Covid-19 Renewable energy emerges as preferred power source over coal July 2020 BloombergNEF forecasts less than 2 GW of wind capacity addition in India in 2020 July 2020 More Policies and Programmes Union Budget 2021 announces additional capital for SECI and IREDA February 2021 India signs MoU with Uzbekistan for cooperation in solar power and energy storage January 2021 More Regulations Ministry of Power amends rules for late payment surcharge for discoms February 2021 Punjab to procure 500 MW of solar-wind hybrid power from SECI projects February 2021 More Projects WBREDA floats tender for 9.9 MW rooftop solar capacity in West Bengal February 2021 Tamil Nadu floats tender for 1 MW solar project with 3 MWh battery storage February 2021 More Financings ReNew Power announces merger with RMG II for NASDAQ listing February 2021 Indian robotic panel cleaning start-up raises Rs 4 million February 2021 More International News CPP Investments commits €245 million to its subsidiary Renewable Power Capital January 2021 Trafigura promises to reduce carbon emissions by 30 per cent by the end of 2023 January 2021 More Miscellaneous IIT Bombay and BHEL in contention to build high-efficiency solar cells February 2021 ReneSola Power and Eiffel Investment Group partner to develop solar projects in Europe January 2021 More