Delhites can get free electricity for consuming 400 units under new Solar Policy
9 months, 1 week ago

Delhites can get free electricity for consuming 400 units under new Solar Policy

India Today  

The Aam Aadmi Party notified the Delhi Solar Policy 2023 on Saturday, under which residents consuming over 400 units of electricity, and having solar panels installed on their roofs, will get zero electricity bills. The Delhi government already provides 200 units of free electricity to every household and, under the Delhi Solar Policy 2023, even those consuming over 400 units of electricity will have their bills reduced to zero if they have solar panels installed. In a statement, the Delhi government also said that under the policy, the money spent on solar panels will be recovered within the next four years because of several subsidies. Earlier, the AAP government had issued the Delhi Solar Policy 2016, under which the capital region already has solar panels, generating 1,500 megawatts of power.

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Explained: From ₹290 cr to ₹3,250 cr – a decade of AAP govt’s free power spending in Delhi
2 weeks ago

Explained: From ₹290 cr to ₹3,250 cr – a decade of AAP govt’s free power spending in Delhi

Live Mint  

In the run up to Delhi Assembly Elections 2025, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party – the two opposition parties – have promised to continue giving free electricity to the residents, if they come to power defeating the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. 77 % subsidies on zero electricity bills The AAP government in Delhi offers its flagship schemes – …

Explained: From ₹290 cr to ₹3,250 cr – a decade of AAP govt's free power spending in Delhi
2 weeks ago

Explained: From ₹290 cr to ₹3,250 cr – a decade of AAP govt's free power spending in Delhi

Live Mint  

The AAP government's free electricity scheme in Delhi has skyrocketed from ₹ 290 crore to ₹ 3,250 crore over the past decade, benefiting millions. 77 % subsidies on zero electricity bills The AAP government in Delhi offers its flagship schemes – direct subsidy mainly on electricity, water and bus rides for women. Year Delhi Govt's Spent on Electricity Subsidy 2014-15 …

400 free electricity units: Congress makes big poll promise for Delhi, after BJP pledges to continue AAP schemes
2 weeks, 6 days ago

400 free electricity units: Congress makes big poll promise for Delhi, after BJP pledges to continue AAP schemes

Live Mint  

The Congress party has promised free electricity up to 400 units each month if it assumes power in Delhi in the upcoming assembly elections. This comes a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party said that it will continue the ruling Aam Aadmi Party government's free electricity, water subsidies and and free bus rides for women should it come to power …

Delhi Election: 'Congress to provide 400 units of free electricity if voted to power', says Devender Yadav
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Delhi Election: 'Congress to provide 400 units of free electricity if voted to power', says Devender Yadav

India TV News  

Delhi Assembly Election 2025: The Congress party will provide free electricity up to 400 units a month if it comes to power in Delhi, the party's city chief Devender Yadav said on Tuesday. Yadav said in a statement that Congress would also implement strict checks and balances to stop discoms from looting consumers with inflated power bills. The Aam Aadmi …

Gujarat leads India in solar rooftop installations under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Gujarat leads India in solar rooftop installations under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana

New Indian Express  

As part of its ambitious renewable energy goals, the Union Government aims to achieve 1 crore rooftop solar installations in the residential sector by 2027. A senior official remarked, “The PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana aligns with India’s broader goals of transitioning to clean energy, reducing carbon emissions, and empowering citizens with affordable and sustainable power. This initiative will …

BJP promises to continue free electricity, water schemes in Delhi; AAP dismisses it as ‘electoral jumla’
3 weeks ago

BJP promises to continue free electricity, water schemes in Delhi; AAP dismisses it as ‘electoral jumla’

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has said that it will continue the ruling Aam Aadmi Party government's free electricity, water subsidies and and free bus rides for women should it come to power in the national capital in the upcoming assembly elections. South Delhi Member of Parliament and chairman of the BJP's manifesto committee for Delhi assembly elections, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri …

