Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
As many as 33 solar parks will be set up across the country as part of an effort to reduce the production cost of solar power, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today. Government has taken a number of steps to reduce the production cost of solar power in the country, …
A 75-seater solar-powered passenger ferry, the first of its kind in the country, is quietly taking shape at Aroor in Alappuzha district. The boat is expected to be commissioned within the next three months. The boat is being built by NavAlt, a Kochi-based joint venture, in collaboration with a French …
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu handed over allotment letter pertaining to a solar pump-set to one of the 123 SC/ST beneficiaries, Swarna Guravaiah, during his visit to the Genco power plant at Krishnapatnam here on Saturday. The Chief Minister handed over the letter in the presence of Union Minister for …
The Centre has released Rs 1,931 crore till January-end this fiscal under its solar programme to encourage use of the renewable source of power, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In order to expand the use of solar energy in the country, the government has launched several schemes and released Rs …
The Telangana State New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation Limited (TNREDCL) has decided to install 10,000 solar PV water pump systems in the State by the year-end. According to Managing Director of the corporation C. Srinivas Rao, the programme was being implemented with subsidy from Ministry of New and Renewable …
The government's target of 100 GW solar power by 2022 is definitely achievable given the progress made in the last two years, said Tarun Kapoor, joint secretary at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy at the Economic Times Power Summit. Participating in a discussion moderated by Manish Kumar Gupta, …
Ahmedabad: With more and more developers lining up their mega solar power projects, India's solar power generation capacity is expected to almost double by March 2017. National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) estimates the power generation from solar energy will rise to 10,000 MW . "Currently , India's solar …
India's ambitious target of 100 GW solar power generation is achievable and the government is confident that it will have a capacity of 20,000 MW by end of the next financial year. "One lakh MW target is ambitious but it's achievable. By March end we will be around 6,500 MW …
India will add 1,504.24 MW of solar power capacity by March 31, 2016 to take the total installed capacity in India to 6,752.45 MW, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy said on Monday. Giving a status report on the implementation of various schemes to achieve the target of 100,000 …
A policy to boost manufacturing in solar energy sector is on the anvil, Union Minister for Power, Coal, New and RenewableEnergy, Piyush Goyal said on Monday. The policy will focus on boosting end-to-end manufacturing of solar panels, said Mr Goyal while speaking at a session on renewable energy. “I see …
Planning approvals for special buildings (ground plus four floors) and multi-storeyed buildings (above four floors) will be issued by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and the Directorate of Town and Country Planning only if they are provided with a solar energy system. The Housing and Urban Development Department issued a …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has completed the first stage of its ambitious solar parks project, which envisages setting up solar clusters across the country with an overall installed capacity of 20,000 MW by the end of 2018-19. With two new areas selected this year, the process …
CM set to bring modifications to reduce solar power cost to make it farmer-friendly. Maharashtra is looking at attracting investments worth Rs 50,000 crore to boost its solar energy project, which it will promote at the Make in India Week. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis held discussions with Union Power Minister …
CHENNAI: The next step in better utilisation of the State’s prodigious wind power resources has been taken with the appointment of a special officer for Renewable Energy Management at Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation. The officer is set to take up scheduling duties by May. According to the Indian Wind Power …
There's a new wunderkind on the solar block - Telangana. India's newest state added 279.64 MW of solar power capacity in the six and a half months ended mid-January - the highest among Indian states, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Tamil Nadu was a close second …
Union Minister of State for Power Piyush Goyal said here on Thursday that all railway stations and airports in the country would be instructed to install Cochin International Airport model solar energy generation facilities. He was speaking after visiting the CIAL solar energy farm on the Nedumbassery airport premises along …
PM Modi and President Hollande inaugurate interim headquarters in Gurgaon Taking a step forward to formalise the International Solar Alliance (ISA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande inaugurated the interim headquarters of the ISA on Monday at the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurgaon. The ISA’s …
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquarters in Gurgaon will be a new beginning for solar power development in the country, the government said on Thursday. Prime Ministe Narendra Modi and visiting French President Francois Hollande will jointly lay the foundation stone of the ISA headquarters next week. Both the leaders …
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday approved a 'viability gap funding' (VGF) of Rs 5,050 crore for setting up over 5,000 MW of grid linked solar power projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for setting up over 5,000 …
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) plans to generate about 1MW electricity from solar energy for 19 of its roughly 100 buildings in the city. The project will be carried out in association with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), which has identified vendors to install solar plants at …
