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 …
Tangedco agrees to pay ₹4.41 per unit under power purchase agreement Sarat Kumar Acharya, chairman and managing director, NLC India Ltd, inaugurated a 40 MW solar power project in Neyveli at Block-14 polling substation on Wednesday. In his presidential address, Mr. Acharya said the concept of renewable energy through solar …
To make Bengaluru the electric vehicle capital of India, the Karnataka government will soon come out with a new “electric vehicle and energy storage policy” to reduce pollution and promote healthy environment. The Major and Medium Industries Department was formulating the policy, perhaps the first of kind in the country, …
Universal access to electricity is deemed critical for improving living standards and indispensable for eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development. In 2003, the 'Luz para Todos' (LpT—Light for All) program was launched aiming to universalize access to electricity in Brazil. The program focused on rural and isolated areas, also targeting …
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday announced new norms to improve bankability of solar power projects and boost investments without raising tariff, even as the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said the country can raise renewable energy use to meet a quarter of its demand by 2030. The solar guidelines, laid …
government has implemented new rules for buying power from grid-linked solar power projects through competitive bidding under the National Solar Mission to improve transparency and standardise auctions. These guidelines, prepared by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), cover the grid-connected solar PV power projects with a size of …
There had been decline in interest from private investors in the hydro power projects given environmental hurdles, better alternatives like solar power, tariff of which has plummeted drastically to below Rs 3 a unit. Despite a proposed bailout plan for the hydro power sector, concerns remain on the roll-out of …
“The Centre will fund only those solar parks with a minimum capacity of 500 MW. But such a huge project requires a big stretch of land ... at least 2,000 acres. It is difficult to get such huge plots as we have fragmented land," said said Shovan Deb Chattopadhyay. The …
Analysts believe IRRs in the solar sector have fallen to 10-13 per cent now, compared with 15-16 per cent or more previously. The dearth of new solar auctions could drive the prices of solar power further down, below the all-time low of ₹2.44, with developers backed by private equity funds …
Panaji: Taking part in promoting solar power in the state, National Centre for Antarctica and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONCG) have decided to set up rooftop solar plants in Goa, which will generate three megawatts of power. NCAOR, MPT and ONGC …
NEW DELHI: Investment in renewable energy should be made in a calibrated manner as social costs are high in promoting green energy, the Economic Survey has observed. The mid-year Survey, introduced for the first time, has also taken a cautious stand on the impact of encouraging green energy on the …
The installed wind power capacity is over 32.5 GW. Hyderabad: Union energy minister Piyush Goyal said tenders would be called at the appropriate time to meet the wind power capacity target of 60 GW by 2022. In a written reply to TRS MP B. Vinod Kumar in the Lok Sabha …
The Indian solar market added 1,869 MW capacity in April-June quarter taking the installations to 4,765 MW during H1 of 2017, a recent survey said. According to a study conducted by Mercom India Research, the total capacity added in the first half (January-June 2017) of this year has surpassed the …
The Haryana government has waived intra-state wheeling charges, cross subsidy charges, transmission and distribution charges on the electricity generated from solar power plants in the state. Any investor, who installs a solar power plant at any place in the state, can sell this power to any private entity within the …
The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has written to the Uttar Pradesh government seeking extension of timeline to commission select solar power projects claiming that laxity by state agencies is to blame for the delay. Earlier last month, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) had cancelled power purchase agreements …
NEW DELHI: Wind energy companies have moved the Madras High Court against the Tamil Nadu electricity distribution company’s move to auction wind energy projects with a new base price, and the sector regulator’s decision to allow the auction. Indian Wind Energy Association (IWEA), an industry body of wind energy developers, …
The Centre wants to extend interest subsidy and hydropower purchase obligation to accelerate growth of hydropower, according to a power ministry report. The Centre has proposed bringing all hydropower projects across the central, state and private sectors, irrespective of capacity, under the renewable category. The proposal is in the wake …
LAGOS - The new National Petroleum Policy will ultimately remove barriers affecting investment and development of the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, said Wednesday. The 100-page document was very comprehensive on all aspects of the oil industry, the minister said in a statement …
Indore: Nine crossroads of the city will soon get a new look as officials of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) have decided to install solar powered traffic signal system . The move came after clashes between IMC and police department over payment of conventional traffic signals' power bills. In the first …
Power distribution utilities in Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan are reported to be delaying payments to generators of wind and solar power by 6-12 months, which is putting the cash flow of most of the smaller renewable firms under severe stress The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s aggressive …
The National Energy Policy has become critical for any country. The initiative by NITI Aayog to prepare a draft NEP (DNEP) is wholly welcome, as it comes at a critical juncture in India’s post-independence era. DNEP considers the energy scenario by 2040 whereas Integrated Energy Policy (IEP) of 2011 had …
