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 …
New Delhi: In violation of government norms, a single company, Lanco Infratech has allegedly cornered 40% of the contracts bid out for the first phase of the National Solar Mission, garnering projects with assured revenue of Rs 13,000 crore over the next 25 years, including a large subsidy that the …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today alleged that Lanco Infratech flouted rules in bagging projects under the National Solar Mission, a charge refuted by the diversified group. The Delhi-based NGO has alleged that Lanco created front companies and got about nine solar power projects having a total capacity …
Gangtok, Jan. 31: Seven government buildings, including the Raj Bhavan and the Sikkim Assembly, will be powered by solar energy from April this year. The project to install solar lights will be implemented under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission of the ministry of new and renewable energy. Officials said …
For the Government of India the first phase of the national solar mission has been a grand success. It not only managed to attract industry to invest in the generation of an energy considered costly, but also dramatically drove down the cost of producing this energy. In its celebration, little …
New Delhi Enthused by the success of the first phase of the Prime Minister’s solar mission, the government has scaled up the second-phase (2013-17) target from 3,000 MW to 9,000 MW and is mulling fresh incentives for potential investors. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission will see investment of R1.08 …
New Delhi An exercise will be launched soon to reassess the country’s wind power potential, encouraged by the recent advancement in generation technology. This will be undertaken by the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) with the help of Chennai-based Centre for Wind Energy Technology (CWET). “We will reassess …
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday inaugurated a 5-MW solar energy plant by SunEdison, the leading solar energy services provider, at Phalodi in Jodhpur district. Union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah was also present. The plant was set up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Situated …
There is an institutional gap in rural areas, and thus it is difficult to implement the green rating for integrated habitat assessment (Griha) scheme in those areas, said Nobel prize laureate Rajendra Pachauri, who is also director of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri). He was talking to media persons …
The plant is expected to provide electricity to around 60,000 rural homes Mahindra Solar One, a solar power developer, commissioned its first 5 MW solar power plant. A part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) policy, the project is located near Jodhpur in Rajasthan and was the first …
Faced with stiff competition from Chinese players, and under utilised capacities, domestic solar equipment makers are in talks with the government for "policy interventions" to cushion their business against shocks. Low-cost equipment supplies from countries such as China and Taiwan are impacting domestic manufacturers, even as things are promising on …
The world’s first hydrogen-powered three-wheeler, ‘HyAlfa’, was showcased at the 11th Auto Expo here on Monday. Part of a development project dubbed ‘DelHy 3w’, a fleet of 15 HyAlfa three-wheelers will run on an experimental basis at Pragati Maidan, where a hydrogen refuelling station has also been set up. India …
With thermal power projects facing environmental hurdles and coal-linkage issues, banks are increasingly warming up to project proposals from the non-conventional (solar and wind) energy sector. What is prompting banks to take a good look at non-conventional ‘green' energy projects, especially solar-based power projects, is that States such as Gujarat …
The government today approved a proposal to sanction over Rs 19,000 crore for the Udhampur- Baramulla rail project that was announced over 17 years ago to connect Kashmir Valley with Jammu. The approval was given at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, official sources said, adding that the fund will …
Before the launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in 2010, not much attention was paid to solar radiation assessment in India. The country had 45 meteorological stations managed by the Indian Meteorological Department to operate as weather observatories, which were not equipped to collect data on direct …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has played a significant role in promoting renewable energy development. Incentives like accelerated depreciation and programmes like the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) have given a fillip to the wind and solar industries.
The development of an ecosystem- through economic, social, institutional arrangements- is of utmost importance in supporting technology dissemination and adequately serving the needs of a community. The National Solar Mission of India has not paid adequate attention to this aspect in its objective to promote off-grid applications of solar energy. …
After CNG, the national capital is all set to run its public transport fleet on biogas. Ambitious as it may sound, but Delhi plans to run its buses on biogas. In collaboration with the Swedish government, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy plans to set up a biogas …
The government has asked all central public sector companies to set up renewable energy projects or voluntarily procure energy credits, as part of efforts to boost sustainable development. "The scope of the Energy Management Programme has been expanded by including Renewable Energy as a specific activity to be pursued by …
With a view to creating awareness and disseminating information about the usefulness of solar energy in the housing, institutional, commercial and industrial sectors, thus reducing energy dependence and cutting green house gas emissions, the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, …
Anti-trust watchdog sees pacts between oil marketing companies and petroleum ministry holding back bio-diesel industry growth The antitrust watchdog will launch its own probe into whether the petroleum ministry and state-run oil marketing companies have suppressed the market for bio-diesel, over-riding a report on the contrary by the Director-General of …
