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 …
Planning approvals for special buildings (ground plus four floors) and multi-storeyed buildings (above four floors) will be issued by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and the Directorate of Town and Country Planning only if they are provided with a solar energy system. The Housing and Urban Development Department issued a …
In order to create more professionals in the field of solar energy, the Delhi government is conducting a three-month course to train those interested for free. As part of the course, participants will be trained in installation, commissioning, and sales and service of renewable energy devices like solar water heaters, …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has completed the first stage of its ambitious solar parks project, which envisages setting up solar clusters across the country with an overall installed capacity of 20,000 MW by the end of 2018-19. With two new areas selected this year, the process …
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. Giving a status report on the implementation of various schemes to achieve the target of 100,000 MW solar …
BHEL is engineering, procurement and construction contractor of project Odisha government is set to commission 10 megawatt (Mw) of solar power plant in February. "It will be part commissioning of the 20 Mw solar power plant being built by Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Ltd (Gedcol) at Manamunda industrial …
Mounting racks to be constructed with Reinforced Cement Concrete There is no stopping CIAL from scoring innovative firsts. After being the first fully solar energy-powered airport in the world, the airport company will soon roll out an innovative and cost-effective design for its proposed 3.5 km-long canal-top solar project. The …
The Vizag port will be the first to run operations on solar energy. This was disclosed by MT Krishna Babu, Chairman of Vizag Port Trust (VPT), at a road show here on the Maritime India Summit (MIS) to be held in April, in Mumbai. VPT, which has recently commissioned 2MW …
India’s goal to dramatically expand solar energy could trigger a green jobs boom adding one million new engineers, technicians, solar installers, maintenance workers and performance data monitors to its workforce, according to a new report released in connection with a “Make in India” conference in Mumbai. The report by Natural …
CM set to bring modifications to reduce solar power cost to make it farmer-friendly. Maharashtra is looking at attracting investments worth Rs 50,000 crore to boost its solar energy project, which it will promote at the Make in India Week. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis held discussions with Union Power Minister …
PUNE: Through its subsidiary Solairedirect, Engie has bagged 140 MW solar energy projects that comprise two units of 70MW each, located at two sites in Rajasthan. The offer was (Rs 4.35/kWh, or approximately USD64/MWh, that was more than 40% lower than the winning bid for India's first call for tender …
New wind and solar capacity in Europe skyrocketed in 2015, growing by 6.3% and 15%, according to new figures. The new European Photovoltaic Industry Association, SolarPower Europe, and the European Wind Energy Association both published new figures this week reporting in on their respective fields’ capacity expansion during 2015 — …
The commissioned capacity of grid connected solar power plants in India as on 14th January, 2016 is 5129.813 MW. Several States have taken initiatives following the Central Government and framed Solar Policies, to support setting up solar power projects, which had an impact of lowering levelized solar tariff. Amongst others, …
India's solar energy programme is taking the next big step by including storage facility in a project being offered. Although the move is seen raising cost, it will set India's ambitious renewable energy programme on a firm footing. For the first time, solar storage will be part of a tender …
Says civic body itself should implement the project through a tender process. Raising objections over appointing a private agency allegedly recommended by the BJP-led central government to implement the project to generate solar power by installing solar panels on the roof of civic buildings, corporators in the Pune Municipal Corporation …
Shimla: In Himachal Pradesh, individual building owners would now not only be generating electricity for personal consumption, but would also be selling it to generate income. For this, the only requirement is to install Solar Photovoltaic (PV) plants on their roof tops or its premises. With the new HP Solar …
One of the aims of the DiaCore project is to improve the conditions for financing RES (renewable energy sources) investments. This DiaCore report is the first to estimate the costs of capital for onshore wind energy projects across the 28 EU Member States. It finds the weighted cost of capital …
There's a new wunderkind on the solar block - Telangana. India's newest state added 279.64 MW of solar power capacity in the six and a half months ended mid-January - the highest among Indian states, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Tamil Nadu was a close second …
Trichy: Shifting to the non-conventional energy source to light bus shelters during night hours, the civic body commissioned bus shelters mounted with solar panels at three places in the city on Sunday. FM radios too have been installed in the shelters. The bus shelter at the railway junction, put up …
Kolkata: Solar power has now found a new 'hub' at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur. IIEST is conducting experiments to develop indigenous, cheaper and more energy-efficient solar cells. The project, funded by the department of science and technology, has already received Rs 12 crore for …
New Delhi:India has thrown the ball in US court as they inch towards settling a three year-old WTO dispute over domestic content requirement in New Delhi's solar power plan as both sides look for ways to avoid spoiling the current bonhomie in bilateral tiesthathas grown withthe personal chemistry between PM …
