The South African Cabinet has approved the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) for implementation, targeting energy security and broader industrial growth. The plan seeks to address challenges associated with local capacity, infrastructure and investment by providing a roadmap for developing renewable energy and battery storage technologies. For investors, the …
Giving a major push to clean energy , the AAP government today came out with an ambitious policy announcing incentives and tax breaks to promote solar power and making it mandatory for government and public institutions to install rooftop solar panels. The solar policy, finalised at a cabinet meeting chaired …
Installing a microgrid within a regulated electricity market will sometimes, but not always, provide an economic benefit to customers, investors and utilities involved, according to new research led by Chiara Lo Prete, assistant professor of energy economics, Penn State. A microgrid is a group of power generators and power consumers …
NAVI MUMBAI: JNPT, nation's biggest container cargo handling port, has embarked on a major solar power project. The 25 MW project estimated to cost around Rs 170 crore has the potential to meet around 55% of the port's requirement. The long-term project along with a smaller solar project that JNPT …
The 2015 global renewable energy development had a strong Indian flavour to it, with India being ranked among the top five nations in new investments, and in the top four as regards creating jobs in the green energy sector. Emerging markets broke the record in 2015 by committing larger investments …
The Chhattisgarh Government has targeted to install solar power plants with a total generation capacity of 1,700 MW during the coming months, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department, N Baijendra Kumar said on Tuesday. Chairing a review meeting at the headquarters of Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) here, Kumar said …
The Load Generation Balance Report (LGBR) is brought out annually by Central Electricity Authority towards fulfillment of its obligations under section 73(a) of the Electricity Act, 2003. The annual Load Generation Balance Report (LGBR) for the year 2016-17 is the thirty-fifth publication in the series brought out by CEA. The …
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is responsible for the development of small hydro projects up to 25 MW station capacity. The estimated potential of power generation from small hydro projects (up to 25 MW) is about 20,000 MW. So, far nearly 4300 MW SHP capacity has been harnessed …
Every household would be electrified by 2019, says Das. Four thousand households in Jharkhand will get electricity through solar energy this fiscal, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Thursday. To make the villages prosperous and self-sufficient, every household would be electrified by 2019, Das said while inaugurating 132/33 KV Grid …
Himachal Pradesh is all set to generate additional 265 MW hydro power with the commissioning of 65 megawatt Kashang, 100 megawatt Sainj and 100 megawatt Uhal hydel power project during this financial year. After achieving the target of electrification of all villages, state government is now focusing on harnessing the …
The two-year-old State is also banking on Centre’s scheme to address its power deficit As the sun goes down, scores of hamlets and tribal habitats, each with up to a hundred people, in the forest tracts of Telangana face total darkness. The only light available is from the chullha (earthen …
Panaji: To encourage solar power generation and more importantly grid connected solar power in the state, the Goa energy development agency (GEDA) together with the electricity department and the water resources department has invited professionals in the field, from Gujarat, to share their expertise with the departments, Goa chamber of …
After achieving the target of electrification of all villages in Himachal, the state government is now focusing on harnessing hydel power potential and strengthening transmission and distribution of electricity to provide quality power to consumers. According to a government release, the state government is harnessing 265-MW power in the public …
As per the Solar Power-Grid Connected Ground Mounted and Solar Rooftop and Metering Regulations, 2015, the excess solar power injected into the grid is carried forward to next billing cycles and adjusted against the electricity units consumed by prosumer Good news for residents who have opted for net metering for …
India Power Corporation ( IPCL ) has floated a wholly owned subsidiary for acquiring or setting up green renewable energy projects. "We already have 100 mw wind energy project and have been toying with the idea of entering the sector in a big way. The new subsidiary has been floated …
Himachal Pradesh government has drawn up plans for putting the hydropower projects under execution on fast track to harness over 13,500 mw of power. The state has so far harnessed 10,264 mega watt power, out of which 830 mega watt was harnessed during the year 2015-16 while projects with 265 …
Renewable energy (RE) is growing worldwide, with a six-fold increase in non-hydro renewables over the last decade from 85 to 657 gigawatts (GW). This report reviews the key trends that explain growth in RE, and highlights how they are challenging decision making in countries such as Brazil, China, India, and …
Nashik: State energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday said private generation plants might get a priorityto generate 2000mw required in and around Mumbai after 2019. The minister, who was in the city to visit Nashik Thermal Power Station (NTPS), announced 25% imported coal for the facility so that it can …
India's green cover is fast depleting, 34,620 hectares gone in two years Between April 2014 and 2016, the Union ministry for environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) diverted 34,620 hectares of forest land, granting them final clearances, also known as stage-II clearance while diversion of 40,476 hectares will soon happen …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rupesh Sharma Vs. Union of India & Others dated 11/05/2016 regarding a 66 KV GIS sub-station situated in Sector 4, Gurgaon, Haryana. The Applicant - Rupesh Sharma submitted before the Tribunal that the local residents in the vicinity of the …
In the concluding part of a two-part series, Business Standard looks at the bright spots of the green energy sector as well as the looming threats Beyond the headlines that the renewable energy sector made since the National Democratic Alliance came to power, there are lofty targets to be met …
