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 …
With an objective to promote use of non-conventional energy, solar energy plants are being installed in the state. This year, the New and Renewable Energy Department has chalked out a programme to install eight thousand solar street lights in the state. The Urja Vikas Nigam has sent a number of …
Technological breakthroughs and economies of scale will make solar power competitive in six years and help India add 67,000 megawatts of solar generation capacity by 2022
Global policies and instruments to tackle climate change look very different once translated into domestic programmes of action, reflecting varied institutional capacity, competing priorities, and diverse political cultures and political economies. In light of these variations, this article analyses how clean energy is governed in India, both through and beyond …
The Centre has asked the Rajasthan Government to speed up the implementation of solar power projects awarded to private companies in western parts of the State and make arrangements for training of engineers and technicians to add quality to the existing projects and serve the needs of the future. Union …
Tucked away in the Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary of Chhattisgarh is a small village, Deba. The national power grid is yet to reach there. But there is no interruption in the scheduled power supply to its 75 households. While power cuts are frequent in grid-connected villages across the state, the only …
Solar electricity lights the maximum number of villages in Chhattisgarh—but barely so. Tucked away in the Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary of Chhattisgarh is a small village, Deba. The national power grid is yet to reach there. But there is no interruption in the scheduled power supply to its 75 households. While …
BHUBANESWAR: A power purchase agreement (PPA) was signed between Gridco and NTPC on Tuesday for procuring 10 mega watt solar power. The national thermal power major is in the process of executing two solar power stations at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad in Haryana. Each of the solar power …
For all those who believe in saving money and yet do their bit for the environment in their own little way, this might be a chance to explore all the cost effective, eco-friendly and renewable energy and energy efficient options available. The Energy and Research Institute (TERI) has organised a …
Bhubaneswar The state-run power producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will allocate 500 mw of green energy to various states to help them meet the Renewable Energy Purchase Obligation (RPO) as mandated in the National Tariff Policy.
Though residents of Okhla have been protesting the construction of a waste-to-energy plant in their locality for months, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit confirmed on Wednesday that the project will be completed soon. Dikshit gave her assurance that the plant was being built after procuring all the required environmental clearances, and …
The Union Cabinet is likely to discuss the operation of a National Clean Energy Fund in its meeting tomorrow. The fund was set up to serve as a separate non-lapsable corpus for funding green energy projects with the broader objective of cutting down India
In January, Deepak Gupta, the secretary for ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), reaffirmed plans to install 20 gigawatts (GW) of solar power by 2022, calling it
This is the sixteenth report on ‘Small and Mini Hydel Projects’ pertaining to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. One of the responsibilities entrusted to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is to deal with the micro/mini/small hydropower plants upto 25 MW capacity,
It is no mean task to find a moneylender for a financially risky project. More so, if it is a high-investment, low-return project under the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. The fact that government did not plan finance for a mission that aims to address the challenges of climate …
Chandigarh Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has issued guidelines for fixation of tariff for renewable energy projects, renewable purchase obligation and renewable energy certificate implementation in the state. These guidelines will set general parameters of tariff for all the projects based on renewable energy sources that are being set up …
Pranab: Fund meant for research and innovative projects in clean energy technologies Jairam: With more coal consumption, this will greatly benefit MNRE, MoEF schemes NEW DELHI: With Rs.3,700 crore already in the kitty, the National Clean Energy Fund is a new cash cow for the Union Ministries of New and …
National solar mission may get derailed as banks hesitate to give loans for its high-risk projects. It is no mean task to find a moneylender for a financially risky project. More so, if it is a high-investment, low-return project under the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. The fact that …
It looks like work half done. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched a scheme to make India’s rural kitchen smoke-free by using less biofuel in its improved biomass cookstove. But it forgot to formulate a sound marketing strategy and did not factor in the project’s investment cost. …
This new World Bank report assesses the feasibility of developing renewable energy in India & says that renewables can play an important role in increasing country's energy security by diversifying supply, reducing import dependence & mitigating fuel price volatility. This World Bank report says developing indigenous renewable energy sources which …
