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 …
Policy body calls for ‘heroic efforts’ to conserve energy India’s demand for energy could increase more than four-fold in the next three-and-a-half decades if no efforts are made on the conservation front. But, “heroic efforts’’ made to contain demand, could cut down the increase by almost half. These estimates have …
Close to 75% of Indian solar power projects are built on imported cells from China and the US The current installed capacity of Indian solar cell manufacturing is around 1,386 Mw, of which less than 30 per cent is operational. "India's annual demand for solar cells is close to 4,000 …
If you are interested in setting up a solar rooftop system, don't expect a subsidy that can bring down capital costs. The Centre recently withdrew the 30% subsidy for commercial and industrial consumers; the Delhi government's new draft policy also doesn't have any provisions for a subsidy , which pretty …
The Delhi Dialogue Commission on Tuesday presented the draft solar policy for Delhi in a meeting with NGOs, discoms, power department officials and others. The highlights of the policy included developing Delhi as a solar city and generating about 1,000 MW between 2015 and 2020 when the policy will be …
Air pollution is finally being recognised as a major environmental problem in India, and transportation has been identified as a major contributor. To address this problem, the Indian government is planning to boost the use of biofuels in transport fuels. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has proposed a …
World Bank to provide loans for the solar projects in Delhi Solar power generation is set to gather pace in the Capital with the Delhi government ready to roll out a Solar Power Policy on the RESCO model with a target of producing 1000 MW of electricity by 2020. More …
CHENNAI: The city planners are toying with the idea of making it mandatory for all multi-storied buildings to install rooftop solar panels to generate green energy. Faced with the fast-paced growth that has made it difficult for basic infrastructrure to catch up, sources said this proposal would help ensure that …
The government has approved a proposed master plan to develop 50 solar cities, for which master plans have been prepared for 46, an official statement said on Sunday. Three of these cities under the programme are planned to be set up the national capital region, the ministry of new and …
The two latest solar bids in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana saw tariffs touching a low of Rs 5.05 per unit and Rs 5.17 per unit, respectively Even as the global market battles saturation in clean energy, solar power price in India is on its way down - a landmark 70 …
The Policy aims at mainstreaming of biofuels and, therefore, envisions a central role for it in the energy and transportation sectors of the country in coming decades. The Policy will bring about accelerated development and promotion of the cultivation, production and use of biofuels to increasingly substitute petrol and diesel …
KOLKATA: In a year's time, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport could become one of the greenest facilities in the country with a substantially smaller carbon footprint. Though the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Monday sanctioned a 2 Mega Watt peak (MWp) solar project for Kolkata airport, the team …
Government of Gujarat announced new solar policy to increase the solar power production in the state. The Energy and Petrochemicals Department presented the ‘Gujarat Solar Power Policy-2015’, the second solar power policy by the Government, the first one was given in 2009. The first solar policy of Gujarat gave them …
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Africa released its power and utilities sector survey 2015 recently. The survey, which looked at the future of electricity in Africa, involved 51 senior power and utility sector participants from 15 countries on the continent - Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, …
The Sendai Nuclear Power Plant on the island of Kyushu broke a four-year lull on 11 August when it switched one of its reactors back on. The restart is the first since Japan’s nuclear-power industry ground to a halt two years ago following safety concerns in the wake of the …
Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor for the first time under new safety standards put in place since the Fukushima disaster in 2011, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that the industry is now safe. Abe and much of Japanese industry want reactors to be …
It looks like consumers are happy with Mescom's green initiatve. Mescom's scheme of 'Produce solar power, earn money' is attracting more customers in Kudla. While two customers have already signed up for net metering power purchase agreement with Mescom, a green energy promoter in the city is gearing up to …
In order to reduce the dependence on fossil fuel based generation, it is essential to explore all possible alternative sources of generation. Under these circumstances, the generation based on renewable energy resources as well as adopting energy efficiency measures to fulfil the electricity requirement shall play a significant role in …
CHENNAI: Telangana has successfully negotiated low-cost solar power deals with companies that are ready to sell power at Rs 5.15 to Rs 5.88 per unit from up units they set up in the state. Tamil Nadu, by comparison, has signed 25-year agreements with several companies, including the Adani Group, which …
Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has indicated that its subsidy or central financial assistance (CFA) for solar rooftop projects will be provided only to projects under four categories, and industrial and commercial categories will be excluded from this programme. CFA of 15 per cent of the benchmark …
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has big plans to invest in India's renewable energy space as the sector is evolving with competitive commercial bidding unlike the subsidy-driven growth in the West, a top executive at the World Bank's investment arm said. IFC joins other global players such as Goldman Sachs, SoftBank …
