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 …
45% of the financing target under RE-Invest met till yet: MNRE The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is also in the final stages of drafting separate bidding guidelines for future projects The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is looking to auction close to 3 GW of wind …
GAYA: A workshop on 'Renewable energy and its growth potential', jointly organised by the Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED) and Vikalp Foundation, a non-profit organisation, working in the field of alternative development strategy, was held here on Wednesday. The workshop highlighted the efficacies of the new energy policy …
Wind power tariffs have plummeted to ₹2.64 a kWhr in the second auctions held by State-owned SECI. The initial price bids were opened on Wednesday and the bidding went on till the wee hours of Thursday. SECI, which had put 1,000 MW of wind capacity on the table, received 12 …
As world energy markets transform at an unprecedented rate, India is at the forefront of the shift towards profitable renewables given that the country's solar belt has the potential of 749 GW for power generation. As shown by a new IEEFA (Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis) analysis, accelerating …
BENGALURU: Tamil Nadu has cancelled an auction it held in January-February to allot 500 MW of solar projects, because the state-run power distributor found the winning bid of Rs 4.40 per kwH too high, one of the developers said. The developer, who had won a contract in the January-February auction, …
The government on Wednesday said power will not be provided free of cost to any category of consumer under the recently launched Saubhagya scheme, which aims to provide electricity to all. However, under the scheme the poor families will be provided electricity connections free of cost, said the frequently asked …
PE flows into wind and solar power jumped 47 per cent to $920 million The renewable energy sector in India has witnessed a spike in private equity (PE) flows in 2017, despite facing challenges like plunging tariffs and policy modifications. PE flows into wind and solar power jumped 47 per …
Chandigarh: Chandigarh is the only city where solar rooftops have been installed on all government buildings, informed UT home secretary Anurag Agarwal on Tuesday. Sharing the progress made by Chandigarh in promotion of solar power, at a conference organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Agarwal said Chandigarh achieved …
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday signed memorandums of understanding with four solar power companies, which won contracts for 1500 MW. A total of 16 companies, awarded contracts, will invest Rs 9,000 crore in the coming year at the rate of Rs 6 crore per MW of solar power. …
Fourth Partner Energy, a distributed solar company and a full service renewable energy service company (Resco), expects to close this year with a turnover of ₹250-300 crore, and take it up to over ₹1,000 crore by 2020. The company said in a statement it will implement about 10 MW of …
Following pressure from the GoM on energy, the state government has taken this decision. Vijayawada: The shutdown of two units in Dr Narla Thatharao Thermal Power Station (NTTPS) two days back is part of the state government’s mechanism for regular checking, according to sources from the energy department. Deccan Chronicle …
State-run power giant NTPC will add 32 GW of clean energy by 2032, in addition to its plan to create 15 GW of solar capacity under National Solar Mission, a top company official said today. The power giant is also creating electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the country. NTPC has …
The government plans to bring offshore wind energy and large hydro-electricity projects under the ambit of renewable energy, which will scale up the target of 175 gigawatts of green power capacity by 2022. “Today, we are contemplating bringing large hydro also under the definition of renewable power. We are also …
AHMEDABAD: Four companies have been finalized to provide 500MW solar power to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) through reverse e-auction. These companies, which have emerged as winners, are Azure Power, Tamil Nadu-based GRT Jewellers (India) Pvt Ltd, Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) and Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd …
GST & increasing panel import prices impact tariffs Tenders invited by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL) for 500 megawatt (Mw) of solar power projects have received bids in the range of Rs 2.65-3.36 a unit - a minor correction from the last lowest bid of Rs 2.44 a unit discovered …
The Union ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued a circular to all state governments to this effect. Hyderabad: The Centre has said that that environment impact assessment (EIA) is not applicable for solar power projects and to development of solar parks. The Union ministry of New and Renewable …
Even turbine makers hold right to access PGCIL’s sub-stations; remedy the situation, ministry tells CERC Independent wind power producers, especially those in wind-rich areas, are stuck in a logjam, as they are unable to find channels to evacuate power from their ongoing or upcoming projects. They have been crowded out …
The CM suggested that officials concentrate on increasing the renewable energy production while reducing thermal power. Vijayawada: Energy officials projected a 154-per cent growth in wind power production to impress upon Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that wind power was the best alternative to the hydel and thermal power. This …
IIT-Delhi collaborates with ReNew Power for tech centre The government’s target of achieving 175 GW of renewable energy capacity would be difficult to achieve because of the current state of confusion in the solar and wind power businesses, said Sumant Sinha, chairman and chief executive officer, ReNew Power Ventures on …
The review meeting to take stock of progress of schemes under "seven resolves" of good governance was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh, state police chief P K Thakur and senior officials of all the departments. As part of Nitish Kumar government’s resolve …