Delhi's power demand likely to break record this winter, may cross 6300 MW
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Delhi's power demand likely to break record this winter, may cross 6300 MW

India Today  

As Delhi braces for the chill of another winter, the city's power demand is poised to reach unprecedented levels, continuing the record-setting trajectory observed during the summer of 2024. According to forecasts from the State Load Dispatch Centre, the capital's electricity consumption could peak at over 6300 MW this season, surpassing the previous winter's high of 5816 MW. This mix …

Delhi govt inaugurates one-stop solar power portal
1 month ago

Delhi govt inaugurates one-stop solar power portal

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister Atishi on Wednesday launched the “Delhi Solar Portal”, a one-stop window for consumers to access empanelled vendors for installation of rooftop solar panels, register for subsidies and incentives, as well as estimate the solar power generation potential and earnings from their rooftops. The “Delhi Solar Policy” was launched in March, to transform at least 25% of power …

Will give Rs 75,000 to Rs 80,000 to every household for installing solar panels: PM Modi in Jharkhand
1 month, 1 week ago

Will give Rs 75,000 to Rs 80,000 to every household for installing solar panels: PM Modi in Jharkhand

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed an election rally in Jharkhand and said the Centre will give Rs 75,000 to Rs 80,000 to every household for installing solar panels. We will give Rs 75,000 to Rs 80,000 to every household for installing solar panels. The electricity that will be generated from it will have zero electricity bill and if …

How well the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, a solar revolution, is faring across India
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How well the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, a solar revolution, is faring across India

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious PM Surya Ghar Yojana is bringing significant relief to residents across India through solar power subsidies and installations. The power department also gave their full support.” Surendra, who works as a teacher, installed a 3 KW solar panel for Rs 1.8 lakh and got a subsidy of Rs 1.08 lakh. He spoke about the installation …

Give residents more time to install rooftop solar plants: Kataria to Chandigarh admn
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Give residents more time to install rooftop solar plants: Kataria to Chandigarh admn

Hindustan Times  

In what could bring major relief to around 4,000 homeowners who were served resumption notices for not installing rooftop solar power plants in September, Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria on Friday advised the Chandigarh administration to give residents more time to comply. Kataria on Friday chaired a review meeting with the department of science and technology and …

Solar, wind, hydro and nuclear to power India in years to come: PM Narendra Modi
3 months, 1 week ago

Solar, wind, hydro and nuclear to power India in years to come: PM Narendra Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India has decided to build its future based on solar, wind, nuclear and hydro power. Under the PM Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme, PM Modi said every power consumer can become a power producer. “Today’s India is preparing a base not only for today but for the next thousand years”, PM Modi said …

U.P. marching ahead in solar energy field: Min
4 months, 1 week ago

U.P. marching ahead in solar energy field: Min

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh was establishing nine solar parks with a total capacity of 3840 MW, out of which 528 MW of electricity production had already started, energy minister AK Sharma said here on Wednesday, claiming that the state had taken significant strides in the field of renewable energy. Under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, solar energy plants will be installed …

Andhra Pradesh Govt Signs Solar MoU With NVVN
4 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh Govt Signs Solar MoU With NVVN

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday signed an MoU for the solarization of government buildings with the support of NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited. Naidu said the government of Andhra Pradesh is keen to promote solar rooftop systems in the domestic sector and government institutions under the PM Surya Ghar scheme launched by the Centre. The NTPC Vidyut …

Kejriwal makes 10 poll guarantees: ‘24*7 electricity, no Agniveer scheme…’
7 months, 1 week ago

Kejriwal makes 10 poll guarantees: ‘24*7 electricity, no Agniveer scheme…’

Hindustan Times  

Delhi's chief minister and AAP chief, Arvind Kejriwal, announced "Kejriwal ki Guarantee," outlining ten works to be done on a war footing if the INDIA bloc comes into power after winning theLok Sabha elections. Follow: Arvind Kejriwal news live Arvind Kejriwal's 10 guarantee Kejriwal's 10 Guarantees for Lok Sabha Elections 1. 24-Hour Electricity Supply: Kejriwal said that their government will …

