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Superseding agency Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) Annual budget ₹5,472.84 crore (US$810 million) (2017-18 est.) Minister responsible Shri. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Profiles |
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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy or MNRE is a ministry of the Government of India. The ministry is currently headed by Piyush Goyal, a cabinet minister. The ministry was established as the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources in 1992. It adopted its current name in October 2006.
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- India minister of new renewable energy piyush goyal presentation at investment conference
- History
- Mission
- Key functional area
- Initiatives
- Grid based
- Off grid
- Remote village electrification
- Other renewable energy systems
- Institutions and regional offices
- State Nodal Agencies
- References
The Ministry is mainly responsible for research and development, intellectual property protection, and international cooperation, promotion, and coordination in renewable energy sources such as wind power, small hydro, biogas, and solar power. The broad aim of the ministry is to develop and deploy new and renewable energy for supplementing the energy requirements of India.
The ministry is headquartered in Lodhi Road, New Delhi. According to the Ministry's 2012-2013 annual report, India has made significant advances in several renewable energy sectors which include, solar energy, wind power, and hydroelectricity.
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History
1970s energy crisis led to the establishment of the Commission for Additional Sources of Energy (CASE) in the Department of Science & Technology (India) in March 1981. CASE was responsible for formulation of policies and their implementation, creation of programmes for development of new and renewable energy and coordinating and intensifying R&D in the sector.
In 1982, a new department was created in the then Ministry of Energy, i.e., Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (DNES). DNES incorporated CASE under its umbrella.
A decade later, in 1992, DNES became the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES). In October 2006, the Ministry was re-christened as the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Mission
The mission of the Ministry is to bring in Energy Security; Increase the share of clean power; increase Energy Availability and Access; improve Energy Affordability; and maximise Energy Equity.
Key functional area
The major functional area or Allocation of Business of MNRE are:
Initiatives
Grid-based
As of October 2012, the Ministry was successful in deploying a total of 26266.96 Megawatt (MW) capacity of grid-based renewable energy. 18274.80 MW of which was from Wind power, 3451.49 MW from Small hydro Power, 2175.23 MW from Bagasse Cogeneration, 1226.60 MW from Biomass power, 1045.16 from Solar power (SPV), and the rest from Waste to Power.
Off-grid
During the same time period, the total deployment of an Off-grid based renewable energy capacity was about 787.53 MW. Of these, Biomass (non-bagasse) Cogeneration consisted of 416.94 MW, Biomass Gasifier was 138.05 MW, Waste to energy was 73.72 MW, SPV Systems (of less than 1 Kilowatt (kW)) capacity was 103.81 MW, and the rest from micro-Hydro and Wind power.
Remote village electrification
Under the leadership of MNRE, the total number of villages that were provided with the Renewable Energy Systems was 8846.
Other renewable energy systems
The total number of deployment of Family Biogas plant was 44.08 lakhs. And the total area that it covered with Solar water heating (SWH) systems was 4.47 Million m2.
Institutions and regional offices
The Ministry has 4 specialised technical institution. They are:-
It also has a specialised financial institution called the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), in New Delhi. The agency provides term loans for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
The Ministry have 2 Regional Offices. One is located in Guwahati, Assam and the other one at Bhubaneshwar, Orissa. The Guwahati office has its functional jurisdiction in Northeast India including Sikkim, while the Bhubaneshwar office has it in Orissa and West Bengal.
State Nodal Agencies
The Ministry has established state nodal agencies in different states and union territories of India to promote and expand the growth of efficient energy use of renewable energy in their respective states. The primary objective of a state nodal agency under this ministry is to develop, co-ordinate, finance and promote research projects in the new and renewable energy field. It is also expected to devise programmes for research and development as well as applicative extensions of new and renewable energy sources.