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| Rationale for mini grids in India | ||
| With the understanding that access to electricity is a vital input in the socio-economic development, policy makers have been focusing on rural electrification since the past many decades. The decades after Independence were marked by food shortages due to poor agriculture production. In order to increase production, Government of India (GoI) in 1969 established Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), with the purpose of promoting grid connected irrigation pump sets and bringing in more area under irrigation. Then in 1974, the Minimum Needs Programme (MNP) was launched to enhance access of electricity services to rural areas. All subsequent programmes since then had focused on universalizing access to electricity, like the Kutir Jyoti Programme, which was launched in 1988-89 aimed at improving the quality of life of the poorest households through provision of single point connections.
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| Hydropower policy of Chhattisgarh extended to 2032 | ||
| The Chhattisgarh government has extended the period of the small hydropower (SHP) policy for an additional ten years in an effort to promote SHP projects in the state.
The SHP policy that expired on February 2022, encourages the development of SHP projects with a capacity of up to 25 MW. There is an estimated 1,200 MW of SHP potential in Chhattisgarh. READ MORE |
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| Prospective Investors Meet on UP Bio-Energy Policy-2022 | ||
| An interaction meet with potential investors was organized on October 15, 2022, by Uttar Pradesh New & Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA), to discuss the newly launched bioenergy policy of the state. The one-day event took place at the UPNEDA training center in Lucknow. Essentially, the policy intends to attract an investment of about Rs 5,500 crore in the state during the next five years, Anupam Shukla, Director, UPNEDA, told this reporter. | ||
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Reports
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| Global energy crisis can be a turning point towards a cleaner future, says IEA report | ||
| The global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA’s World Energy Outlook. | ||
| Clean Energy Investment in the Stated Policies Scenario---WEO, October 2022 | ||
| Today’s growth rates for deployment of solar PV, wind, EVs and batteries, if maintained, would lead to a much faster transformation than projected in the Stated Policies Scenario, although this would require supportive policies not just in the early leading markets for these technologies but across the world. Supply chains for some key technologies – including batteries, solar PV and electrolysers – are expanding at rates that support greater global ambition. | ||
| BP Energy Outlook 2022 | ||
| The report by BP focusses on issues such as how the carbon budget is running out---CO₂ emissions have increased in every year since the Paris COP in 2015, except in 2020. Delaying decisive action to reduce emissions sustainably could lead to significant economic and social costs. | ||
| Decarbonising the energy system by 2050 could save trillions, says Oxford study | ||
| Transitioning to a decarbonised energy system by around 2050 is expected to save the world at least $12 trillion, compared to continuing our current levels of fossil fuel use, according to a peer-reviewed study by Oxford University researchers, published in the journal Joule on September 14, 2022. | ||
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News Updates
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| MNRE's special campaign | ||
| The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy along with its two CPSUs (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd and Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd and three Autonomous Institutes, National Institute of Solar Energy | ||
| Cost-efficient solar off-grid solution launched in WB, Bihar, Jharkhand | ||
| Tata Power Solar Systems Limited (TPSSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) launched off-grid solar solutions in West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand in late October 2022. | ||
| CSE Report on Offshore Wind | ||
| With its coastline extending over 7,500 km, India is well suited for offshore wind. This abundant, indigenous energy resource offers an opportunity to improve energy security, lower greenhouse gas emissions, increase renewable energy supply, reduce demand for land use, and much more.
CSE is coming up with a comprehensive report on "Offshore Wind: National and State Experience" by November 2022 followed by a series of webinars. |
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