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India working on framework to repower wind farms in country

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndiarsquos ministry of power is developing a framework to repower wind farms in the countryp

pBusiness Standard quoting minister Piyush Goyal reports that the power ministry intends to repower wind projects by replacing 200300 watt units with 2ndash5 turbines...

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Subject Tags: policy , Renewable Energy

India Realising its RE potential

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe victory of the centre right Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in Indiarsquos general election in April 2014 was controversial in many respects and unexpected in its decisiveness But for the renewables industry in the country it represented the possibility of a revival of...

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East Delhi Commissions Hydropower Plant Powered By Sewage Effluent

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pDelhi is getting its first hydropower plant but itrsquos not harvesting the energy of running water in the traditional hydroelectric model as this new system uses falling water from a treated sewage effluent pipe to spin its turbinep

pRecapturing some of the energy in...

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Scania paves way to Vishvaraj for biogas project

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pWith already three mega projects of Nagpur Municipal Corporation NMC in its pocket citybased Vishvaraj Infrastructure Limited VIL a company said to be close to Union minister and city MP Nitin Gadkari will be setting up biogas plant the gas from which will propel the...

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Indian entrepreneur develops biogasfuelled fuel cell

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pAn Indian entrepreneur based in Pune Maharashtra has developed a biogasfuelled solid oxide fuel cell SOFC generatorp

pAccording to The Times of India Siddharth Mayur the founder president of h2e Power Systems has developed the system which uses biogas produced from...

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India needs national lab policy for renewable energy Goyal

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndia needs a National Lab Policy to facilitate the testing standardization and certification of renewable energy projects Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister Pitush Goyal said on Fridayp

pldquoA policy document should bring out a clear work plan identifying...

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MNRE approves Kochis solar city master plan

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndiarsquos Ministry of New and Renewable Energy MNRE has approved the master plan for Kochi solar city project The city had submitted its plan in Junep

pThe Rs696crore project is part of the Central government scheme to develop solar cities in select regions of the...

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Govt may provide subsidy for putting solar panels on 500 train roofs

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIn what may be a gamechanger in helping the Indian Railways cut energy costs the government may provide subsidy for putting solar panels on the roofs of around 500 trains to generate electricityp

pThis is in addition to the plan to set up 500 megawatts MW solar...

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India approves offshore wind power generation policy

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to the National Offshore Wind Energy Policyp

pWith this approval the Ministry of New amp Renewable Energy MNRE has been authorized as the Nodal Ministry for use of offshore areas...

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EEPL to commission 5MW solar power project in Maharashtra

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pPune India based solar EPC provider Enrich Energy EEPL is commissioning a 5 megawatt solar photovoltaic power project as part of PhaseII batch1 of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission JNNSMp

pAccording to a statement the project sited at Karajgi in Solapur district...

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