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 …
Allahabad: With a 'green' mission, authorities of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) would soon set up a state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic power plant on its campus. The institute would install a 300 KWp rooftop plant connected to the power grid at the boys hostel. Excess electricity generated by the …
Share-sale pact likely in 2-3 wks; Tatas explore PE, SWF route for funds Tata Power, the country's largest integrated power utilities company, looks set to acquire the renewable energy assets of the diversified Welspun Group, valuing the 1,152 mw portfolio of operational and almost ready solar and wind farms at …
India is at a critical juncture in scaling renewable energy to provide energy access to growing cities and vast rural communities. Financing is one of the principal barriers to the rapid expansion of India’s clean energy market needed to meet the ambitious national target of 175 gigawatts (GW) of solar, …
Increasing the share of renewable power from variable sources, namely solar and wind energy, requires technological developments to be accompanied by well-designed regulations for grid management and operation. Grid connection codes for variable renewable energy (VRE) sources have evolved hand-in-hand with technological and operational practices, driving the adoption of the …
Preferred option will be greenfield growth, says Finnish firm’s MD, Sanjay Aggarwal Finnish energy firm Fortum is open to acquiring existing solar power projects in India, even though its focus remains on greenfield growth. “What we see is that we can add more value through greenfield projects. “Our preferred option …
The pace of growth in the alternative energy has picked up in recent years; solar tariffs are dipping and projects sizes are getting bigger, making India a cost competitive destination for setting up solar plants Pankaj Pandit, who runs an Indian Youth Hostel franchisee in the Navi Mumbai suburb of …
The schools, all in Dakshina Kannada district, are set to get rooftop solar units, each with a capacity of 3kW Five government and aided schools in each of the eight Assembly segments of Dakshina Kannada district are set to become self-sufficient as far as electricity is concerned, and may even …
Educational institutions in the Capital have been the most receptive to green energy, reveals data released by power discoms. Power major BSES announced on Thursday that its rooftop ‘net metering’ initiative for solar energy has got a major push in the Capital with as many as 113 projects generating over …
The Indian Railways proposes to harness 1000 megawatt (MW) solar and 150MW wind energy by 2020, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. A total of about 50MW renewable energy capacity has been installed till date, including approximately 11MW solar power and 37MW wind power, minister of state for railways Manoj …
India added a record 3,460 MW of wind energy capacity in 2015-16, way ahead of its target of 2,400 MW. The previous highest was 3,197 MW added in 2011-12. More than a third of the capacity added in 2015-16 was by Madhya Pradesh, which commissioned 1,291.90 MW, according to figures …
Chandigarh: Haryana government has allowed people to install grid-connected rooftop solar power plants of capacity ranging from 1 kilowatt to 1 megawatt under net-metering regulations in the state. It has also allowed sale of power either to government or third party from such plants. Ankur Gupta, principal secretary of renewable …
NEW DELHI: India is taking a giant leap in green energy generation with a mega tender of 500 megawatts of rooftop solar energy that will double the country's capacity in this segment and can trigger more such projects as it may cost less than conventional energy. State-run Solar Energy Corporation …
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government's negligence in mobilising central funds for green energy push is affecting its ambitious projects, bringing to fore lapses by Urja Vikas Nigam (UVN) and the energy department, which recently lost a grant of Rs 194 crore for supplying solar pumps, LED lights and LED bulbs. While …
Filing for bankruptcy by US-based renewable energy major SunEdison poses no problem to India's robust solar energy programme of adding 100 GW capacity by 2022, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal. Last week, SunEdison filed for bankruptcy protection in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Its subsidiary …
The Punjab Government has scrapped the scheme to turn farmers into solar power producers and then buy the power generated by them. Officially, the government maintains that the decision to scrap the scheme has been taken because of economic considerations, with the Centre reducing the tariff at which solar power …
This study assesses and compares the benefits of electricity service to households and small enterprises from microgrids, solar home systems (SHS), and the national grid in select rural communities in India and Nepal. Electricity access, in general, leads to reduced kerosene use, more time spent by women on income-generation, and …
India and France have launched a programme with $1 trillion potential to help developing countries harness fully their solar resources for a clean energy future to meet the "biggest challenge humanity has ever faced". Power Minister Piyush Goyal and French Environment Minister Segolene Royal announced on Friday the solar finance …
The solar-powered aeroplane Solar Impulse has landed in Silicon Valley, California, after a three-day flight over the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii. High winds delayed the landing at Moffett Airfield, Mountain View, as pilot Bertrand Piccard flew in a holding pattern off the coast. "The Pacific is done," he declared just …
A Victorian technology company striving to produce more efficient and cheaper solar power has won financial backing from the national renewable energy agency to expand its plans. RayGen Resources, based in Melbourne, will receive a new $2.9 million government grant to help it commercialise what the company says is ground-breaking …
The bidding process under this Rooftop scheme is for 500 MWp comprising of CAPEX Model (300 MWp) & RESCO Model (200 MWp). The bidding process under this rooftop scheme is for PART-A (CAPEX Only), PART-B (RESCO Only) and Part – C (Capex Only) for residential and small capacities. Bidder can …
