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 …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: In a bid to give a boost to production of solar energy, the Union government on Sunday roped in power finance bodies to finance new projects. Both the Power Finance Corporation and the Rural Electrification Corporation have agreed to provide financial assistance in making a success …
The Central Government will consider to including Bhopal, Jabalpur and Rewa under solar energy programme. The Central Government has already selected 60 cities in the country and Gwalior and Indore are included among them. This was informed by the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farookh Abdullah in reply …
The Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission has proposed to start Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) under a new regulation and has notified a draft Solar Tariff Regulations which will be applicable from the current financial year. It must be mentioned here that the AERC has adopted the terms and conditions of Central …
Farooq Abdullah India is perceived as a developing country but it is developing at a pace that is not matched by many others. There is significant appreciation of our economic growth. Yet the fact remains that our growth is constrained by energy supply and availability. When the growth rate was …
India launched its National Solar Mission last year. The aim is ambitious – to build capacity of 22,000 mw by 2022. Clearly this is critical: if we can upscale our solar energy generation, we also build the ‘learning’ needed for the world – prices will drop, technology will grow, new …
BHUBANESWAR: The State has the potential to generate 1,700 MW green power from wind but the Government has failed to tap the natural source. Once a power surplus State, Orissa is facing acute shortage of power due to massive hydro failure. Hydro power is the mainstay of the State and …
Sweta Dutta While the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy readies to set up solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites in the Capital, the New Delhi office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has voiced concerns over the move and shot off letters …
Recent agreement by BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL) to buy half the power generated by the 16 mw municipal solid waste-based power plant being set up by the Timarpur-Okhla Waste Management Company Private Limited (TOWMCL) in Delhi has triggered off a fresh debate on how to dispose off the city
Amitav Ranjan In a move to initiate private investment in grid-connected solar power projects, the Centre is setting up a Solar Payment Security Fund that would guarantee compensation to power producers in case of default by state-run distribution utilities.
The quantum leap in wind power in Asia will come from India as all favourable conditions in terms of potential, technical and support facilities, policy and regulatory environment, a robust manufacturing base and investor confidence are available here. This was stated by Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy Farooq …
Ministry guidelines lay down funding pattern. To promote solar power for off-grid applications for both thermal as well as photovoltaic, the Government is offering financial support through a combination of 30 per cent subsidy and/or five per cent interest bearing loans for companies in the business. The guideline on off-grid …
Rajiv Tikoo New Delhi: Welcoming the guidelines for off-grid and roof-top solar applications, launched by non-renewable resources minister Farooq Abdullah in the capital on Wednesday, solar industry leaders have expressed the hope that the government would soon follow up with guidelines for grid-connected solar power projects. Saying that it
India is on a mission. To drastically ramp up its solar power production to 22,000 MW by 2022. From steel makers and automobile manufacturers to diamond merchants and realtors everyone sees the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission as their chance to strike gold. But it is not so easy. The …
The three-phase Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission has set up an ambitious roadmap: 22,000 MW of solar power by 2022. The clock is ticking fast for the first phase. By 2012-13, grid-connected plants supplying 1,000 MW, rooftop and small plants producing 100 MW and off-grid applications generating 200 MW have …
In India 73,000 villages are not connected to the grid. The national solar mission can easily become a model for supplying power to rural areas and poor homes, said Ranjit Deshmukh of Mumbai non-profit Prayas Energy Group. He has pegged hopes on small solar power plants away from the grid. …
B.S. Satish Kumar YELESANDRA (Kolar Dt.): The country's biggest grid-connected solar power plant set up at Yelesandra village in Bangarpet taluk of Kolar district will be commissioned on June 17. Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah will dedicate this state-of-the-art power plant with a capacity to generate …
CITY ANCHOR: WORLD HERITAGE SITES TO GET RS 1 CRORE FOR 50-KV PLANTS, OTHER SITES TO HAVE SMALLER UNITS, lesser budgets With the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy set to install solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites and select monuments before the Commonwealth Games, monuments in …
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdulla called on Chief Minister Nishank at the Bijapur State guest house on Tuesday and held discussions on the possibilities of non-conventional energy production in the State. The CM requested for the special cooperation of the Union Government in providing the 18,000 …
