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 …
SunPower Corp. (SPWR), the second-largest U.S. solar manufacturer, began a solar leasing program in the Australian city of Melbourne targeting residential rooftops. SunPower will install solar panels for homeowners with no money down, the San Jose, California-based company said in a statement yesterday. Customers will receive power at a cost-competitive …
The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has made rooftop solar panels mandatory to partly meet the shortage of power in the city. Initially, the focus would be on installation of solar panels on the rooftops of new buildings, but the step would eventually be extended to all buildings in Gurgaon. …
In a major jolt to India's solar energy programme, the Rajasthan government might cancel the 4,000-Mw solar UMPP (ultra mega power project), which was expected to come up near Sambhar Lake. The state government has cited reasons of ecological and environmental impact that could take place if the plant is …
Picturesque Island Diu is all set to become India’s first solar energy sufficient Union Territory by the end of 2015. Daman, Diu & Dadara Nagar Haveli (Union Territory) administration is setting up 12 MW solar power plant in Diu at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore. Diu — an …
The company planning to build one of the country’s largest solar farms has walked away from the project amid uncertainty over federal government support for a long-term renewable energy target. Silex Systems announced on Monday that it would suspend its proposed 2000-dish solar farm near Mildura, which had been billed …
Power Clouds, a global renewable energy project that encourages citizens around the world to collectively build photovoltaic power plants, has released metrics for its first year of activity. Since its inception in March 2013, the project has more than 50,000 participants in more than 100 countries with 50,000 solar panels …
West Bengal plans to set up a 250-MW solar project in Purulia at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,400 crore, said Manish Gupta, Minister for Power and Non-Conventional Energy Sources.“The largest solar project in the country will feed the 900-MW Purulia pumped-storage project of the State electricity distribution utility,” said …
India's first-ever solar power plant at a Metro station was inaugurated today at Dwarka Sector 21 station. Inaugurated by the Union Minister of Urban Development, M. Venkaiah Naidu, the plant is the largest rooftop plant in the entire Delhi NCR region under the Renewable Energy Service (RESCO) model. The units …
Restores tax incentives with hopes to accelerate wind power output The government plans to rapidly accelerate wind energy generation, adding an ambitious 10,000 MW every year, or five times the total new capacity that came up in the last fiscal, as the Modi government takes steps to reduce India's dependence …
Delhi Metro on Monday started operations on the largest rooftop solar plant in the city. The project, launched by urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu, is a first-of-its-kind initiative through which Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will produce power for all operations at Dwarka Sector 21 station. Naidu switched on the …
Grappling with its worst energy crisis in more than a decade, Brazil is making its first big move to develop a local solar power industry that could help reduce its dependence on a battered hydro power system. In October, Brazil will hold an auction to negotiate energy to be produced …
Renewable-energy investment in Mexico is on pace this year to exceed the nation’s 2010 record of $2.4 billion, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Investment in the first half of 2014 was about $1.3 billion, compared with $1.6 billion for all of last year, the London-based research firm said today …
Cuba has shifted its focus away from offshore oil, concentrating on renewable energy and improving output from onshore wells due to a lack of interest by foreign companies for further deepwater exploration, sources close to the industry say. With so much oil readily available around the world, oil companies including …
New Solar Policy Draft Enters Uncharted Territory; Thrust On Mega Projects Of 500 MW And Above With Customised Packages; Such Projects Are Still Untested In The Country With The Largest Being 130-MW Plant In MP; Withdrawing Sops For Smaller Projects Is A Gamble; Past Experience Shows Solar Park Concept Has …
The country's first floating solar power panel will come up on a waterbody beside the Eco Park at Rajarhat New Town by November. Solar power expert and former advisor to the state power department SP Gon Chaudhuri said that a 15KW solar power generating panel would be set up on …
BEIJING - China's new photovoltaic (PV) grid capacity stood at 3.32 gigawatts (GW) in the first half of 2014, more than the total amount of new capacity installed in 2013. Of the new capacity, 2.33 GW came from solar power stations and 0.99 GW from distributed solar projects, according to …
The Rajasthan government has scraped the incentive it offered on land rates to solar developers putting at risk the generation of about 400 megawatt that would bring in investments worth Rs 3,000 crore in the state. In an order last Monday , the government said that the solar power developers …
The State of Rajasthan receives maximum solar radiation intensity in India with very low average rainfall. It also has unutilized low cost desert land available in abundance. Therefore, Rajasthan is likely to emerge as the global hub for solar power in the country. Challenge of climate change and global warming …
States to tie-up with the centre for solar power projects: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Shreya Jai The Narendra Modi government has made the first concrete move towards expanding India's solar generation capacity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh would soon tie up with the …
