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 …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for restoration of subsidy on solar pumps to 80 per cent. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Badal said during the period 2000-01 and 2003-04, the Centre was providing subsidy for solar water pumps up to …
The Union Ministry of New and Renewable energy (MNRE) has ruled out a rollback of its ambitious roof-top solar programme in Kerala amid the raging solar scam in the State. Instead, the Ministry has plans to strengthen its programmes while ensuring that the people are not taken for a ride …
New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study has documented global best practices in environment regulations for the wind power sector. "India is the only country in the world with sizeable wind power installations but very little green norms to manage its environmental fallouts," says Kanchan Kumar Agarwal, …
Five years after it was first conceived and a year since its approval, Chandigarh officially became a Model Solar City on Wednesday after Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah launched the project with the inauguration of two rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants: one at Paryavaran Bhawan …
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Centre to enhance the subsidy on solar water pumps from 30 per cent to 80 per cent. The demand was raised by the Chief Minister during the meeting with Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah here. During …
National fund for research in clean energy ill-utilised A special corpus was announced in the Union budget of 2010-2011 to finance research and innovation in clean energy. The National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) was received with much applause. Research in clean energy is the need of the hour, said officials …
Made-in-China knockoffs of solar photovoltaic systems making way to Indian homes could hamstring efforts to harness alternative energy. Many of solar panels used in Indian homes are made in China. The low-quality components, acquired by companies in India on cheaper rates, live short. And it could frustrate users from exiting …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has constituted a working group to review issues troubling biomass-based power producers in the country. The group, chaired by Alok Srivastava, a Joint Secretary in the Ministry, will hold its first meeting on June 19. While India produces 500 million tonnes of biomass, …
To give a boost to its efforts to bring down the cost of solar power in India, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is planning to roll out large megawatt size solar power projects, in the order of 500 MW and above. “We want to bring in volume in …
The Government has decided that 75 per cent of 750 MW solar projects, to be offered under the second phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, will be built with local content. This has put to rest all uncertainties pertaining to the use of local content in the Mission because …
Solairedirect Energy today inaugurated its first project in India, a 5.6 MW solar park under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Farooq Abdullah- Minister for New and Renewable Energy Solairedirect Energy, a unit of Paris-based Solairedirect Group, today unveiled its Solar park at Phalodi in Rajasthan. Solairedirect Energy today inaugurated …
Solairedirect Energy, a unit of Paris-based Solairedirect Group, today unveiled its Solar park at Phalodi in Rajasthan. Solairedirect Energy today inaugurated its first project in India, a 5.6 MW solar park under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah inaugurated the project …
Planned at Koorgalli on the outskirts, it will help record data to design solar panels The City of Palaces, which is gradually making great strides in tapping unconventional sources of energy, will soon have a solar radiation test centre at Koorgalli on the outskirts. The development is significant as Mysore, …
LUCKNOW: Nearly a decade after it shelved the ambitious waste-to-energy power plant in Lucknow, the UP government is again toying with the idea to revive the project, this time with the help of a US-based company. A delegation of the United States-based renewable energy company would be arriving in the …
Offshore wind farms to produce power for Kerala. A few years from now, wind farms located at sea could be churning out clean energy to feed the starved power grid in Kerala. The Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) is preparing to take up a wind monitoring study …
Pune:The Union ministry for new and renewable energy resources (MNRE) will set up 66 data monitoring stations in high solar power generation areas in the country. The monitoring stations will provide data on solar intensity which will help power companies to design their projects. Speaking to TOI, Ashvini Kumar, director …
Execution of six mini hydel power projects is expected to complete by the end of 2014, while work allotment for the other four has been completed after the tendering procedure. This was apprised in a review meeting by Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency (LREDA) project director Jigmat Takpa. The meeting …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at a conference on 'Green Norms for Green Energy', organised today, brought together different stakeholders to discuss environmental impacts of these sectors and modes of monitoring and regulating them. It focused on the wind and small hydro sectors. The conference shattered a lot …
Kochi: Kochi corporation has decided to appoint International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for executing the solar city project. The local body has informed that it will hold preliminary discussions with ICLEI representatives in a month. The aim of the project is …
The Union ministry of new and renewable energy has approved a Rs 1028.47-crore master plan submitted to it by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to make Guwahati a solar city. A senior GMC official said the ministry recently approved the master plan of the solar city project, which was submitted …
