Foreign Relations

India and Australia sign LoI on New and Renewable Energy Technology

The 4th India – Australia Energy Dialogue was held on 15th February, 2022. The dialogue was co-chaired by Hon’ble Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Mr. R.K. Singh from the Indian side and Hon’ble Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Mr. Angus Taylor from the Australian side. […]

Foreign Relations

ISA to work for $1 trillion global in solar investments by 2030

Fourth Assembly of the International Solar Alliance closes with a promise to achieve $1 trillion global in solar investments by 2030; ISA Assembly gives a green light to the “One Sun”political declaration for the launch of Green GridsInitiative-One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG) at COP26 […]

Investments

PM Inaugurates RE-Invest 2020

PM Inaugurates RE-Invest 2020; Plans of Megawatts to Gigawatts are Becoming Reality; India’s Installed Renewable Energy Capacity Increased by Two and Half Times in Last six Years; India has Demonstrated that Sound Environmental Policies Can also be Sound Economics […]

General

PM-KUSUM Scheme to include solar energy generation in the farm sector

MNRE expands the scope of PM-KUSUM Scheme to enable greater solar energy generation in the farm sector; Solar power plants can be installed on pastureland and marshy land of farmers besides barren, fallow and agricultural land;
Size of solar plant has been reduced to enable participation of small farmers; CFA allowed for solar pumps to be set up and used by Water User Associations (WUAs)/Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)/Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACSs) or for cluster based irrigation system; Separate bids to be invited for solar pumps with Universal Solar Pump Controller (USPC); USPC pumps to also get subsidy […]

Technology

ARCI makes Low-cost Sustainable supercapacitor electrode from industrial waste cotton

Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous organization of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India have developed a simple, low-cost, environmentally friendly, and sustainable supercapacitor electrode derived from industrial waste cotton which can be used as an energy harvester storage device. […]