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Indian EV market likely to touch Rs 20 lakh crore by 2030, will create THIS many jobs
4 days, 6 hours ago

Indian EV market likely to touch Rs 20 lakh crore by 2030, will create THIS many jobs

India TV News  

Union minister Nitin Gadkari today said the Indian electric vehicle market potential is likely to touch Rs 20 lakh crore and it will create around 5 crore jobs across the entire EV ecosystem by 2030. Addressing the '8th Catalyst Conference on Sustainability of E-Vehicle Industry - Evexpo 2024', Gadkari said the estimated electric vehicles finance market size will be around …

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Data dive: Dark clouds hover over India’s solar story
1 week ago

Data dive: Dark clouds hover over India’s solar story

Live Mint  

Recent charges of bribery by a US government agency against the Adani Group and its leadership have cast an unexpected spotlight on the Solar Energy Corporation of India—until now a relatively unknown company run by the central government. Solar’s share of electricity generated from renewable sources has Widening gap Of the 66 GW of solar power capacity installed as of …

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China maintains high utilization rates of wind, solar power
1 week ago

China maintains high utilization rates of wind, solar power

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China has maintained high utilization rates of wind and solar power, official data showed Sunday, suggesting the world's renewables powerhouse has ensured both speed and quality in its green drive. By the end of 2024, the country's installed wind power capacity reached 510 million kilowatts, while its solar power capacity stood at 840 million kilowatts. In the first …

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Azure Power Accused of Land Grab for Solar Power Project in Assam | EXPLAINED
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Azure Power Accused of Land Grab for Solar Power Project in Assam | EXPLAINED

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 04, 2024 14:08 IST - 10 MINS READ In 2019, the descendants of an erstwhile zamindar family entered into an “agreement of sale” for 91 acres of land to Azure Power Forty Pvt Ltd in Mikir Bamuni Grant village in Assam’s Nagaon district to build a solar power plant. In 2019, the descendants of the zamindar family …

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Solar power has the potential to grow 8x. This company could benefit the most.
3 weeks ago

Solar power has the potential to grow 8x. This company could benefit the most.

Live Mint  

India, the third largest electricity producer, is gradually shifting to renewable sources of energy to meet its rising power demand. Perhaps the company best placed is Borosil Renewables Ltd, the largest manufacturer of solar glass in India. The company is the largest solar glass manufacturer in India with a capacity of 1,350 tonnes per day, of which, 350 TPD is …

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Letters to the Editor: ‘Solar glut’ isn’t a solar problem — it’s a transmission and battery problem
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Letters to the Editor: ‘Solar glut’ isn’t a solar problem — it’s a transmission and battery problem

LA Times  

The Westlands Solar Park near the town of Lemoore in California’s San Joaquin Valley. To the editor: Every month, California throws away enough solar and wind energy to power half a million homes — not because we don’t need it, but because our system is designed to waste it. Until we align our grid operators’ incentives with our clean energy …

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Andhra Pradesh extends power supply deadline for Adani Green Energy
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Andhra Pradesh extends power supply deadline for Adani Green Energy

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh government has granted a second extension to Adani Green Energy Ltd for supplying renewable power after the company missed two earlier deadlines citing transmission unavailability, said three people aware of the development. To Mint's queries on the extension from the Andhra Pradesh government, a spokesperson for Adani Green said the scheduled completion date of the …

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Adani bribery case: Andhra minister says checking if power deals can be scrapped
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Adani bribery case: Andhra minister says checking if power deals can be scrapped

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh is reviewing government files to explore the possibility of scrapping a power supply contract linked to the Adani Group, Reuters reported. The development comes in the wake of a New York court indicting Adani Group chairperson Gautam Adani and seven others for promising USD 265 million in bribes to states, including Andhra Pradesh, to obtain contracts. Finance Minister …

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Stalin attacks PMK founder, dismisses Adani link claims
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Stalin attacks PMK founder, dismisses Adani link claims

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday hit out at S Ramadoss, founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi, an ally in the NDA, over the latter’s allegation that the DMK chief and industrialist Gautam Adani held a secret meeting in Chennai at the CM’s residence. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin claimed Ramadoss keeps issuing such statements “as he …

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Solar power glut boosts California electric bills. Other states reap the benefits
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Solar power glut boosts California electric bills. Other states reap the benefits

LA Times  

California is making so much solar energy that large commercial operators are increasingly forced to stop production, raising questions about the state’s costly plan to shift entirely to carbon-free sources of electricity. The waste would have been even larger if California had not paid utilities in other states to take the excess solar energy, documents from the state’s grid operator …

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Adani Group CFO on US indictment: 'None of portfolio companies subject to any legal case'
1 month ago

Adani Group CFO on US indictment: 'None of portfolio companies subject to any legal case'

Hindustan Times  

Two days after Adani Group chairperson Gautam Adani was indicted on bribery charges in the US, the conglomerate's CFO, Jugeshinder Robbie Singh, said that none of Adani Group portfolio companies have been accused of any wrongdoing. “Adani Group has a portfolio of 11 public companies and none are subject to indictment,” Singh wrote. The Adani Family has 11 listed entities …

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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani indicted in bribery scheme involving solar power
1 month ago

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani indicted in bribery scheme involving solar power

NPR  

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani indicted in bribery scheme involving solar power We look at the case against multi-millionaire Gautam Adani who along with several other executives, faces allegations that he attempted to bribe Indian officials to secure solar power contracts. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: U.S. prosecutors have indicted one of India's richest men in a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving a solar …

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Adani met Jagan Reddy in 2021, promised bribes, says US regulator
1 month ago

