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 …
COIMBATORE: The city municipal corporation has proposed the setting up of a one megawatt solar power plant at its old dumpyard in Kavundampalayam with an estimated capacity to generate 5,000 units of power, which could be fed into the power grid of TANGEDCO. The council meeting passed a resolution in …
Departments concerned in dark on current power consumption While many cities in the country have submitted Detailed Project Reports and drafted master plans to conserve energy for the Union government’s Solar City project, Kochi is yet to complete stage one. A DPR enlisting the power distribution pattern in Kochi city …
The Central Government has approved Rs 43 crore for purchase of 3,000 solar pumps in Chhattisgarh for irrigation purposes. The Central Government has prepared a special package to encourage use of solar energy across the country. In the Union budget, a provision has been made for the installation of more …
If everything goes as planned, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), a sole power utility responsible to charge consumers for electricity supply, will pay for the ‘excess energy’ generated by an individual consumer or an institution from installation of solar energy system instead. For the first time in the country, the …
Manjanayakkanpatti, a minuscule village in Karur district, has reasons to attract the attention of advocates of green energy, as a consortium of textile exporters has commissioned 10 MW solar photo voltaic-based power park which is said to be one of the largest clean energy parks in the country. Though the …
Cities should invest in green energy production to compete with the main UK energy suppliers, a centre-left think tank has recommended. UK cities and local authorities could reap the benefits of renewable energy subsidies, a report by IPPR suggested. Regulators are currently probing whether the "big six" UK energy suppliers …
The state government's desperation is becoming evident. It wants Bangaloreans to install solar panels on their rooftops, sell surplus power and help the government tide over power crisis. In the legislative assembly on Tuesday , energy minister D K Shivakumar said Bangalore would be made a solar city . “All …
80 per cent subsidy will be granted for farmers: Villupuram Collector Villupuram farmers are being encouraged to put up solar-powered pumping system to maximise farm production and to economise usage of water, according to V. Sampath, District Collector. Those farmers who would opt for such a system, being promoted under …
The state government which is keen to provide uninterrupted power supply to Bangalore city plans to make the silicon city a solar city . Energy Minister D K Shivakumar in his three-hour reply in the Assembly said his department has made a presentation in this regard in Electronics City. “We …
Under Batch-II, Solar PV projects with a total capacity of 1500 MW capacity are proposed to be selected under the scheme of Bundling with Thermal power as in Phase-I, to be implemented through NVVN. The present Guidelines lay down the framework for implementation of this scheme. The scope of these …
GANDHINAGAR: As part of efforts to ensure a cleaner and greener environment, the Gujarat government will soon introduce a pilot project to run 'electric-buses' for public transport between state capital Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad. Moving ahead, the state-run Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) has invited expression of interest from the potential …
Itochu Corp. (8001), Kyudenko Corp. (1959) and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. (7003) will build a 45-megawatt solar power station in Oita prefecture in southwestern Japan. Construction will start in August and the plant will start operating in March 2016, Tokyo-based Itochu said in a statement today. Itochu has a …
Global investment in clean energy increased to $63.6 billion in the second quarter, boosted by the biggest deal in the industry’s history, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. Financing swelled 9 percent from a year earlier, and 33 percent from the first quarter, the London-based research company said today in an …
An Iowa Supreme Court ruling may spur the growth of solar energy in the state, accord to an industry group. The decision, “clears the air,” Ken Johnson, a spokesman for the Washington-based Solar Energy Industries Association, said in an interview today. “It’s going to make Iowa a more viable market …
The Andhra Pradesh Government has drawn up plans for a 1,000 MW solar park in Guntur district. A detailed review of the power sector is now under way at AP Genco here to work out modalities for fresh capacity addition. A note on 24x7 power supply will be prepared within …
More than £500k has been secured by 30 local renewable energy projects across the UK as the first recipients of investment from the Government's Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF). Unveiled today (14 July) by the Fund's administrator WRAP, the 30 projects receiving loans represent a variety of technologies, including community-scale …
The dispute outlined in China's panel request is one of the most extensive in the history of the World Trade Organization. China's request challenges the WTO-consistency of various aspects of 22 separate subsidy investigations, including 18 "public body" determinations; 18 determinations that the provision of inputs for less than adequate …
Arun Jaitley's maiden budget tries to make electricity environment friendly in a country that has the world's second largest population with moderate per capita power consumption. Besides allocating funds and reducing tax burden on solar and wind power, the finance minister has also attempted to clean coal-fired 1.48 lakh MW …
PUNE: Components of solar-powered products will become cheaper by at least 5-7%, thanks to finance minister Arun Jaitley's announcement to boost the solar sector. Jaideep Malaviya, CEO, Malaviya Solar Consultancy, said a company setting up a 100 MW solar plant would now be able to save around Rs 50 lakh …
