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Indian Railway on Mission to become Green Railways by 2030

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Indian Railway on Mission to become Green Railways by 2030

Ministry of Railways, with a goal of transforming Indian Railways into Green Railways by 2030 has taken a number of major initiatives towards mitigation of global warming and combating climate change. Railway Electrification, improving energy efficiency of locomotives & trains and fixed installations, green certification for installations/stations, fitting bio toilets in coaches and switching to renewable sources of …

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National Renewable Energy Internship (NREI) Scheme

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MNRE releases Solar Benchmark Cost 2019-20

In a notification issued on 1.10.2019, the Human Resource Department of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has published a new National Renewable Energy Internship (NREI) Scheme for various students from Engineering, Science, Management, law and other streams to undertake internship in the Ministry and in organizations. National Renewable Energy Internship (NREI) Scheme MNRE …

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EESL Tenders for 175000 Off-Grid Solar Pumps Under KUSUM

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175000 Off-grid Solar Pumps Under Kusum tender

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSU’s under the Ministry of Power has issued a tender, under the Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme, for the procurement of 175000 off-grid solar pumps. The KUSUM Program: The project is part of the Union Government’s Off-grid and Decentralized Solar PV Application Program. …

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UNIDO and NISE to partner for skill development program

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UNIDO NISE agreement for Skill Development

An agreement was signed today between the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to initiate a skill development programme for different levels of beneficiaries in the solar thermal energy sector. NISE and UNIDO will engage national and international experts to bring the best practices by developing specialized …

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SECI’s 1200 MW Solar Tender gets lowest bid of ₹ 2.54/Unit

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Recently, the Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) has successfully concluded the auction for 1200 MW of interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected solar projects to be developed across India. In February 2019, SECI had tendered the capacity under tranche-IV. The tariff ceiling for this tender was set at ₹2.65 kWh. The tender was oversubscribed by 900 …

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Indian Railways to set-up 4 GW Solar Power Plants along tracks

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Indian Railways Solar Power Tender, 4 GW, 4000 MW

To reduce the purchased cost of electricity and migrate from conventional to renewable energy sources, Indian Railways is planning to come up with 4 GW of solar PV power projects along the railways tracks. The railway board is examining a project bid document prepared by SECI which is linked with setting up of 1,200 MW …

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Ladakh will soon have world’s largest solar power plant

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Ladakh, known for its breathtaking natural beauty, colourful mountains is soon going to be famous in sustainable energy field as well. Known as the “roof of the world,” the scenic Ladakh region of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir can soon host the world’s largest single-location PV plant. SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) …

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Renegotiation of PPAs by Certain States

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PPA is a contract between purchaser of electricity and electricity generator setting out the terms and price for supplying electricity. Earlier, tariffs were fixed by state electricity regulatory commissions based on which PPAs were made with power generators. In the case of renewable energy, state electricity regulatory commissions set the Feed-in Tariffs for the purchase …

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