Uttarakhand has secured the second rank among special category states in the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s Renewable Energy State Assessment Framework (RE-SAF). The ministry’s secretary, Santosh Sarangi, communicated the…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has removed customs duty on sodium antimonate, used to make solar glass, reducing it from 7.5% to zero. Specified capital goods for lithium-ion cells used in Battery Energy…
State-run banks have proposed changes to the priority sector lending (PSL) framework to create specific lending categories for electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and climate-transition projects. The proposals include PSL-linked limits of up…
India's installed non-fossil fuel power capacity has crossed 300 GW, reaching 300.50 GW as of July 31 and accounting for more than 54% of total installed electricity generation capacity, the Ministry of…
The government has ordered inverter manufacturers to share daily cumulative generation data from rooftop solar systems installed under the PM Surya Ghar scheme through an API to a national portal. The new…
Kojadmal Jat, a 60-year-old farmer in Kundanpura village near Jaipur, has become the first farmer in Rajasthan to own an agrivoltaics (APV) plant, generating 600 kW of electricity while growing maize under…
The government is working on a new subsidy scheme to support domestic manufacturing of polysilicon, a key component for solar modules, Union New and Renewable Energy Secretary Santosh Sarangi said on Friday.…
India installed a record 27 GW of solar capacity in the first half of 2026, a 50% rise from the 18 GW added in H1 2025, according to Mercom India Research. Solar…
The Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA), in a report supported by MEC Intelligence, has urged the government to prepare rolling transmission plans linked to projected renewable energy additions. India aims to…
Several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, are providing financial assistance to households that cannot afford rooftop solar installations to reduce revenue losses from subsidising electricity, J.V.N. Subramanyam, Joint Secretary…
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