Page 14 - Renewable Energy

India's solar capacity addition jumps over three-fold to 7.4 GW in Jan-Sep

The solar energy generation capacity addition rose 335 per cent to 7.4 GW in the January-September period this year from 1.73 GW a year ago, said Mercom India Research

ONGC signs pact with SECI to develop renewable, ESG projects

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Subhash Kumar and SECI Managing Director Suman Sharma

India hits target of 40% power generation capacity from non-fossil sources

The country's installed renewable energy (RE) capacity stands at 150.05 GW, while its nuclear energy-based installed electricity capacity is 6.78 GW

JSW Energy reorganises itself into 'Green' and 'Grey' businesses

The company said that all the existing and upcoming renewable energy businesses will be housed under JSW Energy Neo, its wholly-owned subsidiary

Gujarat will become renewable energy capital of the country by 2025: CM

Patel is currently in Delhi and addressed captains of industry in the curtain-raiser event to Virtual Gujarat Global Summit

RIL reboots Aramco deal, to re-evaluate structure after new energy forays

The stake sale talks, which were first officially revealed in August 2019, are being reset in light of Reliance making forays into new energy business in recent months

Coal, lignite firms to install 5,560 MW renewable energy capacity

Coal and lignite companies have planned to install additional 5,560 megawatt (MW) of renewable capacity in the country with an investment of over Rs 15,000 crore, the coal ministry on Thursday said.

Power producers can now replace thermal with renewables under existing PPAs

The Ministries of Power, and New and Renewable Energy have revised the relevant norms as part of the larger efforts to have 500 GW of clean energy generation capacity by 2030

One Sun, many hurdles: Why cross-border flow of green energy won't be easy

Establishing the cross-border flow of green energy under the One Sun declaration will involve many complexities

India to achieve 50% clean energy share before 2030 deadline: Singh

India will easily achieve the target of 50 per cent share of energy from non-fossil fuels and also the 500-gigawatt (GW) renewable energy capacity before the deadline of 2030 set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh. It assumes significance in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pledge at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow that India will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2070. Modi also raised the nationally determined contribution (NDC) target of non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030, from 450 gigawatts earlier. Talking to PTI, Singh said, "We are working hard towards the prime minister's target of 500 GW from renewable energy by 2030. We had said we will do 40 per cent (energy from non-fossil fuel) by 2030. We have reached 39 per cent. We will easily achieve the 50 per cent target by 2030. The prime minister has given the target till 2030, we will achieve...before that." He added that the prime minister has increased

Inter-ministerial coordination needed for higher RE investments: Experts

India's plan to expand its non-fossil energy capacity five-fold to 500 Gw by 2030 and meet half its energy needs from RE could add over $300 bn of investments in the sector

SWSL gets shareholder nod to issue shares to Reliance New Energy Solar

"The resolution at the EGM was passed with the requisite majority," according to a BSE filing

COP26: India will reach net zero emissions by 2070, says PM Modi

Modi also upped the renewable energy target of the country to 500 Gw by 2030

The green issues of tomorrow

Even while these efforts are underway, new threats to the environment are cropping up.

A disappointing G20

Its failure to agree on climate casts a shadow on COP26

Glasgow COP26: Riding on 450 GW, India to ask for more carbon space

Fissures between developed and developing world expected to widen

Cheap funding, govt sops power Indian firms' big bets on renewable energy

India is heavily dependent on imports, and local manufacturing capacities are inadequate. Several Indian companies are planning to plug this loophole

Climate change talks incomplete sans green energy focus: ISA's Ajay Mathur

In an interview with Jyoti Mukul & Shreya Jai, International Solar Alliance (ISA) Director-General (D-G) Ajay Mathur says India and the UK have combined their green grid initiatives

Adani Green Energy Q2 profit jumps nearly six-fold to Rs 100 crore

Solar energy sales grew by 41 per cent

Cabinet to okay COP26 pitch next week, govt seeks $100 bn climate funding

India to push 450 Gw RE, ask $100 billion climate funding, ask Global North to set up a mechanism for compensating 'loss and damage' caused due to climate change events