India Plans EV Charging Corridor Across New Delhi
As India prepares itself for the electric vehicles blitzkrieg over the next few years, several arms of the Indian government are planning pilot projects to get the motor running.
As India prepares itself for the electric vehicles blitzkrieg over the next few years, several arms of the Indian government are planning pilot projects to get the motor running.
The record wind energy generation that India witnessed brought in record revenue (and profit!) for the state of Tamil Nadu, the leading producer of wind power in the country.
It is perhaps the worry of missing the ambitious renewable energy target that the Indian government has floated the idea of launching the world’s largest solar power tender.
Fiji became the first developing country to issue sovereign green bonds, as the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) provided technical assistance to the island nation.
Sticking to its announced road map to expedite wind energy auctions, India will put 4.5 gigawatts of capacity on the block by February 2018.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in India has once again issued a warning to states against the practice of curtailing solar power generation.
According to media reports, two floating solar PV projects, each having 10 megawatts of capacity, will be set up in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
The global green bonds market has scored yet another record issuance during the first half of 2017. A record $56 billion was issued during the first six months of the year while the second quarter saw issuance of $30 billion, the Climate Bonds Initiative reported.
The International Solar Alliance — a brainchild of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — will likely receive legal multilateral agency status later this year during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to India.
An Indian government’s think tank and the agency responsible for long-term planning has set a milestone of 100 gigawatts by 2020 for the country’s ambitious renewable energy targets.