Page 21 - Renewable Energy

Centre issue tenders for developing 30,000 MW of renewable projects

Of the tenders issued, Andhra Pradesh has already received expression of interest for its 600 MW hybrid power project from close to a dozen companies

India seeks bids for $5-bn transmission lines to fuel renewables growth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has set a goal to raise solar power generation to 100 GW and wind to 60 GW by 2022

PM Modi to launch renewable energy projects worth Rs 9,300 crore in UP

UP eyeing renewable energy capacity of 10,700 mw in near future

NIIF to invest in CDC's renewable energy platform Ayana

Ayana was launched to develop utility-scale solar and wind generation projects across India

Wind, solar power to be preferred energy sources by 2030 in India: Report

The cost of wind power will be between Rs 2.3-2.6/kWh and of solar power in the range of Rs 1.9-2.3/kWh by 2030, the report projected

Renewable energy set to witness 10,000 Mw capacity addition in FY20: Report

Renewable energy sector, especially wind and solar segments remain exposed to near term challenges

Centre issues renewable energy tenders to set up 26-GW capacities: IREDA

Interest margins of the banks are shrinking with consolidation in the energy sector

More demand, lower clean energy generation push power prices in Sep: Ind-Ra

To meet the short-term power requirement, 5,725 MUs were traded on the Indian Energy Exchange in September 2018, up 44 per cent m-o-m and 40 per cent y-o-y

Double whammy for renewable sector: Lower tariff and missing financiers

Tariffs in solar have fallen 80 per cent in the past five years to Rs 2.44 per unit (kilowatt per hour)

India to achieve 76% of renewable energy target by 2022: Wood Mackenzie

Wood Mackenzie's solar analyst Rishab Shrestha said India faces a myriad of challenges in the renewables industry

Sun-lit prosumers take centrestage at three-day renewable energy show

Madhya Pradesh, a participant in the event, sees tariff fall to Rs 1.38 but net metering remains a challenge

Solar push: Second version of RE-Invest to open amid regulatory uncertainty

RE-Invest 2014 saw a commitment of 200,000 MW by 126 investors and a financing commitment of around Rs 9,000 bn by 27 banks and financial institutions

Renewables may account for 18% of total power generation by 2022: Moody's

According to the agency, renewable energy's share in the electricity generation mix is likely to rise to around 18 per cent by 2022, from close to 7.8 per cent as of March 2018

Implementing renewable energy power projects should be easy: MNRE to states

The MNRE has also removed the mandatory registration for RE projects with respective state nodal agencies

After infra and power, renewable energy firms new stress points for banks

38% of infra, power firms assigned 'D' rating in 2018 are from renewable energy sector

Renewable energy sector needs $76 bn to meet 104-Gw balance target by 2022

India's renewable energy sector is consistently growing and continues to remain attractive to investors from across the world

Tepid buying by states may hurt Centre's 175 Gw green energy target

Data shows that states aren't doing enough to comply with the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO), which envisages buying a certain proportion of power from renewable sources, mandated by the ministry

India's shift to green economy could add 3 million jobs by 2030: Report

The 3.8 mn jobs created in renewable energy sector by 2030 could easily offset 259,000 jobs that could be lost by scaling down of carbon-intensive and resource-intensive industries, says an ILO report

Half a million new green jobs created in 2017 globally; one-fifth in India

India installed 12 Gw of renewable energy capacity in 2017

India to auction 40 Gw of renewable energy every year till 2028: Official

The government's power projection indicates that India will have to bid out 140 Gw of wind energy to meet demand by 2030