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 …
Two complete blocks of the Secretariat (D and H blocks) will soon rely on solar energy to generate power. This is the third large government building after Raj Bhavan and Rail Nirman Nilayam to convert partially to solar energy. Tenders are being invited for erecting solar panels in all government …
The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has planned to diversify from hydroelectricity into solar power. In the next fiscal year, it will launch a solar power project with a soft loan from the World Bank (WB). The project, called Renewal Energy and Energy Efficiency Project (REEEP), has a capacity of 20 …
Welspun Energy Ltd. (WEL), one of India’s leading renewable energy generators, has successfully achieved financial closure of its upcoming 20 MW solar project in Maharashtra. Leading financial institutions have committed to a long term project funding of Rs. 135 crore, with Debt & Equity elements sourced in a ratio of …
In a bid to boost non-conventional energy as an alternative source of power generation, the Punjab Government has announced a subsidy bonanza under different schemes of the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA). Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari today stated that it was the need of the hour to motivate general …
DHAKA : Bangladesh celebrated the installation of 2 million solar home systems this month thanks to the hard work of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) and the Partner Organisations, reports UNB. Starting in 2002 with a target to install 50,000 systems over a period of 5 years, more than …
Bangladesh celebrated the installation of 2 million solar home systems this month thanks to the hard work of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited and the Partner Organisations. Starting in 2002 with a target to install 50,000 systems over a period of 5 years, more than 50,000 solar home systems are …
Bharti Airtel plans to use environmentally-friendly energy sources to power its telecom towers in Africa as part of an effort to reduce the operational costs of running the network. The company plans about 1,300-1,400 towers to be powered by solar energy and some more harnessing wind energy, reducing their consumption …
If you know that a sector has arrived when it makes for trade wars between countries, then solar energy clearly has. Last year, the US imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports of solar panels; now the EU has proposed the same. The Chinese have in turn threatened that they will …
Alarmed by a sharp rise in power consumption in the state, Kerala government is seriously considering clean energy alternatives to overcome widening power deficit in the state. In this regard, minister for Power and Transport Aryadan Mohammed today said, although Kerala generates 28 times more power than it did six …
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has finalised the setting up of solar photovoltaic (PV) power projects by world-renowned companies and young entrepreneurs. These projects will generate 250 MW of electricity and contribute 375 million units of green energy to the State grid, at a combined investment of Rs. 2,000 …
The Opposition has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy for alleged role of his office in the raging ‘solar scam.’ The issue had rocked the State Assembly on two days in a row and forced the Chief Minister to take remedial action. STAFF REMOVED Two of his staff …
A new survey report has revealed that the majority of the public believe the Government should support the construction of more renewable energy sources like solar, wave and tidal power. And the poll, commissioned by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, found a third of those questioned would even consider investing …
China's cabinet approved new measures to combat air pollution on Friday, in the latest step by China's new leadership to address the country's enormous environmental problems, with pollution a key source of rising social discontent in China. The government also promised to support China's troubled solar power industry, despite problems …
Punjab government will soon allocate solar photo-voltaic power projects of a total capacity of 250MW to private players with the move expected to bring in an investment of Rs 2,000 crore. “Solar power projects with a total capacity of 250MW will be allocated very shortly to 27 firms with the …
To give a boost to its efforts to bring down the cost of solar power in India, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is planning to roll out large megawatt size solar power projects, in the order of 500 MW and above. “We want to bring in volume in …
Solairedirect Energy India Pvt Ltd, a unit of Paris-based solar engineering firm Solairedirect Group on Wednesday inaugurated a 5.6 MW solar park under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). This is the company's first project in India. The solar park will generate 9000 MWh per annum, enough to power …
The Government has decided that 75 per cent of 750 MW solar projects, to be offered under the second phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, will be built with local content. This has put to rest all uncertainties pertaining to the use of local content in the Mission because …
There is an alarming increase of cases of lead poisoning across the country. Across our major cities, doctors are expressing concern at this “silent epidemic”. Officials from SRL Diagnostics claimed that they receive 600 samples every month for Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy which detects metal content in human body fluids. From …
Solairedirect Energy today inaugurated its first project in India, a 5.6 MW solar park under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Farooq Abdullah- Minister for New and Renewable Energy Solairedirect Energy, a unit of Paris-based Solairedirect Group, today unveiled its Solar park at Phalodi in Rajasthan. Solairedirect Energy today inaugurated …
Solairedirect Energy, a unit of Paris-based Solairedirect Group, today unveiled its Solar park at Phalodi in Rajasthan. Solairedirect Energy today inaugurated its first project in India, a 5.6 MW solar park under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah inaugurated the project …
