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 …
Under a proposed action plan, the ministry will strengthen grid infrastructure for wind power and identify high wind power potential zones The government is to introduce a ‘wind energy mission’ in the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPPC). Officials said formal induction awaited consent from the prime minister. The …
New capacity addition in the clean energy sector was up nine per cent during the first 9-month of this fiscal. The total installed capacity of solar power in the country crossed 3,000 MW during the 3rd quarter. Renewable energy sector added 2,104 MW of new capacity during first three quarters …
By 2021, city will need 975MU of power every year : The draft master plan for a Solar City project in Kochi, with a financial outlay of Rs. 696.59 crore, was presented before various stakeholders on Monday. The proposal drawn up by the All India Institute of Local Self Governance, …
India installed 2.1 gigawatts of grid-connected renewable power from April to December last year, according to the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. The nation added 1.3 gigawatts of wind power, 430 megawatts of solar power and 340 megawatts of hydro, biomass and bagasse co-generation, the ministry said on its …
Eight banks have so far initiated action Public sector banks (PSBs) are to accept rooftop solar installation cost as part of home loan or home improvement proposals of individual customers. The Union Finance Ministry is reported to have advised the PSBs to encourage home loan/ home improvement loan seekers to …
Gujarat's solar dreams are getting bigger After setting up Asia's largest 500 MW solar park at Charnka village in Patan, the state government plans to set up an even bigger solar park with an estimated capacity of 750 MW in Vav taluka of Banaskantha district. Government sources said that a …
A floating solar thermal power plant conceptualised and implemented indigenously will be inaugurated next week at Rajarhat near Kolkata. The pilot project has 10 KW capacity. The experimental project, the first such floating solar power plant in the country, has been promoted by the Union Ministry of Renewable Energy and …
In a bid to achieve the target of 22-gigawatt solar capacity by 2022 under the national solar mission, the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has proposed to set up 15,000 MW of grid-connected solar capacity in three tranches, with the first tranche of 3,000 MW likely to entail …
Assured of government’s backing, the Indian wind power industry is ending the year on a high note, but also with a problem it would not be unhappy with - meeting the stiff targets set by the government. India has taken nearly a quarter century to create wind power capacity of …
Uttarakhand is all set to promote rooftop solar power as part of alternate energy initiative, with the Union Ministry of New Renewable Energy already having a target of 7 MW of power generation through solar rooftop projects for 2014-15. Talking to the Tribune, Dr AK Tripathi, Director, Union Ministry of …
The scheme aims to provide a huge impetus to solar energy generation by acting as a flagship demonstration facility to encourage project developers and investors, prompting additional projects of similar nature, triggering economies of scale for cost-reductions, technical improvements and achieving large scale reductions in GHG emissions. It would enable …
‘There is a conflict of interest between the Central Government and various States and because of this an important plan like the NAPCC has failed to get implemented in its true letter and spirit’ The National Green Tribunal on Monday sought response from the Centre, States and Union Territories about …
A month after the government stopped offering subsidies on solar water heaters, the sales are still soaring with the demand driven by a positive sentiment about the need for saving energy. The manufacturers are happy with the government's decision as some were reeling under heavy losses due to pending subsidy …
The scheme envisages setting up of 25 solar parks over the next five years with a total capacity of around 20,000 Mw A step ahead in the government's ambitious plan of setting up 25 solar parks, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has identified 12 locations in various …
New and renewable energy ministry takes cue from PM, starts work on solar projects Installing solar panels on the Pakistan border, using super-chilled LNG to build cold storage and warehousing facilities, and putting barcodes to stop illegal use of subsidised cooking gas — the Modi mantra is making its presence …
Ministry of new and renewable energy's new target is to increase such installations by five-fold to 15 GW by 2019 via solar parks after land acquisition delays this year India is expected to add solar power capacity at more than twice the speed of this year in 2015, after a …
The U.S. Exim Bank will give loans for as much as $1 billion to clean-energy projects in India, according to a statement on its website and a separate one by India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The loans will be given to Indian power producers that purchase equipment from …
New capacity addition in the renewable energy sector was lower by 20 per cent during the first half of this fiscal when compared to a year-ago period. The sector added 1,094 MW of new capacity during April-September, 2014, as against 1,376 MW in the same period previous year. Of the …
Works on installation of eight KV solar power plant reaches trial stage Works on the installation of an eight KV capacity solar power plant at Kuppanna Park, located near Hardinge Circle in the city is nearing completion. The project has been taken up on an experimental basis to tap solar …
Chhattisgarh achieved a total commissioned capacity of 7.1000 MW from grid connected solar PV power projects as on March 31, 2014, according to the 2013-14 annual report of Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The total commissioned capacity of such Solar PV power projects was 4.000 MW as on …
