated On Thu, Apr 7th, 2016 by Saurenergy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has chalked out year wise and cumulative target to achieve 1,00,000 MW Grid connected Solar Power Project by the year 2021-22 under National Solar Mission. The ministry notes that in case of major events, such as shortage of panels in international market or in the domestic market, a portion […] Read more
Haryana’s revised solar power policy for 2016-2022 Updated On Tue, Apr 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy Haryana Government has announced new solar power policy for the year 2016-2022 in march this year, having launched its original solar policy couple of years back. The latest policy brings target of adding 3.2GW of solar power by the end of 2022. Haryana Govt. has also increased renewable purchase obligation (RPO) requirements from 3% to […] Read more
TNERC announces new solar power tariff Updated On Fri, Apr 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has passed comprehensive tariff order on Solar Power which comes into force from 1st April this year. The tariff works out to Rs.5.10 per unit for Solar PV projects and Rs.11.12 per unit for Solar Thermal projects without AD benefit. The AD benefit component of the tariff is […] Read more
Beyond Odd-even, Delhi apt Solar to threshold Pollution Updated On Wed, Mar 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy Delhi Government is on a hurl to mitigate pollution; going beyond its odd-even formula the government has now proposed a ‘green fund’ to keep the air clean through solar plant installations. The Delhi government had recently organised a discussion with the city’s RWAs to formulate effective policies to conserve electricity. Power Minister Satyendar Jain had […] Read more
Haryana brings perky policy for Solar Sector emphasizes on Rooftop Solar Updated On Wed, Mar 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Haryana Government aims to generate 4,000-megawatt clean power using solar energy by 2022. To achieve the promising plan the government has braced a Solar Power Policy 2016 during the concluding day of the two-day ‘Happening Haryana Global Investors Summit’ in Gurgaon. The new policy aims to promote generation of green and clean power through […] Read more
Govt to soon bring policy for Large-Scale Manufacturers Updated On Mon, Mar 7th, 2016 by Saurenergy Government is working on a policy to boost large-scale solar equipment production facilities that will be soon be sent for the Cabinet’s approval, New & Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said. “We are working on a policy to promote large-scale domestic manufacturing of solar equipment for making it more competitive,” Goyal said while addressing at SURYA KRANTI […] Read more
New Policy for Solar Panels in the Indian Railways Updated On Sat, Mar 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy With Indian government’s aim of making India the ‘clean energy’ kernel, the largest rail network has settled a policy for harnessing solar energy on rooftops of Railway premises. The policy will allow establishing solar power plants through developer mode with a long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) by Railways. The existing policy pronounces rooftops of […] Read more
MNRE invites Comments / Views on Implications of GST on delivered cost of Renewable Energy by 15th March. Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited comments and views of the implications of Goods and Service Tax (GST) on delivered cost of Renewable Energy by 15th March, 2016. To understand implication of GST on the delivered cost of renewable energy MNRE commissioned a study in July 2015 which then stated that implementation […] Read more