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 …
Gurgaon: The Haryana government has set an ambitious target of generating 1,600MW power through rooftop solar plants by 2021-22. The focus on rooftop solar power plants is part of the Haryana solar power policy released by the Manohar Lal Khattar government in March. Last year, the government had made an …
Government of India has decided to provide 24 x 7 power to all in the country. The Government has a great mission of exploiting the Renewable Energy Sources in the country to an optimum level. In line with this mission it has multifaceted plans to tap the huge potential of …
Ambit of small projects to be increased from 25 Mw to 100 Mw After setting the power distribution segment on a reform road, the Union government is planning to rescue the languishing hydro power sector, with a three-pronged approach. The first move would be to increase the ambit of small …
Canada-based solar power developer SkyPower Global, which won contracts to set up plants of 150 MW in Madhya Pradesh last July, is looking to offload equity in the project and may subsequently exit, industry executives and analysts said. The company has approached at least two leading Indian renewable energy developers, …
China has voiced support for India's decision to file an appeal against a recent WTO ruling which held the government's power purchase agreements with solar firms as "inconsistent" with international norms. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said it was "unfortunate" that such a ruling had been given by WTO when India …
Bengaluru: Blame it on the hiked tariff or random power cuts, citizens are turning to the more reliable sun. March 2016 saw Bescom receiving 1,395 applications for solar rooftop power supply system. Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) data reveals that prior to March, the number of applications for solar rooftop …
Inadequate electricity services pose a major impediment to reducing extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Simply put, Africa does not have enough power. Despite the abundant low-carbon and low-cost energy resources available to Sub-Saharan Africa, the region’s entire installed electricity capacity, at a little over 80 GW, …
Solar Power will reach 20 GW by 2017 The Government is focusing on a multipronged strategy to ensure increased electricity access and demand, said Mr Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy. The overall strategy includes a focus on enhancing energy efficiency, …
Charging the Western nations with adopting double standards in their approach to climate change, Indian Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday urged them to "show some magnanimity" and keep renewable energy out of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) framework. "My concern is that there is a lot of gap in …
Belagavi: The huge roofs of state and central government offices in Belagavi will be transformed into electricity producing centres. Under the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) envisaged by the Centre in association with the state government, the Hubli Electricity Supply Company (Hescom) has identified 10 such offices where solar panels …
Pune: From fresh graduates to those with years of engineering experience, people lining up to attend the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems certificate course at be a part of a course in the Savitribai Phule Pune University seem to span generations. The 'hit' course was which has been especially designed after …
Farmers save on expenditure on diesel for pumps used during frequent power cuts Farmers have always demanded quality power to run their pump sets to irrigate their land and blame the electricity supplying companies for erratic power supply. Progressive farmer brothers Shivaraj and Ravi at Khandya, however, bid adieu to …
Self-sufficient institutions sell excess energy to Cesc At a time when the State is staring at power scarcity, some colleges in the region have come forward to contribute to the grid by harnessing solar energy. Usually, educational institutions have huge spaces exposed to the sun and have a potential to …
Rs 50,000 crore of power lines open for private participation The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has fixed the tariff for renewable energy. While the tariff for Solar PV projects has been dropped by 27% compared to the previous tariff order, the levelised tariff of wind power has seen …
UDAIPUR: Solar lanterns are set to light up the lives several illiterate tribal women in Dungarpur district. Women members of self help groups (SHGs) in Aantri block of the district have been chosen under the first phase of a project which aims to make 60,000 solar lamps. The women would …
MUMBAI: Tata Cleantech Capital, a joint venture between Tata Capital and IFC Washington, has partnered with Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) to fund green energy projects as the government looks to enhance power capacity through renewable methods like sunlight and wind. The collaboration is to share opportunities, distribute risks …
The Chinese government may finally be making strong moves against further coal energy development in the country, going by recent reports — with news of the blocking of development of new coal-fired power plants in 15 regions apparently having been confirmed by the country’s National Energy Administration. The regions in …
Jos — Panyam community of Mangu local government area of Plateau State came up alive at the weekend as they came out enmasse to receive CT Cosmos Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Communication Towers Ltd, which has indicated interest in establishing a massive Solar plant power project of over $150 …
Lucknow: The 600MW solar park project of UP government has inched a step closer to reality with revenue department allocating around 155 hectare land for the purpose in Mirzapur. The project, conceptualised under Centre's solar park policy, is proposed to come up after integrating solar power installations in four districts—Jalaun, …
Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the government plans to achieve 20,000 MW of solar production by 2017. "The solar energy mission envisaged 20,000 MW of solar electricity generation by 2022. But this target has been scaled up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to 1,00,000 MW (1Gw) by 2022," …
