Tag Archives: renewable energy

India Achieves 20 Gigawatts Solar Capacity 4 Years Ahead Of Initial Target India achieved an operational solar power capacity of 20 gigawatts by the end of 2017, Mercom India Research has claimed. According to Mercom India Research, a record 9.5 gigawatts of solar power capacity was likely added in 2017, taking the total solar power capacity operational in India to ... Read More »

Why 2018 is the year for business to step up climate action Big numbers can drive change, so here’s a huge one: 800,000. That’s how many years it’s been since Earth’s atmosphere was as loaded with carbon dioxide as it is now. The steep rise in this heat-trapping gas underlines the need for a globally sustainable economy if we want ... Read More »

India committed to 175 GW renewable energy target, says environment ministry official India is committed to its renewable energy target of having 175 GW capacity by 2022 to provide equitable sustainable development, a senior official has said. India has been pursuing its goals of setting up renewable energy capacities and changing its energy mix, and will continue to do so ... Read More »

Hopes For Clean Energy In India Are High As Solar Power Will Leave Coal Power Behind By 2027 India’s renewable energy programme is proceeding at such a rapid pace that its contribution to total power generation will equal that of coal in 2026 and surpass it the following year, according to projections made in the second volume of the Economic ... Read More »

The Big Green Bang: how renewable energy became unstoppable At the start of this year, a British businessman named Adam Robson received some awful news. Mr Robson runs an English company called Torotrak that invents fuel-saving contraptions aimed at solving one of the auto industry’s great dilemmas: how to make a petrol car that is green enough to meet tightening ... Read More »

India ranked second in renewable energy attractiveness index India has moved up to the second spot from third position in this year’s ‘Renewable energy country attractiveness index’ released by EY. This is primarily due to a combination of strong government support and increasingly attractive economics, EY said in a statement. According to the statement, India continued its upward trend in ... Read More »

India has 10-year window to shift completely to renewable energy: TERI Excess power generation capacity provides India an opportunity to shift completely to green energy. If the country can halve storage technology prices in 10 years it can do without the need for new coal based plants, a study by The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) said. The TERI report ... Read More »

Power ministry seeks relief for renewable energy from GST impact The Union power ministry has told the influential goods and services tax (GST) Council chaired by finance minister Arun Jaitley that implementing GST in its current form could push up power generation cost, especially of renewable energy, which will further dent the ability of debt-ridden distribution companies to serve electricity ... Read More »

Emerging nations have taken the lead on renewable energy, in 2 charts Historically speaking, wealthier, developed nations, particularly the US and Europe, have led the world on renewable energy, investing the most capital and building the most capacity. Last year, that changed. In 2015, for the first time, countries outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) invested more ... Read More »

Kendriya Vidyalayas to go green with rooftop solar power systems The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is going to generate electricity through the rooftop solar photovoltaic system. A pilot project will be launched at viable Kendriya Vidyalayas across NCR with more than 40 KWp capacity, and in such schools in the northeastern states. According to a press statement from the Sangathan, ... Read More »