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 …
Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency will invite proposals soon Officials will visit Germany and Spain where large solar photovoltaic power plants have come up Programme to encourage generation of grid quality power from megawatt-sized solar plants CHENNAI: Half-a-dozen companies have expressed interest in implementing the recently unveiled national programme on …
As the Indian climate warriors start thinking of ways and means to cut down carbon emissions in line with their commitments, one method of reducing emissions is already proving to be a non-starter. The great hope that ethanol-blended fuels would reduce emissions while simultaneously cutting down India
Mumbai: India will offer Rs 380 crore ($81 million) in incentives to wind power projects that feed into the national grid, the government said on Thursday, a move analysts believe will attract large companies. The country ranked fourth in the world after Germany, Spain and the US in grid-connected wind …
NEW DELHI: The Central Government on Thursday said it would give incentives worth Rs.380 crore to promote wind power generation. The government has launched a special programme to generate more wind power and attract investments, domestically as well as globally, to give boost to cleaner and renewable energy sector, Union …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has announced an incentive of 50 paise per unit of wind power fed by independent power producers into the grid. The generation-based incentive (GBI) is aimed at attracting investment in the wind energy sector and increasing the quantum of grid-interactive renewable power.
This nondescript village tucked in a corner of the border district of Amritsar got the country’s first commercial 2 MW solar power plant on Tuesday. The plant was inaugurated by Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah. Set up by American company Azure Power in IPP mode, it …
NEW DELHI: Union Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said India is keen to generate 20,000 MW of solar energy by 2020 to drastically minimise use of fossil fuel. Speaking at the inauguration of a daylong workshop-cum-exhibition at Delhi Secretariat on
1,300 MW target set for first phase in three years. The first megawatt level solar power generation plant in West Bengal was commissioned in Asansol on Tuesday. The function coincided with Copenhagen's international meet on climate change. Manish Basu Though the Centre had announced its ambitious plan for producing 20,000 …
The government today said the ambitious National Solar Mission, which aims to generate 20,000 MW of power by 2020, will be launched on Friday. "Tomorrow, it will be cleared by the Cabinet and it will have a nice launch on Friday," New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah told reporters …
Guwahati: Union Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh openly clashed over a government-backed report on glacier melting as the former expressed serious displeasure over it. ''Now we are told that glaciers are not melting because of climate change. I do not know who prepared these reports, …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: After having approved a mega solar energy initiative, the UPA government is planning to give a major thrust to overall renewable energy as it was the way of the future and would go a long way in meeting India
Chandigarh: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday urged new and renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah to enhance the Central subsidy for solar water pumping systems for irrigation and allied purposes from Rs 30 per watt to Rs 100 per watt to make the system viable for small …
Hyderabad, Sept. 14 The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Mr Farooq Abdullah, will inaugurate the Phase-I solar PV manufacturing facility of Solar Semiconductor at Fabcity and also launch GE Day on Wednesday. The solar PV (Photovoltaic) unit of Solar Semiconductor will be the first to start manufacturing from …
CHENNAI: If the Indian Government diverts a part of the subsidy for fuels to create renewable energy sources, there will be a tremendous change in the lives of people, said Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy. Participating in a function organised by Exnora and Solkar to distribute …
N. Anand Details will be announced in National Solar Mission SOLAR POWER: Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, inaugurating WinWinD
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed confidence that the development of new and renewable energy sector would catapult the rural electrification scenario in the state and asserted that the government would take every step in this direction. He said this after he and Union Minister for New and Renewable …
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) has given its nod for continuation of Remote Village Electrification Programme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy during the remaining period of the Eleventh Plan. The total outlay for the programme has been estimated at Rs 867.89 crore during the current plan …
Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, accompanied by a team of senior officers of his ministry, met Governor NN Vohra here today. During the hour-long meeting, Farooq discussed with the Governor the scope for optimal exploitation of the vast potential of non-conventional energy sources, including solar energy, …
Shimla : The Union Ministry of Renewable Energy has agreed in principle to develop Shimla and Hamirpur towns as solar cities and Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, and National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, as energy parks. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held …
