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 …
Huge budgetary allocation for promotion of solar power can be expected in the upcoming financial budget to be announced by the Indian government later this month. According to media reports, the government may consider earmarking financial as well as non-financial support for 3 GW of solar power capacity in the …
Ahmedabad: With more and more developers lining up their mega solar power projects, India's solar power generation capacity is expected to almost double by March 2017. National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) estimates the power generation from solar energy will rise to 10,000 MW . "Currently , India's solar …
India hopes to reach a mutual understanding with the US on the contentious issue of domestic sourcing conditions in New Delhi’s solar energy programme by February 24, when the third extension given by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to both to settle the matter expires. Failing a settlement or another …
Advises Centre to ask states to execute energy accounting & implement availability based tariff Adani Power: When the biggest pvt thermal player thinks solar Amid the Centre's push to pursue an ambitious renewable energy (RE) target of 175 GW by 2022, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has taken a …
Ahmedabad : Institutions across Gujarat are now plugging into the biggest source of free energy , the sun. This new affinity for the solar power has led colleges and even schools to cut monthly electricity bills to almost a fifth. St Xavier's College used to pay between Rs 1.4 lakh …
Affordable housing The Indian government cited that it would reduce carbon emissions relative to its GDP by 33% to 35% from 2005 levels by 2030. Some of the key expectations from Budget 2016 is that Government would support renewable energy in the country, enhancing the Make In India movement to …
CHANDIGARH: MP Kirron Kher inaugurated 10 kWp Grid-tied Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant at Government High School, Sarangpur village, on Thursday. "It is important that we start thinking smart. And, Sarangpur village should be the smartest village of Chandigarh. One of the smart initiatives being started from this village is …
India's ambitious target of 100 GW solar power generation is achievable and the government is confident that it will have a capacity of 20,000 MW by end of the next financial year. "One lakh MW target is ambitious but it's achievable. By March end we will be around 6,500 MW …
A London-exclusive feed-in tariff (FiT) subsidy scheme and a new solar taskforce are among the new approaches to renewable energy generation that should be taken by the next Mayor of London, a new report from Greenpeace has claimed. Greenpeace has urged all mayoral candidates to increase London's solar output tenfold …
Gurgaon: The district administration will equip students with skills in installation, commissioning, sales and service of solar devices at the Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Park in Sector 29 to push the uptake of solar power in the city. The three-month course will be offered under the Suryamitra programme in association …
MUMBAI: Industrial explosives manufacturer Solar Industries BSE -0.38 % India has signed a pact with the Maharashtra government to set up a facility in Nagpur with an investment of Rs 1,550 crore to manufacture ammunition for armed forces. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was formalised by the company through its …
State-run Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has signed an agreement with Coal India Ltd (CIL) for implementation of energy efficiency projects in CIL and its subsidiaries. As per the agreement, which was signed on February 8, EESL will carry out energy efficiency projects in all CIL establishments including office buildings …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan to give a push to renewable energy by bundling costlier solar power with cheap electricity produced in old thermal plants has failed to take off. After several States, now even Delhi has refused to give its consent to the proposal fearing it would result …
India will add 1,504.24 MW of solar power capacity by March 31, 2016 to take the total installed capacity in India to 6,752.45 MW, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy said on Monday. Giving a status report on the implementation of various schemes to achieve the target of 100,000 …
With the control period for solar power tariff ending at the end of March, the Tamil Nadu Energy Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has put out a consultative paper to issue a comprehensive tariff for the coming year. The commission is soliciting comments from stakeholders till March 3 before finalising the tariff. …
A policy to boost manufacturing in solar energy sector is on the anvil, Union Minister for Power, Coal, New and RenewableEnergy, Piyush Goyal said on Monday. The policy will focus on boosting end-to-end manufacturing of solar panels, said Mr Goyal while speaking at a session on renewable energy. “I see …
In a vast expanse of open desert in southern Israel a 787-foot tower (240 metres) is taking shape that its builders hope will help make solar energy much more cost effective. The tower, being built by Israel-based Megalim Solar Power, whose shareholders include General Electric, will be taller than other …
Generation-Based Incentive To Be Given For Power From Rooftop Solar System This is just the right time to install a solar roof top system for your house. Del hi government has decided to give a generation-based incen tive (GBI) of Rs 2 per unit of so lar energy produced to …
BENGALURU: Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday said climate change has put the focus on the necessity of renewable energy and this is also being used as an opportunity to help the transition to a cleaner and greener world. Speaking after inaugurating World Utility Summit (WUS), during ELECRAMA 2016 - …
CHANDIGARH: Installation of rooftop solar plants on residential, commercial and government buildings of plot size of 100 square yards or more could become mandatory in the city, a move that would give a big push to solar power and make Chandigarh the second place in the country after Haryana to …
