Monday, March 17, 2025 | 08:56 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Wind power project auctions likely every month, but with a tab on prices

Bids to be monitored to keep prices at affordable level

Piyush Goyal
Premium

Piyush Goyal

Shreya Jai New Delhi
The ministry of new and renewable energy plans to auction wind power projects every month.
It will monitor the bid prices to keep these at affordable levels, said Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy.
He was speaking at the signing of agreements for the first set of wind energy projects that were auctioned in February.
"The ministry should calibrate the pace of auction, keeping in mind the affordability of renewable energy for the common man. Industry players which are inefficient would either evolve and face competition in the sector or finally wind up. I welcome the churning

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in