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 …
Dec. 26: Raj Bhavan will glow in solar power and lead the way in use of renewable energy when a 30KW solar power plant is installed on the premises in another six months. The power plant project, to cost Rs 67 lakh, has been sanctioned by the ministry of new …
The ministry of new and renewable energy expects that 400 MW solar power will flow to the grid by the end of this financial year as many projects awarded last year are nearing completion, two government officials said. The ministry has so far achieved 183-MW generation capacity since the solar …
The Union Government plans to provide financial assistance to State Governments to set up transmission networks to evacuate renewable energy generated in the States, a senior government official said. “Renewable power generation capacity in the country is enormous. But the issue is of evacuation. We plan to provide some assistance …
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 …
Countries protect their renewable energy equipment. Exporting nations see it as trade barrier. The world is witnessing an increase in trade disputes in the renewable energy sector. Countries are trying to strengthen their renewable energy base by preferring indigenous products over imports. This is an obvious dampener for countries with …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is working on a special policy for roof-top solar units, Mr Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary, MNRE, said today. Speaking at Intersolar India, a conference of the solar industry here, and also at a press conference later, Mr Kapoor said that the government is …
The United States has raised concerns about the provisions on domestic content in the policy guidelines for selection of grid-connected solar power projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah, said. The Minister was responding to a question on whether …
India has advanced the target date for selling solar power at the same rate as conventional electricity by five years to 2017 as tariffs have fallen significantly in the latest projects on offer and the trend is likely to continue, government officials said. Companies have bid tariffs as low at …
KOHIMA: The first stake holder’s meeting for the development of Solar City cell in Dimapur, sponsored by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy New Delhi and organised by Department of New and Renewable Energy Nagaland, was held at Dimapur on Wednesday. Addressing the meeting, the Director of New and Renewable …
Lowest bid in second batch of solar energy projects was for Rs7.49/unit. The way the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission is making progress, it is expected that solar energy will soon be as cheap as energy from conventional sources. At least, that is what emerged from the second batch of …
LUCKNOW: With poll bugles about to be sounded, Uttar Pradesh is at the receiving end of state and Central doles. After the Mayawati government, earlier this week, gave its nod to the transfer policy for teachers of primary schools in the state, the Centre has also decided to not stay …
Agartala: The ambitious project to make Agartala as country’s first Solar City has received a setback as Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) did not receive the final project proposal, officials said here on Saturday. According to report, master plan for only seven cities, including two of Northeast – …
Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) has received 22 bids for setting up solar power projects under the ‘Karnataka solar policy’. Today was the last day for submitting the bids. Mr N S Prasanna Kumar, Managing Director, KREDL, told Business Line. As part of its 350 MW programme, KREDL had …
The Capital will soon get its first combined bio-gas plant that will generate enough gas to fuel 120 city buses. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Delhi Government and the Government of Sweden for production of compressed natural gas fuel using waste through modern bio-gas technology. On …
The renewable energy ministry has sought a 10-fold increase in fund outlay for the next five years. The ministry estimates requirement of . 40,000 crore to ramp up its capacity to 30,000 mw by 2017. An outlay of . 4,000 crore was earmarked for development of renewable energy in the …
Now, waste will be used to produce CNG as per a joint initiative by the Sweden government and the ministry of new and renewable energy. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed today between the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) and KG Renewable Ltd …
New Delhi The Cabinet will likely revise the ethanol price for the mandatory 5% blending with petrol later this month, renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah said on Monday, as the sugar industry which produces the bio-fuel out of the by-products of the sweetener intensified protests against the protracted decision-making process. …
Union minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah has said his ministry was focusing mainly on solar, wind, geo-thermal and biomass sectors. “Till every person understands his or her responsibility, India’s development path would not be easy,” he said addressing a national conference on ‘Infrastructure and its role in …
Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has sanctioned Rs 2.43 crore for installation of SPV Power Plant of capacity of 100 Kwp at Government Polytechnic College (GPC), Srinagar Kashmir. The project will be completed by June, 2012. The Ministry has asked the concerned agency to start work immediately so …
AGARTALA: Aiming to provide energy facility to the far-flung places, the Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency (TREDA) has decided to install 34 small solar power plants across the state. Out of total plants, 25 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and boarding houses situated in rural areas where convention power supply is …
