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 …
Solar power generation is losing momentum, says the body The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) today asked the Tamil Nadu Government to expedite the adoption of applicable tariff announced by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) together with approval of power purchase agreements (PPAs). …
India plans to award licenses for an additional 1,000 megawatts of solar power plants in the next year, about 30 percent more than originally targeted and equivalent to about half the capacity built so far. The government, however, scaled back its ambitions for an alternative technology called solar-thermal, which uses …
NTPC today commissioned a 5-MW solar PV power station at Faridabad, 10-MW solar PV unit at Unchahar; and a 30-MW solar PV power station at Rajgarh. With this development, the installed capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC has shot up to 75 MW and the total installed capacity of …
Roy Choudhury congratulated the employees of NTPC-Kaniha for their efforts and team spirit The 10 Mw solar power plant of NTPC Ltd located within the site of its 3000 Mw coal-fired station at Kaniha, near Talcher, has been synchronised and is ready for commercial operations. Arup Roy Choudhury, chairman and …
India can save up to 78 per cent in subsidies provided to the green energy sector by making adjustments to its renewable energy policies, according to a new study. As per this joint study from Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and the Bharti Institute of Public Policy at the Indian School …
In the first five months after the subsidy scheme was announced in October last, the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency has received around 1,050 applications from residents desirous of putting up 1kW rooftop solar plants. This number is seen as good, especially considering that the scheme has not been well …
The Diamond City will start producing nearly 3.35 lakh units of solar power per annum from next month. Solar roof top panels with a capacity of generating 1,250 kilowatt (kw) are functional at 15 places. Surat is to become one of the solar cities in India under the solar mission …
For wind energy, reducing debt cost to 5.9% and extending tenor by 10 years can cut the cost of total government support by up to 78% India's wind and solar energy financing policies are not as cost-effective as they could be, according to a joint study conducted by US-based think-tank …
The climate adaptation wing of WWF-India is currently working on a pilot project to transform van rickshaws, a highly polluting and illegal commuter and goods carrier popularly used in semi-urban and rural Bengal, into an environment-friendly and legitimate mode of transport. "We are working towards a viable alternative to the …
The State government will move Ministry of Environment and Forests seeking Rs. 2.14 crore assistance for overall development of Similipal Biosphere Reserve. A management action plan that has been prepared keeping in mind the infrastructure and manpower requirement has been approved by Biosphere Reserve Management Council headed by Chief Secretary …
Three years after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced an ambitious plan to generate 20,000 mw of solar power by 2022 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the programme is yet to take off in a meaningful way and remains far behind target. Marred with delays, trade disputes and competition …
Projects may become unviable as ministry has got just a third of the budgeted . 1,521 crore for 2013-14 Solar and wind energy companies are waiting for the government to clear subsidies amounting to more than . 1,000 crore as they stare at potentially unviable projects which they had launched …
RIL, Nirma, Hindalco, Apollo Tyres, Sun Pharma, Petronet LNG and others may have to pay . 7 a unit from . 4.25 at present Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government has banned state-based companies from sourcing electricity from other states, a move that will compel them to buy costlier power from government-run …
A US University has developed a revolutionary solar-powered waterless toilet to help some of the 2.5 billion people lacking safe and sustainable sanitation around the world including in India where it will be unveiled this month. Designed and built using a $777,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, …
Noted environmentalist Sunita Narain has said the West cannot ask India to stop using coal while they were still "addicted" to it. "You need to get rid of hypocracy. You cannot tell me that India cannot go coal when Australia, Germany, US and lot of other countries are still addicted …
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The Energy and Resource Institute Wednesday launched the world's first tool named "WEB-GIS" to estimate the rooftop solar power potential for Indian solar cities, said an institute official. The main objective of the initiative is to develop a high performing and flexible WEB-GIS tool to estimate the rooftop solar power …
India has offered to provide assistance for developing renewable energy resources in Sudan. The talks between the two countries focused on the areas of possible cooperation especially in the development of wind energy, solar energy, biomass and small hydro resources. It was also agreed that Ministry of New & Renewable …
Producing as much energy as it consumes by using geothermal cooling systems and solar energy, eastern India’s first net-zero energy building will come up at Bhubaneswar next year. Spread over three acres, the project will house the new office of the Grid Corporation of Odisha Ltd (GRIDCO), under the Odisha …
After nets and firecrackers, here's another novel attempt at preventing tigers from straying into Sunderbans villages — solar lights. WWF-India has launched the project — 'Lights for Stripe' — to install solar lights along the edge of villages on the fringe areas of the tiger reserve. It has been working …
