The government has set itself a target of 100 GW of solar power by 2022, of which 60 GW is to come from utilities and 40 GW from rooftop solar installations.

The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched a pilot scheme for the promotion of large-scale grid-connected roof-top solar PV projects in Raipur city, officials said.

government has implemented new rules for buying power from grid-linked solar power projects through competitive bidding under the National Solar Mission to improve transparency and standardise auct

The International Solar Alliance is likely to be a recognised multilateral agency of the United Nations by this year end.

“The Centre will fund only those solar parks with a minimum capacity of 500 MW. But such a huge project requires a big stretch of land ... at least 2,000 acres.

Three union ministers -- Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal and Minister of State (Independent C

In light of the fact that developers who were granted connectivity in existing sub-stations earlier did not go on to win any capacity in recent auctions, the renewable energy ministry in a missive

As on 31.07.2017, the cumulative Solar Energy capacity installed, as on 31.07.2017, is 13652 MW while the same at the end of 2014-15 was 3743.97 MW.

The installed wind power capacity is over 32.5 GW.

BENGALURU: Karnataka has overtaken Gujarat to become the third highest producer of renewable energy after Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.