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 …
Nagpur: The state government has come out with its promised New and Renewable Energy Policy under which sops have been declared for developing various types of renewable energy. It has set a target of generating 14,400 MW through renewable sources. Many sops are common for the sources while some are …
The three big ticket transmission projects aimed at strengthening power evacuation in Chhattisgarh went to Adani Power. These projects saw big private sector companies and also state owned Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) pulling out of the bidding after being qualified, last month. The levellised annual tariff quoted …
Dengue is known in India since 1940s, but the disease is very limited in its spread. Dengue is becoming rampant in many states of southern India. As of now, no specific treatments (therapies) or vaccines are available against the disease. The people of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, where the dengue …
Nearly a year after the Narendra Modi government increased the solar power target five-fold to 100 gigawatt (GW) by 2022, the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has finalised a scheme for achieving the target through rooftop installations and solar parks housing large solar units. The solar power development …
MNRE has rolled out a scheme plans to set up 25 solar parks, each with a capacity of 500 MW and above; thereby targeting around 20000 MW of solar power installed capacity. These solar parks will be set up within in a span of 5 years commencing from 2014-15 and …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has lost round one in his fight against Jual Oram-led tribal affairs ministry on easing rules for projects in tribal areas. The law ministry has, through a legal opinion, told Javadekar's ministry that this subject falls in the domain of the tribal affairs ministry, which alone …
The Dominican Republic’s energy sector is at a crossroads. Currently, the country depends on fossil fuel imports for 86% of its electricity generation, bringing enormous economic and environmental costs and necessitating a transition to a more sustainable energy system. In 2011, the Dominican Republic spent 8.6% of its GDP on …
For decades now, the public sector has been straddling nearly all facets of commercial activities. Except solar power. The government on Wednesday moved to correct this by paving the way for birth of a star player in its stable for the sunrise sector, underlining PM Narendra Modi's emphasis on green …
An Act to promote Electric Production from renewable power sources on the basis of private developer and community co-operation and for incidental matters connected theirwith.
AHMEDABAD: Among 20 major states in the country, Gujarat's performance on power front seems to be the best as it has been able to achieve 0% normal power deficit and nil peak power deficit in 2013-14, according to a recently concluded study by Assocham. The study claims that with power …
NEW DELHI: India could become one of the largest solar markets in the world in the next three years, but potential problems with financing, transmission and land acquisition could trip up the government's solar plan, according to consulting and research firm Bridge to India. In November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
Asks states to set up single window for all clearances and establish metering and communication infrastructure for RE pooling stations The Centre has started talks with states and Union territories (UTs) to introduce dollar-based solar tariff bidding, to make rates more competitive. Such a move would bring down solar power …
The State has been set a target to generate 600 MW of solar power under a Centrally sponsored scheme for encouraging unemployed educated youth and farmers to generate renewable power through installation of solar panels. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on Monday, Energy Minister D K Shivakumar said unemployed …
NEW DELHI: The government reckons increasing use of LED (light emitting diode) bulbs would result in savings of $2 billion by reducing power consumption by 10,000 mw during peak hours in the next four years. "The plan is to cut down energy demand by nearly 10,000 mw in peak hours …
Solar power prospects got brighter in Uttar Pradesh. To meet the demand for electricity supply, the state government has decided to incentivize private production of solar power on rooftops of industrial, commercial and residential buildings. The new system, notified by the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission in March, allows consumers producing …
'Coal India, through its various subsidiaries, would open 60 new mines soon. These will fetch Rs 2.85 lakh cr for 30 years to coal-bearing states' With record-breaking capacity addition of 22,566 Mw and power deficit at a low of 3.6 per cent, Piyush Goyal, minister of state for coal, power …
The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has restored the right to appeal against forest clearances given to linear projects reversing its previous orders of August 2014 and January 2015, following the intervention of National Green Tribunal (NGT). As per the earlier directives of the Ministry, project developers could clear …
Energy is important to reduce poverty, but increasing electricity generation alone will not solve the problem. In this paper, ODI uncovers that most investment in electricity generation in Africa is not geared towards serving the basic energy needs of the poor, but is instead focused on providing power to growing …
Telangana has a vast solar potential with average solar insolation of nearly 5.5 kWh/m2 for more 300 sunshine days. Government of Telangana (GoTS), intends to make use of the positive environment in solar market and push given by GoI for substantially harnessing the solar potential in the state of Telangana. …
CHENNAI: Wind power producers in the state can look forward to selling much of the power they generate as TNEB is likely to consider evacuating it based on a forecasting system. Every year, there have been complaints from wind power generators about TNEB's inability to completely evacuate the power they …
