Renewable Energy and Climate Mitigation Technologies

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• 2026-10-01

  Cabinet approves Rs 1.86 lakh crore Green Energy Corridor Phase III scheme

  The Union Cabinet approved the Green Energy Corridor Phase III scheme on 30 September 2026 to strengthen intra-state transmission systems for evacuating up to 135 gigawatts of renewable energy across states and union territories. The scheme also provides for 50 gigawatt hours of Battery Energy Storage Systems to address intermittency and peak hour demand, at a total outlay of Rs 1,86,405 crore, including Rs 54,082 crore in central financial support. The government said the scheme will support its target of 900 gigawatts of installed non fossil capacity by 2035, with greenfield transmission projects built through competitive bidding and brownfield upgrades funded on a cost plus basis.

• 2026-09-24

  Pakistan strikes ten sites in Afghanistan after accusing Taliban forces of drone attacks and shelling

  Pakistan said on 24 September 2026 that it had carried out air strikes on ten sites inside Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan the previous day, a sharp escalation between the two neighbours. Pakistani officials said Afghan Taliban forces had fired eight drones and shelled Pakistani border posts after Pakistani troops foiled a cross border infiltration attempt near Paktia and Nangarhar provinces, while Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid denied that Afghan forces had carried out any attacks. The exchange came two days after Pakistani fighter jets struck what Islamabad called militant hideouts in eastern Afghanistan, killing 28 people by Pakistan's count while Afghan authorities reported three civilian deaths, and it threatens ongoing mediation efforts by China, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to broker a lasting peace between Kabul and Islamabad.

• 2026-09-18

  India launches Net Zero Portal and NAPCC Dashboard on World Ozone Day

  Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh launched India's Net Zero Portal and the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) Dashboard in Mumbai on 16 September 2026, the occasion of World Ozone Day. The Net Zero Portal is a centralised platform for the voluntary registration and disclosure of Net Zero commitments by Indian entities, allowing them to report greenhouse gas emissions, declare targets and submit annual progress updates. The NAPCC Dashboard consolidates the implementation status of the National Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change on a single platform, intended to support inter ministerial coordination and track sectoral progress.

• 2026-09-12

  US finalises steep anti dumping and anti subsidy duties on solar imports from India

  The United States Commerce Department finalised steep anti dumping and countervailing duties on solar cells and panels imported from India, Indonesia and Laos, after finding producers in these countries had dumped goods below fair value and benefited from unfair government subsidies. Indian producers face an anti dumping duty of 123.04 per cent and a countervailing duty of 126.09 per cent, with Indonesian and Lao producers facing comparable combined rates. The case was brought by the Alliance for American Solar Manufacturing and Trade, whose members include domestic manufacturers First Solar, Hanwha Qcells and Mission Solar Energy, and follows a pattern seen since the United States first imposed similar duties on Chinese solar products in 2012, which pushed manufacturing to other Asian countries now facing the same scrutiny.