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MNRE Fast Tracking New and Renewable Energy Technologies in the Country

In an attempt to give a boost to new and innovative technologies in the field of new and renewable energy applications,the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) organized a two-day “R&D Conclave on New and Renewable Energy-Prospects for Cross-Cutting … Continue reading

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MERC denies exemption to SAIL from mandatory use of RE

The plea of the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) to exempt its Chandrapur plant from mandatory use of renewable energy as 6 per cent of total consumption has been dismissed by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). However, SAIL can … Continue reading

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MNRE released the budget allocations for off-grid systems under subsidy Scheme

MNRE released the budget allocation of around 440cr for off-grid solar subsidy sechem for year 2012-13. The benchmark cost are kept same as that of previous year at INR 190 per Wp and INR 270 per Wp for PV without battery and … Continue reading

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MNRE constitutes industry advisory council for solar energy

 Ministry of new and renewable energy has constituted ‘Solar energy industry advisory council’ (SEIAC) to advice the ministry on various technology related matters, attract investment across the value chain, suggest steps required to encourage R&D and drive down costs and … Continue reading

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MNRE released extensive master plan for proposed Solar Cities

http://mnre.gov.in/file-manager/UserFiles/solar_city_master_plans.htm   Click the above link for detailed plan

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Rooftop solar panels for MKU buildings on anvil

Solar mission is being aggressively pursued in Madurai Kamaraj University and plans are afoot to set up roof top solar panels in at least 10 buildings on the campus. The ‘go solar’ drive has been taken up following a keen … Continue reading

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MNRE draft guidelines on offshore wind likely in a month

CHENNAI: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is likely to come out with draft guidelines for offshore wind energy in the next one month, a top official told ET. “The consensus is that the draft guidelines should be framed within … Continue reading

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MNRE team visits Spanish CSP plants

An Indian delegation headed by Mr. Gireesh Pradhan, Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), during its visit to Spain made visits to some of the Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (CSP) plants and met with Protermosolar on … Continue reading

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India: Six of the seven Concentrating Solar Power progress on track

The seven solar energy projects are of a total capacity of 470 MW. Six out of the seven Concentrated Solar Thermal Power projects that were won by private developers are on track. A senior official of the Ministry of New … Continue reading

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Lanco issue with Ministry of Corporate Affairs

The ‘Lanco issue’ is with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. A final verdict on the issue should be expected by April 2. These are the two key takeaways from a conversation that Business Line had with a senior official of … Continue reading

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