Tag Archives: Renewable Energy

Kiran Energy Solar Power, ReNew Power Ventures and Bharat Light & Power make headway in the renewable energy sector

RAYS OF SUNSHINE He came to India with a foreign venture, and then went on to take an Indian enterprise into foreign lands. In 1998, a 35-year-old Englishman helped the Hong Kong-headquartered Jardine Matheson Group set up its Indian operation. … Continue reading

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Creating voluntary market for REC trading has challenges: CERC

Even as renewable energy certificate (REC) trading hit a high last month, challenges remain in creation of voluntary markets for it in India, mostly in terms of participation of public sector companies and offering incentives to the buyers. Speaking in … 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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Renewable energy ministry to set up 60 more solar monitoring units..

Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will install 60 more solar radiation monitoring stations across the country and also introduce a scheme to encourage people to generate power from rooftop installations, a top official said today. The move is aimed at enabling states … Continue reading

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Cost concerns: Major bottleneck in the Biomass power development.

India is a predominantly agricultural economy. The estimated food grain production in India in 2011-12 is estimated as a little over 250 MT(Source: PIB). Since biomass energy is primarily derived from the agricultural waste, this sanctify India with huge potential for Biomass … Continue reading

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Power Finance Of India Says Lending Rising On Renewables Growth

Power Finance Corp. (POWF), , India’s largest state lender to electricity utilities, said a renewable-energy boom will support growth in loans as the country seeks to double clean-power capacity by 2017. Loan disbursal at Power Finance increased 31 percent in the year through … Continue reading

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Zynergy's module plant in TN

Zynergy Projects & Services’s 50 MW crystalline silicon module plant that is coming up at Sriperumbudur, some 40 km from Chennai, is likely to go on stream next month, the company’s CEO and Managing Director, Mr Rohit Rabindernath, told Business Line on … Continue reading

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REC trading high, but trend disappoints

Although trading in ‘renewable energy certificates’ (REC) touched a new watermark on Wednesday – for the first time the volumes crossed the 200,000-mark – the trend in demand and prices have left market watchers disappointed. As many as 206,188 RECs … Continue reading

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INDIA : Gujarat a compatible state for Renewable Energy source

Gujarat to conquer marine energy, after the success of establishing the wind and solar energy, the government is pursuing tidal energy generation policy soon. The outcome of the success of this renewable energy will be huge power generation capacity as … Continue reading

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Sunair develops solar-wind hybrid power generator for rooftops

Sunair Power Private Ltd has revisited the technology of vertical shaft windmills and has developed a machine for rooftop applications in the country. The Bangalore-based company is offering solar-wind hybrid power systems that can generate about 8 units of green … Continue reading

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