Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
The Chhattisgarh Government has targeted to install solar power plants with a total generation capacity of 1,700 MW during the coming months, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department, N Baijendra Kumar said on Tuesday. Chairing a review meeting at the headquarters of Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) here, Kumar said …
New solar, wind and hydropower sources were added in 2015 at the fastest rate the world has yet seen, a study says. Investments in renewables during the year were more than double the amount spent on new coal and gas-fired power plants, the Renewables Global Status Report found. For the …
The objective of the policy is to promote the deployment of micro and mini grids powered by RE sources such as solar, biomass, pico hydro, wind etc. in un-served and underserved parts of the country by encouraging the development of State-level policies and regulations, that enable participation of ESCOs. The …
The objective of the policy is to promote the deployment of micro and mini grids powered by RE sources such as solar, biomass, pico hydro, wind etc. in un-served and underserved parts of the country by encouraging the development of State-level policies and regulations, that enable participation of ESCOs. The …
This document summarises the study Next-Generation Wind and Solar Power, which was carried out by the International Energy Agency (IEA) as part of its Grid Integration of Variable Renewables (GIVAR) programme. It contributes to the work of the Multilateral Wind and Solar Working Group as part of the Clean Energy …
Total investment requirements to meet India’s 100 GW solar target, including the costs of project, metering infrastructure and gas-based back up, would range between USD 120 billion and USD 147 billion. However, the current trajectory of solar PV investment in India is significantly short of the mammoth annual investment required. …
Part of MNRE proposal to install solar power plants of 50 MW Shadow over SunEdison India's solar projects Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., a Navratna Public Sector Enterprise, will set up a 20 mega watt (MW) solar project in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has …
Having made a string of technology investments in India , Japanese telecom and Internet giant SoftBank has said its investments in the country will top $10 billion in 5-10 years. SoftBank, which owns one of Japan's biggest mobile carriers and a controlling stake in US-based Sprint Corp, will make its …
Hong Kong's CLP Group, the largest overseas investor in power in India, wants a piece of the country's solar energy action. CLP (formerly China Light & Power), is finalising its solar debut through an acquisition. It's local arm is in advanced negotiations to buy stakes in a 100 MW solar …
To encourage solar power generators and equipment manufacturers, the new and renewable energy ministry will unveil a policy on solar zones that would be spread over one or more districts of a state. "We have been working on a new policy for solar zones, which would be spread over one …
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has commissioned a N32 million solar power project in a community in Kaduna State. The 24KW micro-grid solar system located at Charwa/Chakun in Makarfi Local Government Area was initiated to develop the community which has been off the national grid. The solar electrification project developed …
India is on track to become one of the largest installers of solar power globally as its installed solar capacity has reached 6,000 megawatts from 10 megawatts in less than six years, according to a solar power manufacturer. Kolkata-headquartered Vikram Solar believes the government's ambitious International Solar Alliance ( ISA …
Worldwide rise of 5% in 2015 employment here, with clean tech costs dipping and policy help getting better; with its targets, this country needs to quickly step up training and skilling Odisha bets big on solar power, plans to set up 1,000-Mw park India ranks fifth in the world in …
Every household would be electrified by 2019, says Das. Four thousand households in Jharkhand will get electricity through solar energy this fiscal, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Thursday. To make the villages prosperous and self-sufficient, every household would be electrified by 2019, Das said while inaugurating 132/33 KV Grid …
Shell will avoid investing too heavily in solar or other technologies until they can make financial profits, its chief executive has said. Ben van Beurden told a meeting of shareholders in London that the oil company was already established in windfarms, a carbon capture plant, and wanted to gradually increase …
Water pumps are being operated with it. Warangal: To reduce power woes, solar panels have been installed in five railway stations in Warangal district to generate electricity. With this initiative, the railway department has set a model for other departments in saving electricity. The installation of solar panels would be …
The global renewable energy sector employed more than 8.1 million people last year, a 5 per cent increase that bucked an overall downwards market trend, a green energy organisation said Wednesday. In its annual review of the sector, the Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy agency IRENA attributed the rise to falling …
The "Internet of Things" could make cities "smarter" by connecting an extensive network of tiny communications devices to make life more efficient. But all these machines will require a lot of energy. Rather than adding to the global reliance on fossil fuels to power the network, researchers say they have …
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has commissioned a 24KW micro-grid solar system in Charwa/Chakun, an off-grid community in Markafi local government area of Kaduna State. The commissioning of the N32million stand-alone solar electrification project developed by Arnergy Solar Limited, was the last of the sixth pilot programmes executed by the …
A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the US led the way to a global increase in renewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). More than 769,000 people were employed in renewable energy …
