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 …
Dispur has directed all government and provincialised colleges across the state to install solar-powered equipment for consumption of power. Director of higher education Phanindra Jidung, in a letter to the college principals, said according to the recent directive from the Union ministry of new and renewal energy, colleges should procure …
Greenhouse gas emissions from China's energy industry are likely to peak in 2027 as renewable energy and gas play an increasingly dominant role in the country's energy mix. That is the conclusion of a major new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) that predicts renewables, including large-scale hydroelectric projects, …
It's rare that cheery environmental news comes out of India, especially when it comes to clean energy. But a July 22nd order by the electricity regulatory authority of Maharashtra (MERC), India's most industrialised state, is being welcomed as a possible game changer. The government has ordered 93 entities to attain …
Under the scheme, the ministry of new and renewable energy would provide one-time subsidy of 30% on the benchmark cost of the project. With power demand growing 10-15 percent annually, and the hydro power sector taking a beating in Uttarakhand, the government has come out with a new policy to …
The government has planned to install 3,067 solar street lamps using LED bulbs on an experimental basis in Tongi area under the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC). The solar lamps will be installed under a component of the City Region Development Project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the KfW …
Rajasthan is likely to get assistance from the National Clean Energy Fund for implementation of the solar pump scheme under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. The Planning Commission has praised the progress made by the scheme in a short duration in the State. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has announced …
Asia's largest single location solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant with a generation capacity of 55 MW was commissioned on Wednesday. The project was part of the first phase of the National Solar Mission. Union renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah and chief minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the solar energy plant, which …
In a breakthrough decision for wind and solar power industry, the power regulator in Maharashtra has directed all distribution firms to meet their obligation for buying renewable energy in the past four years, and said they will have to pay a stiff penalty if the backlog of their “renewable purchase …
Anna University in Chennai has set up a 3kw solar power plant on the campus to reduce dependence on non-renewable forms of energy. University vice-chancellor M Rajaram inaugurated the solar plant installed at the Centre for Nanoscience and Technology on the A C Tech campus of the university. The solar …
Himachal Pradesh government has decided to come out with new power policy to harness solar energy. Chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday said that state government was endeavouring to preserve the depleting conventional resources to meet the increasing demand of power. He said state government soon would come out with …
Even if hilly Melghat has good potential for solar energy, heavy rain during monsoon makes solar energy projects ineffective. To tide over the crisis wind-solar energy projects can be the best solution for tribal-dominated region in Amravati district, said Maharashtra chief secretary Jayant Kumar Banthia. He, along with principal secretary …
Finally, a glimmer of light to dispel the darkness in Kamduni. A group of activists - including the Park Street survivor - is installing solar lights in the fear-struck village that has never seen a streetlight. Some of the city's top corporate houses and renewable energy experts have pitched in …
Even as companies in Kerala are wary of their foray into the solar energy sector, apparently two prominent agencies are fighting it out to get a piece of the solar energy pie. Though Keltron had earlier asked Anert to include it in the flagship 10,000 roof-top solar power project, it …
Solar power has come to the rescue of terrorised womenfolk in Kamduni village on the outskirts of Kolkata who had stopped going out of their houses after dusk after a 20-year-old girl was brutally gangraped and killed. Begun as a mission to provide safety and security to poor women living …
The main objective of the scheme is to promote the widespread construction of energy efficient solar/ green buildings in the country through a combination of financial and promotional incentives, and other support measures so as to save a substantial amount of electricity and other fossil fuels apart from having peak …
The municipal corporation (MC) has decided to tap the sun to light up some of its buildings, taking cue from environment department of the UT administration which has installed solar energy plants at over half a dozen government buildings in the city. The civic body plans to equip 41 community …
This roadmap released by the India Ministry of Power outlines how the country intends to leverage emerging smart grid technologies to transform its power sector. One goal is to give all Indian households at least eight hours of electricity per day by the year 2017. Smart Grid Vision Statement: “Transform …
Taking up the implementation of its new solar policy, UP government issued a letter of intent to seven companies for setting up solar power plants with a total installed capacity of 130 Mw on Thursday. All these power plants will be set up in the Bundelkhand region. This was besides …
In view of electricity crisis resulting in long hours of power outages, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has planned to equip city streets with solar lights. The metropolis authority has urged public as well as consumer committees to join hands and bear 30 percent of the installation costs. It plans …
In its biggest investment so far, the Samajwadi Party government will enter into agreements worth Rs 2,300 crore with eight firms in the solar power sector on August 8. This will also be the largest investment being brought into UP, after the government instituted the Solar Power Policy 2013. On …
