New Delhi, Aug. 10 The Government is likely to roll out a plan to add 20 giggawatt (20,000 MW) solar-based power generation capacity. This was shared by the Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Mr Deepak Gupta, here on Monday.

Working on new scheme to boost output.
Capital cost projections
The Ministry projects capital costs could fall to Rs 6-8 crore a MW in India
Globally the reduction could be even higher at Rs 4.5-6.75 crore
Comparative capital cost of thermal stations is Rs 4.5-5 crore
For hydro it is Rs 5-6 crore
For nuclear it is put a Rs 5-7.5 crore

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Hyderabad, Aug. 6 The grid-based interactive solar power generation projects may get a generation-based incentive from the Centre in addition to the tariff fixed by the State Utility.

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STATES may have to use a prescribed level of green energy in their total electricity consumption as per a proposed legislation by the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE). The government is working on a legislation to boost the growth of renewable energy in the country, MNRE secretary Deepak Gupta said.

Apart from granting Rs 1,000 crore as compensation for the Aila affected people, the Centre ahs also sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore for provision of solar lanterns to the Aila-affected blocks in the Sunderbans area.

The ministry of new and renewable energy has sanctioned this grant of Rs 1.5 crore to provide 14,000 solar lanterns to the Aila-affected people of Hingalgunj, Gosba and Patharpratima.

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