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 …
Power ministry seeks regulators' suggestions for incentives for distribution utilities for better compliance of renewable power obligations Electricity regulators and power ministry are contemplating steps to make it mandatory for conventional power project developers to set up renewable energy plants in future, while distribution firms may have to purchase more …
Under Batch-II, Solar PV projects with a total capacity of 1500 MW capacity are proposed to be selected under the scheme of Bundling with Thermal power as in Phase-I, to be implemented through NVVN. The present Guidelines lay down the framework for implementation of this scheme. The scope of these …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been carrying out a Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) Programme in the country through the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), Chennai in association with State Nodal Agencies. The Ministry has initiated a new scheme on implementation of Wind Resource Assessment in …
Two of the country's largest power producers Tata Power and Reliance Power are betting big on renewable energy and will spend about Rs 1,500 crore each on clean energy projects this fiscal. While Reliance Power has big plans in the renewable energy segment with a special focus on solar, Tata …
New Delhi would become the second solar city in the country after Chandigarh In line with its project to earn the tag of "solar city" for the New Delhi area of the national Capital, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has now drawn up a detailed plan for rooftop solar …
HIGH-POWER BOOST Fund helps middle-income countries explore options for scaling up projects in renewable sector The World Bank plans to invest $775 million in clean-energy projects across India, even as it expects that the new government’s plan to give fiscal and policy support to the sector will galvanise further investment …
Powergrid Corporation has already submitted its report detailing the renewable potential available, cost of setting up the projects and economic viability With depleting fossil fuel reserves and environmental concerns surrounding conventional power generation, the government has started work on a long-term plan to tap into India's solar and wind potential …
Indian capacity to make solar cells is three-quarters idle, according to the ministry of renewable energy, as the government studies tariffs on rival imports. Fifteen producers led by Indosolar Ltd. (ISLR), Moser Baer India Ltd. (MBI) and Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd. have capacity to supply as many as 1,386 …
The bidding, which is a part of second batch of the phase 2 of JNNSM, aims to achieve a capacity addition of 10,000 MW by 2017; govt hopes to cross 20,000 MW by 2022. India is about to launch the largest bidding of solar power projects worth 1,500 MW under …
The new regime at the Centre has delivered a clear-cut message to States in the area of renewable energy: see to it that projects are sanctioned and taken off in 30 days. Indicating this at the inauguration of the three-day-long Renergy 2014 here, Sudeep Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of …
The government has collected .`40,000 crore as cess on coal through the National Clean Energy Fund, but even as intended beneficiaries continue to wait for disbursement, it has allocated just over 1% of this amount to the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), the nodal department for developing clean …
Even though the new Narendra Modi-led government has strongly advocated the use of solar power, the solar thermal industry still awaits reimbursement of Rs.375 crore subsidy dues of the direct channel partners/manufacturers of solar water heaters pending since 2012. The members of the Solar Thermal Federation of India (STFI) said …
Favouring imposition of anti-dumping duty on solar cells, the Commerce Ministry, on Wednesday, said it would boost manufacturing in the country and attract foreign investments in the sector. This assumes significance as Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and solar power producers are strongly opposing …
. 7.5 a unit by 2020 if indigenous solar cells are used Say cost of solar power could fall & remain at ` Domestic manufacturers of solar cells have said that use of indigenous products can help keep cost of solar power low, countering the government's claim that it will …
The Indian government may strangle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to reap more electricity from the sun should it impose duties on solar panel imports proposed by the nation’s previous administration. Only a quarter of the 1.6 gigawatts of solar capacity in the works now will be finished if the …
When Narendra Modi was chief minister of Gujarat he aggressively promoted renewable source of energy with focus on generating solar electricity. But the manufacturers of solar panels for water heater systems in the state are yet to get Rs 30 crore worth of subsidy since the last two years from …
Plans four solar power plants of 1,000 Mw each likely to be set up in Rajasthan, Gujarat, J&K; and Ladakh The government is aggressively accelerating the solar energy programme, and aiming for four giant plants of 1,000 Mw each. It also wants to bundle solar and conventional power to make …
Members of the Solar Thermal Federation of India (STFI) have asked the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to clear Rs 375 crore subsidy dues of direct channel partners/manufacturers of solar water heaters pending since 2012. The ministry launched a scheme in 2010 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar …
Based on the recommendations of Working Group constituted in the 57th Conference of Chairman & Member Secretaries held in August 2010, CPCB prepared a list of industries categorizing them as red, orange & green for granting consent and inventorisation by SPCBs. Wind Turbine Manufacturer's Association vide their letter dated March …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is opposing the Commerce Ministry's recommendation to slap an anti-dumping duty on imported solar cells, saying "it is not the right time" to impose the levy. Last week, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry recommended imposing a restrictive duty in the range of …
