According to sources, the winner in the latest solar auction in the country was Rising Sun Energy, a small developer which bagged a 190MW project in an auction conducted by state-run power generator NTPC.
NEW DELHI: India’s renewable energy sector rebounded to the pre-pandemic levels in the December quarter as the gradual lifting of lockdown curbs restored supply chains.
Capacity additions jumped 59% at 1.9 GW (gigawatts) compared to the first quarter of 2020-21, according to the latest market report from CEEW Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF), the Council of Energy, Environment and Water’s renewables market tracker.
Coal-fired capacity addition receded further to 369 MW in the October-December period from 550 MW in the second quarter, which was less than 20% of renewable energy capacity added, the report said. As a corollary, generation from renewables also increased by 20% in the quarter under review from a year ago.
Policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs in the offing: PM Modi
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Last Updated: Feb 18, 2021, 08:22 PM IST
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Asserting that reforms in the regulatory and process framework have significantly improved the outlook towards the power sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution sector and a policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs is in the offing.
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Asserting that reforms in the regulatory and process framework have significantly improved the outlook towards the power sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution sector and a policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs is in the offing.
Renewed U.S.-India Climate Cooperation
By Kanika Chawla, Alan Yu, and Rita Cliffton
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Indian workers install solar panels at the Gujarat solar park in the Charanka village of the Patan district on April 14, 2012.
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To read the one-page fact sheet, see What a Biden-Modi Initiative To Spur India’s Green Transition Should Look Like.
The United States and India have an opportunity to partner to catalyze foreign institutional investment in India’s green transition. The fact sheet lays out what such a partnership should look like and how it would benefit both countries and the world.