ŸThe Government of India has identified power sector as |
1,000-MW solar power park under public-private |
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a key sector of focus so as to promote sustained |
partnership ( PPP ) mode involving an investment of |
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industrial growth . Some initiatives by the Government of |
about Rs 6,500 crore ( US $ 1 billion ). |
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India to boost the Indian power sector |
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The Government of Telangana plans to set up an incubator centre , in collaboration with University of |
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The Union Cabinet has approved the Ujwal DISCOM |
Austin , Texas , for start-ups in the renewable energy |
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Assurance Yojna ( UDAY ) for financial turnaround and |
sector , to support new companies entering the |
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revival of power distribution companies ( DISCOMs ), |
renewable energy market . |
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which will ensure accessible , affordable and available |
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A Joint Indo-US PACE Setter Fund has been |
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power for all . |
established , with a contribution of US $ 4 million from |
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The Government of India has resolved the issues |
each side to enhance clean energy cooperation . |
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regarding transfer of mining leases and grant of forest |
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The Government of India announced a massive |
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clearances to the winning bidders of coal blocks . It |
renewable power production target of 175,000 MW by |
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expects operations to start in about 10 more mines by |
2022 ; this comprises generation of 100,000 MW from |
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March 2016 , easing coal availability to the projects |
solar power , 60,000 MW from wind energy , 10,000 |
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attached to these mines . |
MW from biomass , and 5,000 MW from small hydro |
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The Ministry of Power has planned to provide |
power projects . |
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electricity to 18,500 villages in three years under the |
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The Union Cabinet of India approved 15,000 MW of |
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Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana ( DUGJY ). |
grid-connected solar power projects of National |
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Out of these , 3,500 villages would receive electricity |
Thermal Power Corp Ltd ( NTPC ). |
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through off-grid or renewable energy solutions . |
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The Indian Railways signed a bilateral power |
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is |
procurement agreement with the Damodar Valley |
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implementing two national level programmes , namely |
Corporation ( DVC ). The agreement was signed |
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Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power |
between North Central Railway and DVC . This is the |
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Plants Programme and Off-Grid and Decentralised |
first time the Railways will directly buy power from a |
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Solar Applications , in order to promote installation of |
supplier . |
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solar rooftop systems , as per Piyush Goyal , Minister of
State for Power , Coal and New and Renewable
Energy .
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US Federal Agencies committed a total of US $ 4 billion for projects and equipment sourcing , one of the biggest deals for the growing renewable energy |
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The Government of Odisha plans to set up a large |
sector in India . |
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The Indian power sector has an investment potential of |
initiatives like 10-year tax exemption for solar energy |
Rs 15 trillion ( US $ 237 billion ) in the next 4 – 5 years , |
projects , etc ., in order to achieve India ' s ambitious |
thereby providing immense opportunities in power |
renewable energy targets of adding 175 GigaWatts ( GW ) |
generation , distribution , transmission , and equipment . |
of renewable energy , including addition of 100 GW of |
The government ’ s immediate goal is to generate two |
solar power , by the year 2022 . The cumulative installed |
trillion units ( kilowatt hours ) of energy by 2019 . This |
capacity of solar power in India has crossed the 4 |
means doubling the current production capacity to |
Gigawatt mark as of June 30 , 2015 . The government has |
provide 24x7 electricity for residential , industrial , |
also sought to restart the stalled hydro power projects |
commercial and agriculture use . |
and increase the wind energy production target to 60 GW |
The Government of India is taking a number of steps and |
by 2022 from the current 20 GW . |