Policies and Programmes

The Department of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has announced amendments to the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II (FAME II) programme. Moving from a uniform […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has extended the commissioning timelines for solar projects to be developed under Tranche III of the Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) programme (Phase-II) by 6 months, that […]

Ministry of power has announced that it will set up a national mission on use of biomass in coal-based thermal plants. This will help address the issue of air pollution arising from stubble burning, which […]

Haryana released guidelines for developing solar parks by private solar power developers without central financial assistance. These solar parks would be developed in line with the MNRE’s guidelines for solar park development. As per the […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable energy has announced that it will soon announce new guidelines for its bioenergy and waste-to-energy projects. These will include revised guidelines for the programmes ‘Programme on Energy from Urban, […]

Under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, the union cabinet has approved the “National Program on Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Storage”. The program has an outlay of Rs 181 billion and aims to achieve 50 GWh […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued amendments to the Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) Scheme Phase-II for setting up 12,000 MW grid-connected solar power projects with viability gap funding (VGF) support. […]

Haryana’s New and Renewable Energy Department has released the draft ‘Haryana Solar Power Policy, 2021’ with a big focus on rooftop solar projects and small-scale distributed in addition to utility-scale solar projects and parks. Further, […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued guidelines for implementation of Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme ‘National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’ for achieving manufacturing capacity of GW-scale. Through this […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified an amendment to the draft Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020. The draft rules were originally released on December 31, 2020, under section 176 of the Electricity Act, […]

Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML), Mumbai’s leading power discom has launched the Mumbai Green Energy Initiative which will enable all customers to procure renewable energy. As part of this program,AEML customers can set their own […]

The Union Cabinet has approved the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’sproposal for the implementation of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) program under the ‘National Program on High-Efficiency Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Modules. Further, the Cabinet […]

In its budget for the year 2021-22, the Haryana state government has announced its plan to develop 93 MW of solar power projects in the state. Of this, 77 MW of capacity will be installed […]

Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KRDEL) has issued the ‘Draft Karnataka Renewable Energy Policy 2021-2026’ which is aimed at developing 20 GW of renewable energy projects with the option of adding energy storage systems. As […]

The Union Budget 2021, presented by the Finance Minister included several announcements for the renewable energy sector. The most prominent among them was the infusion of an additional Rs 10 billion of capital in the […]

The Union Cabinet has approved the partnership between India and Uzbekistan for cooperation in solar PV and energy storage. The two parties will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which potential research, demonstration, and […]

Maharashtra has released its ‘Unconventional Energy Generation Policy’ to promote the development of renewable energy projects in the state. In the first part of the policy, the state lays out plans for the development of […]