The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has revised its National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy to state that the renewable purchase obligation (RPO) contribution of obligated entities that consume energy from hybrid wind-solar sources must […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has announced that interstate transmission system (ISTS) charges and losses on the transmission of electricity generated from solar and wind energy projects will be waived as long as they are […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued guidelines to implement Component-C of the KUSUM scheme that aims at promoting grid-connected solar pumps. Under Component-C, 1 million grid-connected agricultural pumps of individual capacity […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has amended its guidelines for the competitive bidding process of solar projects. According to the amended guidelines, in case of a force majeure event, the affected party will be […]
The Karnataka State Solar Policy 2014-21 has been amended for the third time. The amended policy which will come into effect immediately, states that for the promotion of integrated solar parks, the capacity will now be limited […]
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission recently approved the power sale agreements (PSA) between Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) and SECI at a tariff of Rs 2.55 per kWh for 25 years. The move […]
The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission has given its approval for installing grid-connected solar-powered tube well pumps in the state following a petition filed by Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran […]
The Gujarat government has relaxed the state’s solar policy to allow micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to install solar projects that are more than 100 per cent of their sanctioned load or contract demand. […]
The Punjab government has launched a draft renewable energy policy that aims to meet 21 per cent of the state’s power requirement from renewable energy sources by 2030. To this end, a target of 3,000 […]
Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited has issued the Solar Energy Policy, 2019 with an aim to install 25 GW of solar power capacity by 2020-21 and a total of 50 GW over the next five […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued its draft guidelines for the tariff-based competitive bidding process for the procurement of power from grid-connected wind-solar hybrid projects. The guidelines aim to provide a […]
The Punjab government has launched a draft renewable energy policy, which aims to meet 21 per cent of its power requirement from renewable energy source by the year 2030. To meet this target, the policy […]
The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has given its approval to install grid-connected solar-powered tube well pumps in the state. This approval was given in response to a petition filed by Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran […]
The Gujarat government has relaxed the state’s solar policy to allow micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) to install solar projects that are more than 100 per cent of their sanctioned load or contract demand. […]
The MNRE has issued guidelines to implement the second phase of the rooftop solar programme. The government has set a target to install 100,000 MW of solar power capacity by 2022, of which 40,000 MW […]
Gujarat has launched a programme aimed at installing 200,000 rooftop solar systems in 2019-20 and 800,000 by 2022. The state’s Energy and Petrochemicals Department has stated that a 40 per cent subsidy would be available […]
The MNRE has released the results of its state rooftop solar attractiveness index. Karnataka has ranked the highest and emerged as the best state for setting up rooftop solar projects. The other top-rated states include […]
The MNRE has issued a clarification regarding the subsidy applicable for rooftop solar installations by individual residential households under the second phase of the grid-connected rooftop solar programme. The subsidy under the second phase will […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has clarified that the power produced using various forms of ocean energy such as tidal, wave and ocean thermal energy conversion will be considered renewable. These sources […]
The Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited (RRECL) has floated the Solar Energy Policy 2019. The policy aims to install 25 GW of solar power capacity by 2020-21 and 50 GW cumulatively over the next five […]
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