Energy minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the new solar energy policy would be in place from 2014 to 2020. Speaking at the national convention of natural resources at the Indian Sustainability Congress here, Shivakumar said that the government was striving to enhance generation of power from the renewable energy sector.
The Karnataka Government will come out with a solar energy policy soon, according to D K Shivkumar, Karnataka Power Minister. Addressing presspersons here on Sunday, he said the Government would encourage
Projects to deliver a next generation of green transport fuel, which new research says could cut EU oil consumption by millions of tonnes per year, are on hold because of an EU policy vacuum, representatives
Japan unveiled its first draft energy policy since the Fukushima meltdowns three years ago, saying nuclear power remains an important source of electricity for the country. The draft presented Tuesday
Says Discoms May Dump Projects As Higher Rates Will Increase Tariff Up To 7.5/Unit New Delhi:The central power monitor has sounded alarm over the adverse impact of higher domestic gas price on power projects and pointed out gaps in the oil ministry’s gas pricing policy that could burn a bigger hole in consumers’ pockets for using electricity.
With Lok Sabha elections barely two months away, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has suggested hiking the overall tariff of gas-based power by 50-85 paise per unit to help production
The court passed the order as there was "no clarity" on whether the Delhi cabinet had taken a decision to implement the subsidy The Delhi High Court today directed the city government not to implement the 50% subsidy announced by it to people who did not pay their power bills from October 2012 to December 2013.
The power ministry has proposed that planned subsidy for gas-based power plants be restricted to administered price mechanism (APM) gas. This means if a power plant opts for other sources, such as non-APM gas and imported R-LNG, along with APM gas, the monetary benefits to the discom buying power would be restricted to the extent of its purchase of APM gas-based power.
State eyeing 500 Mw of solar power by 2017 Power deficit Uttar Pradesh would soon get an investment of about Rs 880 crore in solar power projects totalling 110 Megawatt (Mw). UP is targetting 500 Mw of solar energy by 2017 under its Solar Power Policy 2013.
Ask Delhi govt to release pending subsidy of Rs 262 cr to stave off crisis; Tata Power rejects reports of taking over BSES areas Reliance Infrastructure-owned power distribution companies, BSES Rajdhani (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna (BYPL), on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against power generator NTPC’s ultimatum on cutting their supplies next week over a payment default. The two BSES companies face the prospect of cancellation of their licences.
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