AAP govt notifies new solar policy in Delhi
9 months, 1 week ago

AAP govt notifies new solar policy in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Aam Aadmi Party government in the Capital on Saturday notified the new Delhi Solar Policy, 2024, rolling out larger incentives and subsidies for people to install solar power systems at their homes and businesses so that they can reduce electricity costs. Under the new policy, the government will look to triple Delhi’s solar power consumption — from 1500MW to …

Kejriwal government notifies Delhi Solar Policy, 2023
9 months, 1 week ago

Kejriwal government notifies Delhi Solar Policy, 2023

Hindustan Times  

Under the policy, the consumers who do not get subsidy for using more than 400 units per month can now install rooftop solar panels and get zero bills. She said the Kejriwal government aims to have 50 per cent of Delhi's total electricity usage from solar energy by 2027. Additional income: at the end of the year, in case the …

Rooftop solar panels to be installed on 645 government buildings in Delhi
9 months, 1 week ago

Rooftop solar panels to be installed on 645 government buildings in Delhi

India Today  

The Delhi government has approved a proposal for the installation of 50 megawatt grid-connected rooftop systems on 645 buildings of different departments and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Delhi Power Minister Atishi, who has approved the solar plant installation initiative, said the move is aligned with the recently approved solar policy of the government. Under the approved plan, around 645 …

Delhi govt says power subsidy to continue till March 2025
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi govt says power subsidy to continue till March 2025

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi cabinet on Thursday approved the extension of the power subsidy scheme for the financial year 2024-25. In a meeting chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, it was announced that the scheme would be in force till March 31, 2025, even as Kejriwal and power minister Atishi alleged the Opposition has made repeated attempts to derail the Aam Aadmi …

Free electricity, subsidies till 2025 - Highlights from Delhi cabinet meeting
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Free electricity, subsidies till 2025 - Highlights from Delhi cabinet meeting

Live Mint  

Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi government has extended the scheme for zero electricity bills and subsidies till 2024-25, said Minister Atishi after CM's emergency cabinet meeting on Thursday. “I am extremely glad to announce that in today's cabinet meeting, it has been decided that free electricity bills and subsidies will continue in 2024-2025 as well for the people of Delhi,” said AAP …

Delhi Budget: Solar is govt’s new mantra for cheaper, reliable power
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Budget: Solar is govt’s new mantra for cheaper, reliable power

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government will set up solar plants on the rooftops of all government buildings in 2024-25 to give a targetted push towards green energy, finance minister Atishi said during the Delhi Budget address on Monday, adding that a target of generating 4500 MW or around 25% of Delhi’s total power supply through solar energy by 2027 has been set. …

Cabinet approves ₹75,000-crore ‘free electricity’ solar scheme
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Cabinet approves ₹75,000-crore ‘free electricity’ solar scheme

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a ₹75,021-crore package for the “PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana” to promote rooftop solar installations in India. “At current benchmark prices, this will mean ₹30,000 subsidy for 1 kW system, ₹60,000 for 2 kW systems and ₹78,000 for 3 kW systems or higher,” a press statement from the Power Ministry noted. For the remaining …

Solar power scheme gets Modi Cabinet's nod, Rs 60,000 subsidy, 300 units free for 1 crore homes
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Solar power scheme gets Modi Cabinet's nod, Rs 60,000 subsidy, 300 units free for 1 crore homes

India TV News  

Families will get up to Rs 60,000 subsidy for setting up rooftop solar panel systems, and 300 units of free electricity under Centre's mega push for switching to solar power after the Modi cabinet gave its approval for PM-Surya Ghar: Mufti Bijli Yojna. The government will invest Rs 75,021 crore, under which one crore households will get financial assistance for …

Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena suspends Delhi Solar Policy 2024
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena suspends Delhi Solar Policy 2024

The Hindu  

Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, on February 28, suspended the solar policy of the Delhi government announced by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal last month. Making amendments to State Solar Policy 2016 that resulted in 1500 MW of solar power installed capacity in Delhi, the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government has come out with a more consumer-friendly Solar …

India wants to hook its population onto clean energy by boosting rooftop solar
10 months ago

India wants to hook its population onto clean energy by boosting rooftop solar

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Just a few years ago, someone who wanted to install a rooftop solar connection in India faced getting multiple approvals, finding a reliable company to install the panels and spending heavily before seeing the first surge of clean energy. “We had to get 45 signatures to set up a small rooftop solar connection in 2021,” said Shreya …

Solar Rooftop: UP to light up 25 lakh low-income households
10 months ago

Solar Rooftop: UP to light up 25 lakh low-income households

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh aims to light up 25 lakh low-income households through rooftop solar power as a part of the PM Suryodaya Yojna. UP to light up 25 lakh low-income households with solar rooftops Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22, immediately after his return to New Delhi after the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the …

A sunshine initiative: The Hindu Editorial on the government’s rooftop solar panel plan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

A sunshine initiative: The Hindu Editorial on the government’s rooftop solar panel plan

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim Budget day speech reiterated a plan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supply power to one crore households in the country using rooftop solar panels. What is known so far is that households that have a monthly electricity consumption of less than 300 units a month will be able to install a mid-sized system with …

Centre likely to bear ₹1 lakh-crore bill of PM rooftop solar scheme
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre likely to bear ₹1 lakh-crore bill of PM rooftop solar scheme

The Hindu  

As part of a renewed thrust to increase adoption of household rooftop solar systems via the Pradhan Mantri Suryoday Yojana, the Centre will effectively bear the entire cost of setting up such systems for households that consume less than 300 units of electricity per month. Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget Speech on Thursday said that one crore households …

Budget 2024 | One crore households to get 300 units free electricity every month through rooftop solarisation
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024 | One crore households to get 300 units free electricity every month through rooftop solarisation

The Hindu  

Taking cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance following the Ayodhya temple consecration that one crore households will be electrified via rooftop solar installations, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Interim Budget 2024-25, reiterated that commitment. “Through rooftop solarisation, one crore households will be enabled to obtain up to 300 units free electricity every month. Limited consumption India’s low …

Budget 2024: Households to get up to 300 units of free electricity under rooftop solar scheme | 5 points
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Households to get up to 300 units of free electricity under rooftop solar scheme | 5 points

Hindustan Times  

Every month, free electricity of up to 300 units will be provided under the Centre’s proposed rooftop solarisation scheme, which was announced by prime minister Narendra Modi last month, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared in her budget speech on Thursday. The Rooftop Solarisation and Free Electricity scheme was PM Modi’s first decision after the Ram Temple ceremony. Here is …

Rooftop Solar Program - Budget 2024: Free Electricity to 1Crore Houses, Saving ₹18,000 Crore Annually
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Rooftop Solar Program - Budget 2024: Free Electricity to 1Crore Houses, Saving ₹18,000 Crore Annually

The Hindu  

The rooftop solar programme of the Central government will enable one crore houses to get 300 units of free electricity every month, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Thursday as she presented the interim Budget 2024. “Savings of ₹18,000 crore are expected for households annually through free energy and selling their excess generation to the grid,” the Finance Minister …

Kejriwal’s power sop: Zero bill for domestic consumers soon
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kejriwal’s power sop: Zero bill for domestic consumers soon

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has formulated a new solar policy that will ensure zero electricity bill to domestic consumers and also give them an opportunity to earn by installing solar panels on their rooftops. While the Delhi Solar Policy 2016 took the capital’s solar capacity to 1,500 MW, the 2024 policy targets to provide 4,500 MW installed capacity by …

