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Indian State Of Andhra Pradesh Plans To Add 5,000 MW Solar Power Capacity by 2019

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2014

The south Indian state, which recently saw its boundaries redrawn, is drawing up a new renewable energy policy with an aim to attract investment and boost power generation capacity.

The state government is working on a comprehensive renewable energy policy that would...

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Government plans to merge all state-run hydropower firms; thermal projects may be transferred to NTPC

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2014

The government plans to create public sector energy giants with a massive restructuring exercise that will amalgamate all state-run hydropower firms and transfer their thermal projects to NTPC to create strong companies that can take on the rapidly growing private...

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2015-16 to be observed as water conservation year

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 21, 2014

The year 2015-16 will be observed as water conservation year and a public movement will be launched during the year to conserve the precious resource, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti said Wednesday.

Bharti said the...

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South Australia keen on 'Clean Ganga' project

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 21, 2014

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 'Clean Ganga' project received a shot-in-the-arm with the South Australia government showing its interest in cleaning up the river, which is considered sacred by many Indians. 

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherhill...

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PV makers to face anti-dumping duties in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 3, 2014

 Malaysian solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers exporting to India may face anti-dumping dut ies amounting to US$0.62/W (RM1.99/W) as the country introduces protectionist measure in the interest of its domestics solar manufacturing industry.

 
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Subject Tags: India , Indian government

Indian government moots four more giant PV projects totalling 2GW

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 25, 2014

India’s finance minister, Shri Chidambaram, announced 2GW worth of new large-scale solar projects as part of his interim budget speech earlier this week.

The finance minister said following the success of India’s JNNSM...

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Indian government moots four more giant PV projects totalling 2GW

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 20, 2014

India’s finance minister, Shri Chidambaram, announced 2GW worth of new large-scale solar projects as part of his interim budget speech earlier this week.

The finance minister said following the success of India’s JNNSM...

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Indian government looks to reinvigorate the flagging Wind Energy sector

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 22, 2014
The Indian wind industry has been in doldrums in recent times.
The removal of long standing accelerated depreciation subsidy as well as the removal of generation based incentives has caused this problem. This coupled with inadequate transmission capacities has...
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Subject Tags: Indian government

Indian government softens domestic content rules for second phase of solar mission

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 18, 2013

The Indian government has signed off the first 750MW batch of tenders under the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission with a softening of domestic content rules.

The first phase required the use of modules based on crystalline technology to be...

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Coal Tax To Fund India’s 750 MW Solar Power Capacity Addition Plan In 2013

By : Sustainability ..., May 21, 2013

The Indian government is set to repose millions of dollars in financial support for solar power project developers from the coal tax corpus it has accumulated over the last few years. Project developers looking to set up projects under the second phase of the...

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