Solar target 280 GW by 2030: India to levy 40% Customs duty on solar modules by next year
By April 2022, India will levy 40% Customs duty on solar panels and 25% on…
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Do the new electricity rules spell doom for India’s rooftop solar ambitions?
Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi doubled down on India’s target of installing 40GW of…
‘Lowest in 5 years’: India added just 3GW solar capacity in 2020
According to a Mercom study, India’s solar capacity addition in 2020 at 3.2 GW, was…
Maersk’s new ships to stop burning fossil fuels
Shipping giant APM-Maersk announced that its newly constructed ships will no longer run on only…
Fall in coal demand, rise in foreign investment in RE: Is India on climate-friendly pathway?
While coal demand in India may have already witnessed its peak, a surge of foreign…
Digging up the dirt on Kulda coal mines expansion
Villagers from Odisha’s coal district have been protesting peacefully for almost a month after years…
Himalayan infra, and an avalanche of problems
Following Sunday’s flash floods that has left an under-construction NTPC hydropower plant decimated, India’s plans…
Budget 2021-2022: ₹1000 cr for SECI, ₹1500 cr for IREDA can back 19 GW of RE projects annually?
The Centre announced an additional allocation of ₹1,000 crore to the Solar Energy Corporation of…
UK may rush to finance overseas drilling project in Brazil before COP26
A news investigation suggested that the UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance, may rush…
Strong Policies and investment required to accelerate India’s clean energy transition- IEA report
All roads to successful global clean energy transitions go via India, says Fatih Birol, executive…