Kejriwal unveils new solar policy, says will help cut power bill to zero
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kejriwal unveils new solar policy, says will help cut power bill to zero

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday unveiled the Delhi Solar Policy-2024, under which consumers installing solar power panels on their rooftops will be given generation-based incentives. The Chief Minister said the scheme would help cut households’ power bills to zero if their electricity consumption is below 200 units a month after adjusting against the electricity they generate. Mr. Kejriwal said …

Kejriwal criticises Nitish Kumar for aligning with NDA in Bihar, asserts 'he has made a wrong move'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kejriwal criticises Nitish Kumar for aligning with NDA in Bihar, asserts 'he has made a wrong move'

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday criticised Nitish Kumar for breaking ties with the I.N.D.I.A bloc ahead of the Lok Sabha elections slated to take place this year. Kejriwal made the remark at a press conference responding to a question about Nitish forming a new government with BJP in Bihar. Hailing this as the most …

PM Modi announces solar roof-top scheme for one crore households
11 months ago

PM Modi announces solar roof-top scheme for one crore households

The Hindu  

Hours after the consecration of the Ram idol in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing divine inspiration, publicly announced a scheme to electrify one crore households with solar electricity. The first decision I have taken after returning from Ayodhya is that our government will launch ‘Pradhanmantri Suryodaya Yojana’ with the target of installing rooftop solar on one crore houses. The …

Despite subsidies rooftop solar still too expensive: study
1 year, 1 month ago

Despite subsidies rooftop solar still too expensive: study

The Hindu  

India’s low uptake of rooftop solar systems – often touted as the pathway to clean, decentralised electricity –is largely due to limited electricity consumption and existing subsidies for coal-fired electricity that makes even subsidised solar power expensive, suggests the results of a first-of-its-kind study spanning 14,000 households across 21 states. Were all rooftops in India’s estimated 25-30 crore households to …

Plan for solar panels along Najafgarh drain in Delhi
1 year, 2 months ago

Plan for solar panels along Najafgarh drain in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

Authorities plan to install more than 10,000 solar panels along a 6-km stretch of the Najafgarh drain as a pilot project, people aware of the proposal said on Monday, adding that the project, which will be executed jointly by the Solar Energy Corporation of India and BSES, will generate around 5MW of power. An environment department official said after multiple …

AAP government failed to deliver promise of free electricity: Delhi Congress
1 year, 5 months ago

AAP government failed to deliver promise of free electricity: Delhi Congress

India Today  

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Anil Kumar on Monday took a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party, claiming that it has failed to fulfill its promise of providing free electricity, as the power tariff is set to rise in parts of Delhi. After the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission accepted the pleas of the private distribution companies, the power tariff is …

Power bill to increase for some Delhi users; Atishi blames Centre
1 year, 5 months ago

Power bill to increase for some Delhi users; Atishi blames Centre

The Hindu  

Domestic consum­ers with a monthly usage of over 200 units of electricity will have to pay more as the Delhi government has decided to impose a hike upto 8% in the Power Purchase Ad­ justment Cost, Pow­er Minister Atishi said on Monday. Further, she clarified that for TPDDL Consumers, PPAC will rise by 1.49% but the impact on the final …

Delhi electricity subsidy halves year-on-year to ₹1,644 crore
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi electricity subsidy halves year-on-year to ₹1,644 crore

Hindustan Times  

There has been a sharp fall in power subsidy released by the Delhi government, the 2022-23 Economic Survey showed on Monday. The expenditure in the energy sector in 2021-22 was the highest in the past decade, with ₹ 3274.32 crore or 10.79% of the total expenditure incurred being utilised for the subsidy scheme. The decline could be attributed to the …

Telangana govt pushes villages towards solar power
1 year, 11 months ago

Telangana govt pushes villages towards solar power

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: In a shift towards renewable energy, government subsidies and loans to women SHGs are resulting in a spike in solar rooftops in villages. With thermal power costing more and increasing demand for power, the government is promoting and allotting solar units for 300 mandals in the first phase of its project. TRS MLAs, MPs and ministers are also promoting …

