Removing uncertainty of upcoming renewable energy projects worth about Rs 3.5 lakh crore, the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) on Thursday announced that all renewable energy projects currently being constructed will get a five-month extension for meeting their deadlines for completion. “This blanket extension, if invoked by the RE developers, will be given without case-to-case examination and no documents/evidence will be asked for such extension,” the MNRE said. The government had said in March that delays in construction activities for renewable energy plants on account of disruption of the supply chains due to coronavirus would be seen as a force majeure event.
