Renewable Energy
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Indo-Japan N-deal to boost India's renewable energy plans: IEA
World | Dec 18, 2015, 04:14 PM ISTSingapore: 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 | Nov 15, 2015, 08:14 PM ISTAntalya: 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
National | Sep 11, 2015, 04:02 PM ISTNew 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'
Jul 23, 2015, 06:57 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 04, 2015, 12:23 PM ISTNew 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 | Jun 29, 2015, 02:27 PM ISTFor 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
National | Feb 11, 2015, 07:35 PM ISTNew 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
Jan 23, 2015, 04:38 PM ISTDavos: 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
National | Nov 26, 2014, 12:39 PM ISTNew 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
Sep 12, 2014, 11:18 AM ISTNew 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 | Aug 10, 2014, 02:25 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 19, 2014, 05:33 PM ISTNew 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