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 …
Due to the decline in the upfront capital cost, the cost of generation of solar power generation plant has become competitive with many conventional power generation technologies. It is also witnessed that the consumer tariff in various segments have achieved parity with the cost of generation of electricity generated from …
The energy needs of the occupants of 100 beds--including air conditioners--will be met by the sun at Holy Family Hospital, a missionary nursing home in Okhla. The hospital is likely to be the first private or non-government building in Delhi to have a large solar rooftop system, generating 300kW. Interestingly, …
The Greater Noida Authority on Wednesday set the tariff for solar power produced from its new 1MW plant in the city at Rs 8/unit. Officials said the plant will generate roughly 5,000 units of electricity daily and will help meet the target of generating renewable energy. "Power generated by the …
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has commissioned a five–MW solar power plant at Monarchak in Tripura, which will be the biggest and the first of its kind in northeast India. "We started generation of power from the solar power plant from Wednesday. The full (5–MW) commercial generation would start …
A total of 18 agreements signed but none has materialised so far Solar energy projects announced during the Global Investors’ Meet (GIM) in 2012 have remained non-starters. Of the 18 agreements signed for such projects at the meet, not one of them has materialised so far. According to the government …
With rich nations lining up to be part of India's new thrust to clean energy and sustainable development, France will also formally extend its help during the multiple bilateral meetings over the next two days here on Thursday and Friday. The French delegation, including country's foreign minister Laurent Fabius and …
Involves an investment outlay of about Rs.66 crore Brakes India, a leading auto parts firm, has set up a 7.72-MW solar power plant at its facility at Munanjipatti in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. The plant involved an investment outlay of about Rs.66 crore. It has been set up under …
Tata Power, an arm of Tata Group has showed its willingness to take up generation of 100 MW solar power plant in Telangana. The assurance came during interaction the Information Technology Minister K.T.Rama Rao had with the Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry and other top honchos of nine other Tata …
Over the past several years, third-party-ownership (TPO) structures for residential photovoltaic (PV) systems have become the predominant ownership model in the US residential market. Under a TPO contract, the PV system host typically makes payments to the third-party owner of the system. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the total TPO contract …
Keeping up with the philosophy of 'a penny saved is a penny earned', a Nagpur University teacher has been doing research on development of eco-friendly Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) which will save up to 80-90% power. Taking inspiration from three Japanese scientists - Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura …
Move will boost govt's plan of generating 100,000 MW from solar energy by 2022 The World Bank is likely to disburse $500 million to the Power Grid Corporation of India for strengthening solar transmission, according to a senior executive of the state-owned company. “The World Bank has expressed its intent …
Assuring a brighter tomorrow, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday announced that all districts of the Bundelkhand region would have solar power plants to cope with the prevailing power crisis in the region.Addressing a function after inaugurating the first large-scale solar plant of 10 megawatt under the Uttar Pradesh Solar …
Engineers have taken a closer look at an emerging family of solar-absorbing materials. Now, they've found that these new materials could pave the way for cheaper and more efficient solar panels and LEDs. The new materials are called perovskites; these materials are particularly good at absorbing visible light, but had …
Worsening drought has led to over 80 percent of water resources in Pakistan's southern Tharparker district becoming unfit for people to drink, a new study says. That has led to plans by the Sindh provincial government to invest 5.4 billion Pakistani rupees ($53 million) in installing 750 solar-powered reverse osmosis …
Generating your own power from the sun would soon become a reality for Punjabis with the State set to adopt solar rooftop net metering system. Promoting its efforts to the next level, Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has launched two fully-featured websites — www.solarpunjab.com, and www.netmeteringpunjab.com — designed in a …
This report looks at the nature of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) and the resulting challenges associated with the integration of VRE technologies into a power system. It provides an overview of the measures available to limit and manage these challenges. This report highlights the importance of increased flexibility when integrating …
National Aluminium Company (Nalco) on Wednesday commissioned a 160-KWp rooftop solar project at its Corporate office here. The project was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Steel and Mines Vishnu Deo Sai in presence of Nalco CMD Ansuman Das. This is the first and largest rooftop solar project commissioned …
This is the Draft Guidelines for Implementation of Scheme for setting up of 2000 MW Grid-connected Solar PV Power Projects under JNNSM, Batch-III-Tranche-I “State Specific VGF Scheme” . The Scope of these Guidelines is to provide the necessary policy framework and mechanism for selection and implementation of 2000 MW Grid-connected …
India's ambitious plans to more than double coal output to increase power generation will not face the heat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to tackle climate change. Ironically, the carbon-emitting fuel got protection from the government's plans to ramp up its solar power capacity five-fold. Coal was given a …
Declared a Model Solar City in 2013, Chandigarh on Wednesday moved a step closer towards accomplishing the goal of using solar energy for powering its growth when a 210 kWp Grid-tied Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant was inaugurated at the postgraduate government college. Speaking at the inauguration Kirronn Kher, MP, …
