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 …
Balochistan government has allocated rupees over three billion for energy sector in its annual budget for financial year 2014-15. According to Radio Pakistan quoting an official source the Balochistan government will launch Solar Energy Project at a cost of rupees one billion under which 300 villages would be electrified through …
Delhi lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung on Monday held a meeting to discuss the implementation of solar power policy in the city. Various recommendations and proposals, including setting up of 5MW solar park at fly ash dyke at Rajghat, were put forth for the approval at the meeting. The lieutenant-governor was also …
The bidding, which is a part of second batch of the phase 2 of JNNSM, aims to achieve a capacity addition of 10,000 MW by 2017; govt hopes to cross 20,000 MW by 2022. India is about to launch the largest bidding of solar power projects worth 1,500 MW under …
Britain and Germany have broken records for generating solar electricity in the last few weeks, according to new industry figures. Germany generated over half its electricity demand from solar for the first time ever on 9 June, and the UK, basking in the sunniest weather of summer during the longest …
MLAs submit letter underscoring its need MLAs cutting across party lines met Energy Minister Pranab Prakash Das and submitted a letter, requesting him to expedite finalisation and implementation of a robust solar power policy in the State. Renewable energy and solar power in particular is widely regarded as one of …
The funding will be used to set up a plant in Pune Solar power producer Capture Solar Energy (CSEL) has raised $125 million from the Cyprus-based photovoltaic solar solutions provider Concept Solutions & Innovation to set up a plant in Pune. "We plan to set up 90 MW solar park …
The roadmap planned till 2022 will outline the roles of the energy department, Gridco and GEDCOL A technical team of the World Bank will assist the state energy department to prepare a renewable energy roadmap. The roadmap, planned till 2022, will outline the roles of the energy department, state owned …
The tender for the project is likely to be floated by the OPTCL soon inviting bids from interested parties to set up the solar plant The Odisha government will set up a one-megawatt solar power plant near Chhatrapur, the district headquarters town of Ganjam. The plant will come up around …
Schneider Electric, which has established capacity to produce 1.4 giga watt-a-year of solar inverters at its Bangalore plant, said the policy and implementation issues at the State and Central levels have created bottlenecks for demand creation for equipment and components. After the auction of new capacities of 750 MW in …
France announced on Monday a package of tax breaks and low-cost loans to improve insulation in buildings and boost investment in renewable energy, which is supposed to provide 40 percent of the country's electricity by 2030. The state will provide financial help for citizens and firms, and back local authority …
The Australian public is deeply unhappy over the government’s response to the challenge of climate change, amid a revival in support for climate science and a strengthening belief that Australia is already feeling the impact of a warming planet, according to new polling. The Climate of the Nation poll, conducted …
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Solar power generation is a long-term solution, but needs scaling up Installed capacity of solar photovoltaic in Delhi till 2013 was only 2.5 MW, compared to over 1,000 MW in Gujarat Viability, high tariff and installation of PV panels remain a major concern The current electricity crisis and intermittent supply …
Building Design, Space Crunch Are Hurdles The world may be going solar but the capital isn’t designed to harness the sun’s energy optimally. That’s the crux of an environment department report on the lessons Delhi can learn from Gujarat’s solar power projects. The report that will be submitted to the …
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court, on Thursday, directed the state government to file a detailed report on the use of solar and other forms of renewable energy within four months. The division bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition moved by environment activist Subhas …
Dominion Resources Inc. (D), the third-largest U.S. utility owner, agreed to buy a 20-megawatt solar farm in central California from a U.S. unit of French utility Electricite de France SA. The CID solar project near the city of Corcoran will deliver power to Pacific Gas & Electric Co. under a …
Germany, the world’s biggest solar market by total capacity, is set to install the fewest panels since 2008 after subsidies fell faster than prices. Germany added 818 megawatts of panels in the first five months of the year, a 45 percent drop from a year earlier, the BSW-Solar lobby said …
Prices for solar panels from China that are brought into the U.S. will go up by an average of 14 percent because of import duties that may be announced later this year, GTM Research said in a report yesterday. That will mean an increase of about 10 cents a watt …
The plant will help the car maker to reduce 1,200 tonnes/annum CO2 emissions Aligning itself to the Government’s vision of adopting and strengthening usage of solar power, car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited has commissioned its 1-MW mono-crystalline photovoltaic solar power plant at its Manesar facility. Built with an …
To come out with new industrial policy The Telangana Government has zeroed in on the backward district of Mahbubnagar to set up an integrated 1,000 mw solar power generation park. The project will to be taken up by Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation in partnership with Solar Energy Corporation of India. …