Adani met Jagan Reddy in 2021, promised bribes, says US regulator

India Today  

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged that Gautam Adani met then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy in August 2021 to address the state's reluctance to sign an agreement with the government-run Solar Energy Corporation of India. However, Jagan Reddy's party, which was in power between 2019-2024, said its government had no "direct agreement" with the …

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Understanding the US charges on Adani
1 month ago

Understanding the US charges on Adani

Hindustan Times  

The US Department of Justice has indicted Gautam Adani, the founder of Adani Group, his nephew Sagar Adani, and other senior Adani Green executives for allegedly bribing or offering bribes to the tune of $265 million to Indian state government officials to get them to sign solar power contracts, while raising money for the same projects in the US by …

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Adani Bribed AP Under Jagan Rule for Sale of Solar Power, Says US DoJ
1 month ago

Adani Bribed AP Under Jagan Rule for Sale of Solar Power, Says US DoJ

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Tremors of the alleged bribery scam involving top industrialist Gautam Adani were felt in Andhra Pradesh with the previous Y.S. The US Department of Justice has disclosed that a high-ranking official in AP who served between May 2019 and June 2024 was offered “a corrupt payment of Rs 1,750 crore in exchange of the official causing distribution companies to agree …

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Adani indictment in US court: How the Congress Party is scoring self goals, and amplifying outrage over mere allegations
1 month ago

Adani indictment in US court: How the Congress Party is scoring self goals, and amplifying outrage over mere allegations

Op India  

On Thursday, the US Attorney’s Office in the eastern district of New York said that Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and seven other executives had been accused in connection with an alleged years-long plot to bribe Indian officials. pic.twitter.com/MLWa175O2D — Sushant Singh November 20, 2024 Notorious Supreme Court lawyer and a known Modi detractor Prashant Bhushan also passed off the …

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Gautam Adani Devised Bribery Scheme To Make Indian Govt Entity Buy Solar Power From His Company: US Dept Of Justice
1 month ago

Gautam Adani Devised Bribery Scheme To Make Indian Govt Entity Buy Solar Power From His Company: US Dept Of Justice

Live Law  

According to the charges filed by the United States Department of Justice in a U.S. court, Gautam Adani, along with others, orchestrated a million-dollar bribery scheme in the USA to bribe Indian government officials. Therefore, Gautam Adani, along with Adani company executives Sagar Adani & Vneet Jaain, and certain other officials of the US company, devised a scheme to bribe …

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Decoding Gautam Adani indictment
1 month ago

Decoding Gautam Adani indictment

Hindustan Times  

Washington: The US Department of Justice has indicted Gautam Adani, the founder of Adani Group, his nephew Sagar Adani, and other senior Adani Green executives for allegedly bribing or offering bribes to the tune of $265 million to Indian state government officials to get them to sign solar power contracts, while raising money for the same projects in the US …

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Global cooperation key to climate success
1 month ago

Global cooperation key to climate success

China Daily  

International Renewable Energy Agency chief: More efforts needed to address environmental issues, reach carbon goals Accelerated global action is urgently needed to reach climate goals and cooperation is essential to advance collective efforts, as the world is currently off track in achieving the goal of tripling the installed capacity of renewable energy by 2030, set at the 2023 COP28 climate …

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Who is the mysterious 'Foreign Official #1', named in Adani bribery case by US?
1 month ago

Who is the mysterious 'Foreign Official #1', named in Adani bribery case by US?

India Today  

Amid the row over the US indictment of Gautam Adani in a bribery case, an Andhra Pradesh government official named as "Foreign Official #1" in court filing has generated much curiosity. According to the prosecutors, out of the Rs 2,029 crore paid by the Adani Group as bribes to Indian government officials for securing solar power contracts between 2020-2024, Rs …

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Adani bribe row: US indictment names Andhra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, J&K, Tamil Nadu
1 month ago

Adani bribe row: US indictment names Andhra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, J&K, Tamil Nadu

India Today  

Four states and one Union Territory are in focus following the US indictment of Gautam Adani and seven others for allegedly paying bribes to Indian government officials for securing solar power contracts. The prosecutors have alleged that the Adani Group paid USD 265 million in bribes, with a large chunk directed at officials in Andhra Pradesh, to secure contracts with …

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What is the case in which Gautam Adani has been charged with bribery in US?
1 month ago

What is the case in which Gautam Adani has been charged with bribery in US?

India Today  

Trouble mounted for Gautam Adani after US prosecutors indicted the Adani Group chairperson, his nephew Sagar Adani and six others for allegedly paying Rs 2,029 crore in bribes to Indian government officials for securing solar power contracts with state electricity distribution companies. As per the US indictment, Gautam Adani is mentioned as the founder and chairperson of an "Indian Energy …

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ACME Sun Power gets ₹3,753-crore loan from REC for wind, solar power projects
1 month ago

ACME Sun Power gets ₹3,753-crore loan from REC for wind, solar power projects

Live Mint  

New Delhi: ACME Sun Power Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACME Solar Holdings Ltd, has secured ₹3,753 crore in term loan from state-run infrastructure lender REC Ltd for development and construction of firm and dispatchable renewable Energy projects with a cumulative capacity of 320 MW in collaboration with hydropower producer SJVN. Manoj Kumar Upadhyay, chairman and founder of ACME …

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Solar power project in Brazil favelas hopes to shine in G20 spotlight
1 month, 1 week ago

Solar power project in Brazil favelas hopes to shine in G20 spotlight

Hindustan Times  

By Pilar Olivares and Fabio Teixeira Solar power project in Brazil favelas hopes to shine in G20 spotlight RIO DE JANEIRO, - For residents of Morro da Babilonia, one of Rio de Janeiro's underdeveloped 'favela' neighborhoods, geopolitics rarely enters daily conversation, but as the city readies to host leaders from the Group of 20 major economies on Monday, locals hope …

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