Residential complexes say they save in lakhs on power bills with rooftop solar
2 years ago

Residential complexes say they save in lakhs on power bills with rooftop solar

The Hindu  

At the Magnolia block of Brigade Millenium apartments in J.P. Nagar, 142 solar panels with a capacity of 350 watts were installed in 2019 at a cost of ₹32.5 lakh. Once all of that was sorted out, we have been recovering an average of ₹6.5 lakh of our capital cost every year,” the residents said Green energy path In the …

Gujarat: PM Modi to declare Modhera as India’s first solar-powered village on 9 October
2 years, 2 months ago

Gujarat: PM Modi to declare Modhera as India’s first solar-powered village on 9 October

Firstpost  

More than 1,300 1 kW rooftop solar systems have been installed on houses which generate electricity. In the evening, the BESS provides power supply to the houses Gandhinagar: Modhera, which is famous for the Sun Temple, will be declared as India’s first solar powered village by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Talking about the solar power project at Modhera, …

Over 2.5 million out of 5.8 million in Delhi apply for power subsidy
2 years, 2 months ago

Over 2.5 million out of 5.8 million in Delhi apply for power subsidy

Hindustan Times  

Over 2.5 million power consumers in Delhi have applied for tariff subsidies so far, said officials aware of the matter, two weeks after the state government made it mandatory for residents to opt-in to receive these benefits, with around 3.3 million people in the city still to sign-up for the programme. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal this May announced that …

Delhi residents can get power subsidy only if they apply for free electricity scheme: Kejriwal
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi residents can get power subsidy only if they apply for free electricity scheme: Kejriwal

The Hindu  

Delhiites can avail the free electricity scheme from October only if they opt for it, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on September 14. With this move, the option to get Delhi government’s power subsidy will no longer be available by default and every year, power consumers will be given an option to continue with power subsidy or not. In his …

Uttar Pradesh eyes to develop 16,000 MW renewable energy capacity by 2027
2 years, 4 months ago

Uttar Pradesh eyes to develop 16,000 MW renewable energy capacity by 2027

The Hindu  

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh unveiled the draft of its Solar Energy Policy-2022 on August 19, which suggests that the State will be targeting generation of 16,000 Mega Watt of renewable power by 2026-27. The draft also proposes rooftop solar installations in government buildings and in more than 21,000 unelectrified primary schools in the State. “The policy aims to develop solar parks, …

No free power in Delhi now: AAP's free electricity 'lollypop' lost its relevance?
2 years, 7 months ago

No free power in Delhi now: AAP's free electricity 'lollypop' lost its relevance?

India TV News  

Highlights Delhi CM Kejriwal announced a change in AAP's big populist measure - free electricity Now cheap electricity will be optional in Delhi, as per Kejriwal's announcement Power subsidy will be given to those who ask for subsidised power from October 1 Delhi free electricity: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced a change in Aam Aadmi Party's big …

Hits and misses: India’s solar power energy targets
2 years, 8 months ago

Hits and misses: India’s solar power energy targets

The Hindu  

The story so far: A report, jointly prepared by two energy-research firms — JMK Research and Analytics and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis — says India will likely miss its 2022 target of installing 100 gigawatts of solar power capacity. As of December 2021, the cumulative solar installed capacity of India is 55GW, which is roughly half …

India likely to miss year’s solar capacity target
2 years, 8 months ago

India likely to miss year’s solar capacity target

The Hindu  

India is likely to miss its 2022 target of installing 100 gigawatts of solar power capacity, largely due to inadequate uptake of rooftop solar, according to a report by JMK Research and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. As of December 2021, India’s cumulative installed solar capacity was 55GW, with grid-connected utility-scale projects contributing 77% and the rest …

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