Renewables
MNRE amends ALMM guidelines; net-metering, OA projects now included
According to recent guideline amendment by the Union ministry of new & renewable energy (MNRE), the eligible entities of the Approved List of Models & Manufacturers (ALMM) of solar modules can now additionally participate in open access and net metering projects.
IRCON International forms joint venture for 500-mw IREDA solar project
- Jan 14, 2022
IRCON International has formed a majority joint venture with Ayana Renewable Power Pvt Ltd to implement a 500-mw solar project that it won in a recent IREDA auction.
Reliance Industries plans Rs.6-trillion green energy investment in Gujarat
- Jan 14, 2022
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has signed an MoU with the Gujarat government for an investment of Rs.5.955 trillion (lakh crore), largely towards green energy projects in the western state.
Vedanta Aluminium becomes India’s largest industrial RE consumer in 2021
- Jan 13, 2022
Vedanta Aluminium has become the largest industrial consumer of renewable energy (RE) in 2021, a company statement said.
ICRA estimates 16 GW of renewable energy capacity in FY23
- Jan 10, 2022
The outlook for the capacity addition in the renewable energy (RE) sector remains strong with a large project pipeline of over 55 GW and the highly competitive tariffs offered by these projects, notes credit rating agency ICRA in a release.
FM promises implementation of BCD on solar modules
- Jan 7, 2022
Union finance minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, in a meeting on January 6, 2022, with a delegation of solar power-centric industry associations assured that basic customs duty (BCD) on imported solar modules will be implemented effective from April 1, 2022, as already envisaged.
IPICOL, Gail (India) sign MoU for green projects in Odisha
- Jan 6, 2022
Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha (IPICOL) and Gail (India) Ltd have signed an MoU aiming at cooperation in the area of green projects in Odisha.
Amp Energy commissions open-access solar project for Bosch
- Jan 4, 2022
Amp Energy, in a statement, said that it has announced the commissioning of an open access-based solar power project in Karnataka, for Bosch Ltd.
Azure Power fully commissions 600-mw solar project in Rajasthan
- Jan 3, 2022
Azure Power, in a statement, announced that it has fully commissioned its 600-mw solar power project in Rajasthan.
Hartek Solar commissions rooftop plant at Golden Temple
- Dec 30, 2021
Hartek Solar Pvt Ltd, the rooftop solar division of the Chandigarh-based Hartek Group, has installed a 525-kW solar power plant in the holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple, in Amritsar.