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 …
Ministry intends to revise guidelines for installation of wind turbine models in India. The underlying objective of this exercise is to reinvigorate wind power development in the country by creating a facilitative environment that promote healthy business, ensures safety standards and spur technological growth.
Saroj Devi's family of six used to spend over Rs 900 every month to buy kerosene for lighting the three lamps in her house. Their village, Lala Teekar, in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh has two rivers passing by and is often called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of Moradabad. …
JAISALMER: The Centre will shortly be making an atlas of the many windmills that are fast being built in this desert district. The atlas will not only help regulate the growth of windmills here but will also keep a track of areas where windmills are being set up. In a …
Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu are front runners among states that have grid connected solar power plants. A total of 20 grid connected solar power plants with capacity of 1 megawatt (MW) or more have been commissioned in the country by July 2011, the Minister of New and Renewable Energy, …
New Delhi The government is considering exempting developers of solar mission projects from bearing electricity transmission charges and technical losses. If implemented, the policy will give a leg-up to solar power, which remains disadvantaged due to high costs of generation. The government plans to provide this exemption to 1,000 mw …
The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIMA) will launch the Indian Fund for Sustainable Energy (INFUSE) with an estimated fund size of Rs 100 crores in collaboration with the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Technology Development Board (TDB) and British Petroleum(BP). The Union Minister for New and Renewable …
Move to create policy & regulatory environment to facilitate capital investments The government is preparing a national bio-energy mission to boost power generation from biomass, a renewable energy source abundantly available in India. The mission, to be launched during the 12th Five-Year Plan, will offer a policy and regulatory environment …
The government plans to accord high priority to developing large “solar parks”, or clusters of units that can generate a total of up to 5,000 megawatts, to help cut costs, Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Wednesday. Solar parks would be built in the second phase of the National …
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission proposes to lower the trading prices for renewable energy certificates (REC). Industry people in a hearing on July 19 lamented the move would affect renewable energy capacity addition in the country. As per the REC scheme, state electricity distribution companies (discoms) unable to meet their …
Lanco Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lanco Infratech Ltd, said that it has commissioned 80KwP grid connected solar photovoltaic (PV) power unit at the Parliament House Complex. Lanco Solar was awarded the contract to build, operate and maintain by the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), which was the nodal …
India plans to relax the rules governing its federal solar energy program in order to attract larger companies and investors, the renewable energy secretary said Wednesday. "Now we are working to relax a few norms and attract bigger players in the upcoming bids, which are likely to come up this …
In order to optimise the exploitation of solar power and to promote commercial marketing of solar accessories, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, has issued guidelines for installation of solar applications under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Speaking to Business Line here recently, Mr R. …
Scheme will provide capital subsidy and refinance for banks National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has come out with a scheme to encourage banks to provide credit for solar power. Formulated under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the scheme envisages NABARD providing capital subsidy and refinance to …
The uncertainty associated with coal supply and it’s price have been reported regularly in recent weeks. The impact on our society of the large number of coal power plants being planned, built and operated in the country should be viewed in this context. It is high time that the social, …
JAISALMER: Jaisalmer has the potential to generate one lakh mega watt of solar and wind power, which can fulfil the demand of the entire nation, Union minister Farooq Abdullah has said. Speaking on the occasion of dedicating Suzlon's S-97 MW wind turbine at Tejuwa village in the district on Tuesday, …
DAWAR (BANDIPORA) : Minister for Science and Technology and Animal Husbandry Sayed Aga Rahullah distributed domestic solar lights among 2055 families of border tehsil of Gurez at a function held at Dawar today. MLA Nazir Gurezi, SDM M.A. Hakak and the officers of Science and Technology Department were present on …
Ending a federal tax break for wind farms in India, the largest market for turbines after China and the US, would cause a $540 million drop in demand just as suppliers including General Electric (GE) expand local capacity. Wind park installations may fall 15% in the financial year starting April …
SRINAGAR: Maintaining that the State under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is marching fast towards a golden era of development and prosperity, the Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, A. R. Rather today said focus of the planning process is to ensure uniform development and equity to …
Since the launch of the scheme last year, the government is buoyant on the renewable energy certificate (REC) market to increase the capacity of the sector. But given that the scheme is market-based, it hinges on the fragile commitments by states to meet their renewable energy purchase obligation (RPO) target. …
Contracts likely to be terminated if they miss the July 9 deadline The ministry of new & renewable energy has said half of the 37 firms awarded solar power projects are yet to achieve financial closure and their contracts will be terminated if they miss the July 9 deadline.
