The state government’s much-hyped solar policy has come in for sharp criticism by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), who has rapped the state for awarding solar projects to “ineligible
Looking to raise funds to meet mounting salary-pension bills, interest payments and other committed liabilities, Himachal Pradesh Government has made changes to power project allotment policy by reverting
Facing flak for the long outages owing to acute shortage of power supply, the Akhilesh Yadav government is now looking to the sun to light up more and more homes in Uttar Pradesh. As a first step,
The European Commission agreed on Wednesday to put forward a target to improve energy efficiency by 30 percent as part of a package of climate and energy policy for 2030, EU sources said. Member states
Coal-fired power plants are the single biggest global source of greenhouse gas emissions. Coal is the dirtiest fuel and global coal reserves represent a greater source of potential CO2 than any other
The National Solar Mission (NSM) launched in January 2010 is a major initiative of the GoI with active participation from States to promote utilization of solar energy to supplement the country’s energy
The state government's desperation is becoming evident. It wants Bangaloreans to install solar panels on their rooftops, sell surplus power and help the government tide over power crisis. In the legislative
The power sector in the Capital, which witnessed frequent outages last month, received a much-needed boost from the Union Budget, which allotted Rs.200 crore to augment infrastructure in the key Department.
In November 2010, three combatants gathered in a sleek office here to build a carbon emissions policy that they hoped to sell to the Obama administration. One was a lawyer who had been wielding the Clean
In a major revamp of natural gas allocation policy, the government will give city gas projects, selling CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households, top-most priority for receipt of domestically-produced
