Raising Finnances  for solar power projects under  the Centre’s ambitious Jawharlal Nehru National Solar Mission  (JNNSM) is going to be difficult as banks are not happy with present  structure of the power-purchase agreement (PPA). The existing PPA ...

CERC chairman Dr Pramod Deo explains how the renewable energy certificates (REC) will function and also addressed the apprehensions expressed by both the industry and state power distribution utilities regarding RECs ...

Alternate energy in India had gained momentum after the ministry for new and renewable energy announced the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. The first phase target of 1 Gw is doable while the rest of the ...

Arunachal Pradesh’s power minister, Jarbom Gamli, recently said that the government is keen to see that the 2,000 Mw Lower Subansiri hydro project. Speaking at North-East Power Minsiters’ Meet, Assam power minister Pradyut Bordoloi asked the Arunachal ...

Principal scientific advisor to the government, favoured the construction of  hydel projects in the country in order to maintain the 8-10 per cent growth rate.  There will be a meeting of the Ganga river basin authority ...

Himachal Pradesh’s prominet Ravi river may disappear from the Chamba district in couple of years. A 67 kilo meter long stretch will simply disappear as its flow will be diverted through tunnels for hydropower generation projects. Additional ...

The US-based private equity  fund Blackstone has invested Rs 1350 crore  in Moser Baer Projects Private Ltd (MBPPL). The investment will fund MBPPL’s plans of commissioning 5,000 Mw of power generation capacity 4,000 Mw of thermal ...

Solar Semiconductor Private Limited, a Hyderabad based manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and system integrators, has entered into a strategic partnership with Sonepar, a distributor of electronic and solar PV products in Canada and worldwide. ...

Indian Energy has commissioned a 16.5 Mw wind farm at Theni district of Tamil Nadu. The project, which consists of 11 turbines with a power generating capacity of 1.5 Mw each, has been constructed by Regen ...

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has bagged two orders from a Chinese independent power producer to supply 37 units of its V90-2.0 Mw wind turbines. The orders include delivery, installation and commissioning of the turbines, VestasOnline Business ...