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India’s 2030 Climate Targets are ‘achievable’ through Renewables: Says LBNL 2030

There is no doubt that India is in midst of an energy transition, with important social and economic implications depending on the pathways that are chosen. A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) study, under the US Department of State evaluated in-depth India’s future power investments. Giving a promising outlook on India’s future power system investments, […]

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MNRE Gets Approval For Rs 454 Crore Spends To Support Renewables for the Next 5 Years

The approvals, covering the period 2021-22 to 2025-26, have all been communicated this week. Covering the areas of supporting research and development (Rs 228 crores), Public Awareness (Rs 26 crores) and Human Resources Development ( Rs 200 crores), the idea is to provide the MNRE with funds to achieve key objectives. While readers will be […]

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KKR Launches New RE Platform ‘Stellar Renewable Power

Investment firm KKR has launched “Stellar Renewable Power”, a new platform that aims to source, develop and operate utility-scale solar plants and storage facilities on behalf of KKR’s Asset-Based Finance (ABF) strategy. Stellar will source opportunities through greenfield development and acquisitions of early-stage assets from other developers. Renewable energy expert Vijay Venkatachalam will lead Stellar. […]

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CERC Declines To Step in For Change In Law Petition From Mahindra Renewables

In a recent judgement, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) rejected Mahindra Renewables Private Limited’s arguments in its petition regarding Change of Law (CIL) rules with respect to a power purchase agreement (PPA) signed with Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) in December 2018. Mahindra Renewables petitioned CERC, seeking that the imposition of safeguard duty on […]

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Green Hydrogen Powered India: From Vision to Reality

Announcements of grand plans by Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, and the partnership between L&T and ReNew have added serious ability behind the intent to produce green hydrogen in India  The fact that India is not an energy self-reliant economy is well-known. Just a few weeks ahead of the Glasgow Summit, in August’21, Prime Minister […]

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MNRE Releases Details on India-Denmark Green Partnership

In a written reply to a question, Union Power Minister R K Singh submitted information on the green partnership agreement between India and Denmark in the Lok Sabha yesterday (December 2, 2021), Centre of Excellence for Offshore Wind, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) revealed in an official statement. The minister revealed that on February 6, […]

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China Suspends Sri Lankan Projects close to India Over ‘Security Concern’

China has suspended a project to install hybrid energy plants in three islands of Sri Lanka, citing “security concern” from a “third party”, amid reports of India raising concern over its location. In January, the Chinese firm, Sino Soar Hybrid Technology, was awarded the contract to install a hybrid renewable energy system in Delft, Nagadeepa […]

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Integrating Storage Key to Solar’s Long-term Success, says Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy Ltd CEO

In this conversation with Prasanna Singh, Group Editor at Saur Energy, Mr. Chandra Kishore Thakur, CEO, Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy Limited, reflects on the firm’s current and future plans. Throwing light on solar’s growth potential in India, Mr. Thakur cites inflation, supply chain constraints and GST taxation structure, among others, as key challenges. Q. What […]

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