at the very Core of it all … is Content!
It’s great to see the solar energy industry slowly but gradually getting the space to manoeuvre in India. However, the present subsidy of 30% across the board for any and every type of solar installation isn’t quite enough to balance the high cost of procuring the equipment which discourages the vast majority of people from …
With over 1.2 billion people crammed into a little over 3.2 million square kilometers, India is not just experiencing overpopulation but population explosion. When you consider the fact that over 40% (and that’s a modest estimate) of this population has no access to the thousands of megawatts of electricity the country produces, it turns out …
NEW DELHI, May 29, 2014. Mr. Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, today emphasized the need to formulate a national policy on renewable energy to attract investments into the sector. He suggested that India, like China, should have exclusive financial institutions to fund renewable projects. China has four …
India and Turkey have agreed to enhance their cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy. This was decided at a meeting held between the Turkish Energy Minister Mr. Taner Yildiz and Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Minister of New and Renewable Energy at Ankara today. Dr. Abdullah is visiting Turkey along with a high level delegation to …
Seeking to obtain a first-hand perspective of the overall energy situation in Germany and the efforts being made for a dramatic shift towards renewable energy, Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge) Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia led a high-level delegation to Berlin. Shri Scindia had detailed discussions with Germany’s Minister of State for Economic Co-operation & …
The contribution of renewable energy to the total power generation is estimated to be 4.7%, 5.5% and 6.4% during 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 respectively. A capacity addition of 11,246 MW has been achieved from renewable energy sources during the last 3 years. Renewable power generation capacity of 14,657 MW have been added in the country …
The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram said that India-Australia bilateral partnership which was raised to the level of strategic partnership in 2009 has led to a rapid expansion in trade and investment ties between two countries, strengthening of our common interest in a stable and outward looking India-Pacific region, a growing collaboration in multilateral …
The Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah informed the Lok Sabha today that that the total installed capacity of renewable energy based power in the country is 26,267 MW. A capacity addition of 30,000 MW is targeted from renewable energy during the 12th Plan period. The contribution of renewable energy based power …
Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh’s inaugural address at the International Seminar on Energy Access in New Delhi today: “I am very pleased to be here today to inaugurate the International Seminar on Energy Access. India is privileged to host this important seminar during the ‘International Year of Sustainable Energy for …