Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formally inaugurated the country’s ultra mega Rewa solar park, a 750 megawatt capacity plant situated in the state of Madhya Pradesh, on the 10th of July 2020. The Prime Minster inaugurated the solar park via video conferencing and dedicated the plant to the nation.
In what could be a significant step towards integration of large-scale wind and solar energy projects in the existing power grid, General Electric will design a storage-equipped hybrid renewable energy project in India. General Electric recently announced that it received an order from India-based IL&FS Energy Development Company Limited to … [continued]
The state government of Karnataka in India has received pledges for new solar power projects. At the recently concluded Invest Karnataka summit, two different entities pledged to add a total of 3 GW of solar power capacity in the state. Karnataka Solar Power Development Corporation stated its plans to set … [continued]
The Indian Ministry of New & Renewable Energy will seek a budgetary allocation of more than twice the amount it received in last year’s budget. According to Indian media reports, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has sought allocation of Rs 10,000 crore (around $1.5 billion) in the budget … [continued]
Another state in India has approved construction of an ultra mega solar power project, boosting the Indian Government’s plan to set up 20 GW of large-scale solar power parks. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has approved a 500 MW solar power project in the northern state of … [continued]
India’s Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has reported progress on the ambitious program of setting up ultra mega solar power projects across the country. Replying to a query raised in the upper house of the Parliament, Minister for Coal, Power, and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal stated that his government … [continued]
UK-based project developer Lightsource has announced its expansion into the rapidly growing solar power market of India. Lightsource recently signed an agreement to invest $3 billion to develop 3 GW solar power capacity in India. The agreement was signed during Indian Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the United Kingdom. While the … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love The Indian state of Odisha has announced an ambitious plan to set up a 1,000 MW solar park. The park will be built through a public-private partnership and is already approved by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The solar power park will … [continued]
Germany and India have strengthened their cooperation in the renewable energy sector following German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent visit to India. Germany announced that it would offer India financial assistance of €1 billion for the implement of the ambitious green energy corridors project — a network of transmissions lines dedicated to carrying … [continued]
India is progressing well along its ambitious renewable energy transmission network program. Power Grid Corporation of India has operationalised the second phase of the green corridor program, and has allocated a transmission project in Andhra Pradesh, while completing the tendering process for projects in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. All these … [continued]
