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  Indo-Japan N-deal to boost India's renewable energy plans: IEA

  World | December 18, 2015 16:14 IST

  Singapore: India's recent agreement with Japan on developing environmentally-friendly nuclear energy for civilian use is the right step and will boost the country's renewable energy plans, the IEA said here today.  "We support India's renewable

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  Need to shift from 'carbon credit' to 'green credit': PM Modi

  World | November 15, 2015 20:14 IST

  Antalya: Pledging to quadruple India's renewable power capacity to 175 gigawatt by 2022 and cut fossil fuel subsidies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked world's top economies to build support systems focused on nations that

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  Indigenous technology needed for renewable energy projects: Piyush Goyal

  Politics | September 11, 2015 16:02 IST

  New Delhi:  New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said here on Friday that indigenous technology development and standardization of projects was essential for the growth of renewable energy.He said that as the country aims

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  'Discoms' finances need to improve to sustain clean energy'

  July 23, 2015 18:57 IST

  New Delhi: With infrastructure to generate renewable energy being costly, India needs to attend to the financial health of power distribution companies (discoms) and strengthen the payment processes so as to develop the clean energy

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  Confident about renewed energy in India US ties: Narendra Modi

  India | July 04, 2015 12:23 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the people of U.S. on the occasion of their 239th Independence Day and said he was “extremely excited and confident about the renewed energy” in India-US

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  India is now world's fastest-growing major polluter

  India | June 29, 2015 14:27 IST

  For the first time ever, the year 2014 saw India's carbon dioxide emissions growth accounting for the largest share of global emissions growth, according to a new global report. India's CO2 emissions from energy use

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  Renewable energy poised to attract USD 200 bn: Piyush Goyal

  Politics | February 11, 2015 19:35 IST

  New Delhi: India's renewable energy sector is poised to attract $200 billion in investments, Power and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday."In terms of companies which are participating, several have committed to invest

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  WEF 2015: After Jan Dhan, government eyes renewable energy world record

  January 23, 2015 16:38 IST

  Davos: Having set a world record with fastest roll-out of its financial inclusion scheme 'Jan Dhan', the government expects its ambitious power sector programme to create more such records, including by making India the world's

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  Power Ministry for changes in renewable energy obligations

  Politics | November 26, 2014 12:39 IST

  New Delhi: The Power Ministry will soon approach the Cabinet with a proposal to introduce stringent rules for buyers and sellers of renewable energy, besides making amendments to the provisions in the overall tariff policy,

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  $100 billion investment likely in renewable energy in 4 years: Piyush Goyal

  September 12, 2014 11:18 IST

  New Delhi: The government is expecting $ 100 billion investment in the renewable energy sector in the next four years as it firms up a new policy framework for the same."We expect $ 100 billion

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  Indian Railways to harness green power to reduce hefty energy bill

  India | August 10, 2014 14:25 IST

  New Delhi: Railways have firmed up plans to harness solar and wind power as part of its move to tap renewable energy in a big way to reduce the fuel bill substantially.The total fuel bill

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  India, UAE sign MoU for co-operation on renewable energy

  India | January 19, 2014 17:33 IST

  New Delhi: India and UAE have agreed to cooperate in the field of renewable energy, especially in the areas of solar and wind power.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed in Abu