10 Mar 2015 |  Business Standard

The union minister of state for coal, power and renewable energy, Piyush Goyal, said that the government is ambitious to promote clean energy in the country. "We are encouraging setting up of solar power projects through measures like grant of subsidy on off-grid applications, provision for renewable purchase obligation for solar in the National Tariff Policy, concessional import and excise duty exemption for setting up of solar power plants, accelerated depreciation and tax holiday, generation-based incentive and facility for bundled power for grid-connected solar power," he said.

08 Mar 2015 |  Business Standard

If these targets are met, India will join the ranks of the world's solar powerhouses in terms of installed capacity.

08 Mar 2015 |  NRDC, CEEW

Increasing energy access, clean energy development, and job creation are national priorities for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

27 Feb 2015 |  Bridge To India

For more and more energy-starved customers, solar will offer the best solutions. While these markets (private PPAs, mostly captive, for industries or telecom towers or appliances) are still small, they will scale up as tariffs rise, as consumer awareness and confidence grow and as sales and maintenance channels become established. They can offer companies a chance to innovate, excel and drive customer value, and by extension provide investors with more attractive returns.

26 Feb 2015 |  Press Information Bureau, Government of India

Successful completion of additional 15,000 MW capacity of Grid-connected solar PV power generation projects, mainly in the private sector, with largely private investment, under the National Solar Mission would accelerate the process of achieving grid tariff parity for solar power and also help reduce consumption of kerosene and diesel, which is presently in use to meet the unmet demand.

17 Feb 2015 |  The Economic Times

Giving a special address at RE-INVEST 2015, Bloomberg said, "Prime Minister Modi is showing that confronting climate change goes hand-in-hand with smart economic growth."

17 Feb 2015 |  Times of India

Speaking at global renewable energy investment summit (RE-INVEST 2015) here on India's leading role in moving the world toward a more sustainable future, Bloomberg - founder of the New York-based media company Bloomberg LP said, "I can tell you that, as the owner of a company that connects businesses and banks to capital markets, we are very bullish on India's future."

17 Feb 2015 |  NRDC Switchboard

Delhi is abuzz as the first renewable energy-financing summit organized by the Indian government, RE-Invest 2015, wrapped up today with commitments totaling a whopping 266 GW of renewable energy in the next 5 years.

16 Feb 2015 |  The Times of India

Next year on Independence Day, India will have the world's largest 750MW solar power plant in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, which will pip America's much-vaunted 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight solar project in California, commissioned four days ago.

16 Feb 2015 |  The Economic Times

At the inauguration of a three day global conference, RE-Invest 2015, Modi on Sunday described the thrust on renewable energy production as an effort to ensure universal energy access for India's poor.