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ADB to End Fossil Fuel Financing, No Timeline Committed

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Friday that it will not finance coal mining or oil and natural gas activities in the future, as a result of a draft energy policy supporting low carbon transition in Asia and the Pacific. Set up in the early 1960s and headquartered in Manila, the ADB has since channelled […]Read More

MNRE’s New Scheme Guidelines for 12,000 MW CPSU Phase-II Project

MNRE released the amended scheme guidelines for implementation of CPSU Scheme Phase-II for setting up 12,000 MW Solar PV power projects.Read More

Solar Developers Trip Up Over Great Indian Bustard Habitat in Rajasthan

Solar developers that made a beeline for Rajasthan, India’s largest state by area with a seemingly plentiful supply of non-agricultural land with high solar irradiance, have been served a shock by the Supreme Court. The court was hearing a case related to the impact on the habitat of the Great Indian Bustard, a critically endangered […]Read More

States must plan now for utility-scale battery storage

A new report says the Indian States must develop plans to incentivize investments into the deployment of utility-scale battery storage—just as they did for solar. Read More

CPSU Program for 12 GW of Solar Amended, VGF Capped at ?5.5 Million

Solar projects must be commissioned within 30 months from the date of LoARead More

Tender Announced for Solar Street Lighting Systems in Himachal Pradesh

The Himachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency (Himurja) has invited bids for the supply and installation of 20,000 solar street lighting...Read More