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Daily News Wrap-Up: MNRE Expands Solar Module Capacity Under ALMM by 14,670 MW

The MNRE updated the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) by adding 14,670 MW of solar module manufacturing capacity. The cumulative module manufacturing...

April 23, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Santosh Kumar Sarangi Appointed as the New MNRE Secretary

Santosh Kumar Sarangi, a 1994-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Odisha cadre, has taken over as the new Secretary in the Ministry of New and...

April 22, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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MNRE Adds 14,670 MW Solar Module Capacity Under ALMM

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has updated the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) by adding 14,670 MW of solar module manufacturing...

April 22, 2025

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Tina Freese

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Solar
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Corporate Solar Funding Reaches $4.8 Billion in Q1 2025

Solar companies secured $4.8 billion in corporate funding in 39 deals in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, a 41% year-over-year (YoY) decrease from $8.2 billion raised in...

April 22, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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MNRE Releases Draft RLMM Amendments for Wind Turbine Inclusion

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released draft amendments to the procedure for including wind turbine models in the Revised List of Models and...

April 21, 2025

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Tina Freese

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MNRE Revises Draft Guidelines for Installation of Prototype Wind Turbines 

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued revised draft guidelines setting the validity of the prototype certificate for wind turbine at three years....

April 14, 2025

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Tina Freese

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Solex to Expand Module Manufacturing Capacity by 2.2 GW

Gujarat-based solar module manufacturer Solex Energy has announced an expansion of its 1.5 GW module manufacturing plant in Tadkeshwar, Gujarat, with a new 2.2 GW solar...

April 9, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Modules

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Solar Module Capacity under ALMM Rises to 74.23 GW

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has expanded the Approved List of Module Manufacturers (ALMM) capacity by adding 8,067 MW of solar module manufacturing...

March 28, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Parliament Committee Skeptical About MNRE Meeting PM Surya Ghar Target

Parliament’s Standing Committee on Energy has said it will be a challenge for the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to meet the financial year (FY) 2025-26...

March 18, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Daily News Wrap-Up: Solar Open Access Capacity Rose to 6.9 GW in 2024

India added 6.9 GW of solar open access capacity in 2024, a 77% year-over-year increase from 3.9 GW, according to the newly-released Mercom India Q4 & Annual 2024...

March 12, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Daily Wrap-up
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Government Updates Domestic Content Norms for Solar Cells

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued the updated Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) norms for solar cells. According to the revised guidelines, a...

March 11, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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Daily News Wrap-Up: India’s Rooftop Solar Installations Reach 3.2 GW in 2024

India installed 3.2 GW of rooftop solar capacity in 2024, an 86% increase from 2023, according to Mercom India Research’s newly released Q4 & Annual 2024 India...

March 5, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Government Launches Pilot Projects for Hydrogen-Fueled Buses and Trucks

The Government of India has launched five pilot projects under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) to introduce hydrogen-fueled buses and trucks. The Ministry of...

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Month in a Minute: Top Headlines from the Indian Renewable Sector in February 2025

India added 25.2 GW of solar capacity in the calendar year 2024, a 204% increase compared to the 8.3 GW added in 2023. According to Mercom India’s latest Q4 and Annual...

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Government Mandates Two-Hour Energy Storage Integration in Solar Tenders

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has mandated that all Renewable Energy Implementing Agencies (REIAs) and state utilities to incorporate a minimum two-hour co-located energy...

February 19, 2025

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Tina Freese

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Energy Storage

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