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 …
DAKAR (Reuters) - French development agency PROPARCO will provide an 18-year 35.5 million euro ($39.54 million) loan to finance the construction and operation of a solar energy plant in Senegal, which it says will be the largest of its kind in West Africa. The 30-MW plant, which be located about …
India plans to use International Solar Alliance to popularise indigenously developed solar water pumps across the world, especially in emerging markets, a top official said. "Many countries are not even aware of solar pumps," said Upendra Tripathy, secretary, ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), who is also the chairperson …
With Indian Railways aggressively focusing on renewable energy, India’s first solar panel-fitted train is all set to commence trial runs shortly. What makes this trial run special is that all coaches of the train would be lit from power generated by the rooftop solar panels. Last year, Northern Railways had …
Andhra Pradesh will house solar parks with a total capacity of 4,000 MW, the highest in the country, with Rs.225.5 crore already being sanctioned. A total of 33 solar parks have been commissioned across the country under the Centre’s scheme for the development of solar parks and ultra mega solar …
The Metro of Santiago, Chile, will be the first public transport system to run mostly on solar energy, after a new agreement signed with Total and SunPower this week. According to an announcement from US solar manufacturer SunPower, in cooperation with Total, a global integrated energy producer and provider, the …
The report Game On: Australia’s Renewable Energy Race Heats Up grades Australia's states on their renewable energy policy and performance across rooftop solar penetration, large-scale capacity per capita and percentage of renewable electricity. Around the world, governments at state, regional and local levels are playing an increasingly crucial role in …
The two-year-old State is also banking on Centre’s scheme to address its power deficit As the sun goes down, scores of hamlets and tribal habitats, each with up to a hundred people, in the forest tracts of Telangana face total darkness. The only light available is from the chullha (earthen …
Ghana is to receive some 100 mega watts of power in 2017 to help ease the power challenges confronting the country. It follows the award of a $704,815 grant by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to Ghanaian solar power developer, Home Energy Africa Limited. The grant will also …
The International Solar Alliance , led by France and India, is bringing together investors and financers in high-profile events in New Delhi, Kenya, Peru and Indonesia - countries with high solar potential in three different continents. The next investment summit is scheduled for February 2017 in New Delhi, after which …
A solar power plant meant for the lighting of Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Uri in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district is lying defunct after it developed some snag two years ago and ironically the repairing agency is not responding to repeated communiqués of Health Department. Officials of Health Department told Excelsior that …
Nagpur: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) has made the job of consumers desirous of installing a grid connected solar system on the rooftop easy. Now, one can apply for this online through the MSEDCL's website www.mahadiscom.in An MSEDCL officer said that first the consumer will have to fill …
The Ministry of Power has issued 80 licences worth 4,000 megawatts of power generation capacity to businesses that are seeking to invest in the renewable energy sector, Deputy Minister of Power John Abu Jinapor has disclosed. The ministry has also launched a tender process with accompanying guarantees to solicit an …
Durgapur: Scientists at a Durgapur-based research institute have developed a 'solar tree' made out of photovoltaic panels at a cost of Rs 3 lakh each. The 'tree', which will require less than 4 sqft space, can power about five households. Union science and technology minister Dr Harshvardhan, on his maiden …
The projects have been awarded through open category under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission Tata Power Renewable Energy on Thursday announced that it has won two solar-grid connected photovoltaic projects of 50 Mw capacity each in Karnataka. "Company's 100 per cent subsidiary, Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) has won …
Energy Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said the scheme by the Energy Department, in which the agricultural land is obtained from farmers on rental basis to install solar panels, will be extended to coastal and Malnad regions. He was speaking at the stage programme organised at Town Hall after …
Chairman, Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority for Delhi-NCR & Member, Supreme Court Monitoring Committee, Dr. Bhure Lal asked India Inc. to invigorate and intensify its R&D; efforts for generating sufficient solar energy for India's mass consumption and enable it breath in pure air. With this assuming a priority at …
Six farmers join hands to harness solar energy for watering their fields and selling surplus power to the grid. Last week, a Solar Pump Irrigators’ Cooperative Enterprise (SPICE) was up and running in Dhundi, a village in Gujarat’s Anand district. Members of this cooperative — the first of its kind …
Shimla: Sleepy Rangrik village of Spiti valley in tribal Lahaul-Spiti district is set to have first-of-its-kind 2.5 MW solar wind hybrid power project in the country that would benefit about 12,000 residents of Rangrik, Kaza, Tabo, Losar, Pin valley and other nearby areas. Completion target for project has been set …
To save energy consumption, all 17 railway stations on the world heritage Kalka-Shimla rail track will soon have the solar lighting system. Divisional Railways Manager, Ambala, Dinesh Kumar said the engineering staff was in the process of working out the modalities of introducing the solar lighting system at these 17 …
Panaji: To encourage solar power generation and more importantly grid connected solar power in the state, the Goa energy development agency (GEDA) together with the electricity department and the water resources department has invited professionals in the field, from Gujarat, to share their expertise with the departments, Goa chamber of …
