New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) organised a one-day Hydrogen Startup Exhibition on Wednesday to promote the growing hydrogen startup ecosystem in the country.According to the government, the exhibition brought together 18 startups working across various segments of the green hydrogen value chain, including electrolyser technologies, fuel cell applications, biomass-to-hydrogen production and digital solutions for hydrogen systems.The participating startu…
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Ahmedabad, April 15 (IANS) Adani Wind has commissioned a 5-megawatt (MW) 185-metre rotor diameter wind turbine prototype at Gujarat’s Mundra, featuring wind blades among the largest in India and adding to the next generation of turbine platforms emerging in the country.The installation marks a step in the acceleration of India’s wind energy sector transition to higher-capacity turbines as developers seek to harness greater output from increasingly constrained land resources.The Adani Wind prot…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said that India has ranked third globally in renewable energy installed capacity, surpassing Brazil.According to the latest data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), domestic installed renewable energy capacity stood at 250.52 GW as of December 2025, placing the country behind China and the US, while moving ahead of Brazil and Germany in the global rankings.The minist…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) A total of 26,19,879 rooftop solar systems have been installed across the country as of March 19 this year under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana since the scheme’s launch in February 2024, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. An amount of Rs 17,967.53 crore has been disbursed as Central Financial Assistance to beneficiaries as of March 19, Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy Shripad Yesso Naik said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.The Ministry …
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The government on Wednesday extended the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) framework to include solar ingots and wafers, with the new norms set to come into effect from June 1, 2028.The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has introduced ALMM List-III for ingots and wafers, expanding mandatory domestic sourcing requirements beyond modules and cells to upstream components of the solar value chain.The ministry said “grandfathering provisions” have b…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has received the prestigious ‘Excellent’ rating in the MoU signed with the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) for the fifth consecutive year, underlining the organisation’s sustained focus on operational efficiency and financial discipline, an official statement issued on Thursday said.The ‘Excellent’ rating for the financial year 2024–25, has been achieved by the country’s largest pure-play g…