Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Bioenergy is the main source of renewable energy today. IEA modelling also indicates that modern bioenergy is an essential component of the future low carbon global energy system if global climate change commitments are to be met, playing a particularly important role in helping to decarbonise sectors such as aviation, …
Bidding for solar and wind energy projects have slowed down during the ongoing calendar year, thereby it will face near term headwinds said rating agency ICRA. “With very limited progress on the firm bidding plans by the state owned distribution utilities to award the wind energy projects, this particular sector …
The 1000-GW objective, more of a desire when the ISA was launched last year, has now become its official target Three years ago, India had surprised many by announcing that it would develop 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy by the year 2022, scaling up its then-existing target by almost …
The Paris Agreement requires countries to articulate near-term emissions reduction strategies through to 2025 or 2030 by communicating nationally determined contributions (NDCs), as well as encouraging the formulation of long-term low-emission development strategies (Article 4.19). In response, many countries have either submitted or are preparing mid-century strategies. Most NDCs set …
Wind power developers in Karnataka with commissioned capacity of 270 MW are hit as the state’s energy department and electricity regulator engaged in a tiff over tariff rates. Wind power developers in Karnataka with commissioned capacity of 270 MW are hit as the state’s energy department and electricity regulator engaged …
Back in 2010, Anmol Jaggi was one of the key names in the carbon credit market, advising large corporates on how to be energy-efficient and making money from it. With close to 25 million carbon credits and around 400 clients in India, his company was in its heyday since its …
PowerGrid Corporation of India is planning to bid for transmission packages in Brazil on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis by December-end, as the company looks for opportunities abroad on account of poor thermal power generation activity within the country in the last couple of years. PowerGrid Corporation of India …
“India has been able to auction for power, grid-connected solar power at very competitive prices and now believes that solar power is cheaper than coal without subsidy” Washington, Nov 7: India’s massive effort towards renewable energy has resulted in considerable drop in solar price and the country now believes that …
Team from New Yorkvisits world’s largest solar power project The 1,000 MW (1 GW) Kurnool ultra mega solar park in Andhra Pradesh, the world’s largest single location solar park, has become a centre of attraction and case study for global renewable energy companies. A team of Natural Resource Defense Council …
States have historically been the primary drivers of climate change policy in the US, particularly with regard to emissions from power plants. States have implemented policies designed either to directly curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power plants, or to encourage energy efficiency and renewable energy growth. With the federal …
At ₹12 per unit, there could be no takers: industry expert While Tamil Nadu and Gujarat are seen as having tremendous potential for offshore wind energy, the falling onshore wind tariff has led to questions on the viability of offshore wind, whose tariff is high. “Offshore wind projects have higher …
‘Says scope exists for evacuating 500 MW with minimal grid upgradation’ A study conducted by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has revealed that 500 MW of offshore wind power can be evacuated in Tamil Nadu by 2021-22 with minimal grid upgradation. The study was conducted on behalf …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd vs Solar Semiconductor Power dated 25/10/2017. The issue before the Supreme Court is whether the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission, in exercise of its inherent powers, could have extended the control period for the Solar …
The recent tariff-based auctions for wind power capacity, which threw up a surprise low tariff of Rs. 2.64 a kWhr, is all fine, but make sure that the projects do come up, say world energy bodies. Commenting on the auctions, in an e-mailed response to BusinessLine, Fatih Birol, Executive Director, …
Ministry unveils draft regulation for private participation in exploration The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has unveiled draft guidelines on private participation in studies for exploring and identifying offshore wind power blocks. In October 2015, the Centre had introduced an offshore wind power policy aimed at tapping India’s …
With as many as 20 deals hovering over, the nascent renewable energy segment is expected to close at least 10 deals worth about ₹2,500-3,000 crore in the next 12 months. While the size of the deals is likely to be smaller than last fiscal, when some mega-deals including Tata Power's …
The tariff for solar projects developed under the domestic content requirement (DCR) category has declined by 35 per cent during the past year as the trend of aggressive bidding continues, according to Mercom Capital. Earlier this month, the 250 MW DCR auction conducted by NTPC saw Azure Power quote a …
Installations of new wind power capacity in the first half worked out to 421 MW, compared with 1,305 MW in the corresponding period of last year, a trend that indicates that wind power capacity addition in the current year is likely to be far less than the record 5,400 MW …
MNRE in August told seven wind energy producing states that wind power projects, which have already signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) and were commissioned before March 31, should not face problems in selling power due to lack of regulatory consent. Karnataka’s electricity regulator has refused to approve the power purchase …
Buoyed by the success of 2 tariff-based bidding for wind power projects, government will go ahead with 2-3 more such auctions for around 3 GW capacity, which may stagger to 2018, a senior official said. The tariff-based competitive bidding for 1 GW wind projects brought down the tariff to a …
