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 …
The provincial government has allocated 5000 acres land of Cholistan for solar energy project. According to official sources, the land will be initially given on lease for six months to various companies to produce solar energy. The project will help in overcoming energy problems of Southern Punjab.
BHOPAL: In a major decision, seen as a bid to facilitate industries to mobilize funds, the Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday approved the mortgaging of land acquired for companies. A cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also approved policies regarding conveyance of government patta land and development …
Uncertainty over payment and short time frame keeps developers away In a rush and flurry, Tamil Nadu has pushed out the state's first solar tender for 1,000 MW, enough to give electricity to about 2 million people in the power-starved state. But prospective bidders have expressed interest for only 499 …
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has launched the world's first open-access global atlas of renewable energy resources to help countries assess their renewable energy potential. The atlas will also help companies bring together data and maps from leading technical institutes and private companies worldwide. Currently charting solar and wind …
As part of the first Indo-French collaboration in the renewable energy sector, two solar photo voltaic-based power plants of a total capacity of 20 MW are being established at Gajner village in Bikaner district at a cost of $ 42 million. The first of the two projects was commissioned under …
More than 500 villages will be initially electrified though promotion of clean and renewable solar energy through photovoltaic process. Talking to APP here on Monday Director General Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) Khalid Islam said that social and political struggle for economic development cannot be fully realized without …
Electricity generated from clean energy resources in China rose 28.5 percent year-on-year in 2012 as the country moved to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels in its energy structure. China generated 1.07 trillion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity from clean energy resources, accounting for 21.4 percent of the country's total electricity …
Investment in clean energy projects dipped 11 per cent last year, according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which confirmed the $268.7bn invested still made 2012 the second most successful year on record for the global clean energy sector. The analyst firm also revealed the rapid expansion …
China announced Sunday that it aims at becoming a full member of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in 2013, a move which was widely welcomed. Currently, China has an observer status at the 148-member IRENA, which was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi. The IRENA strives to increase …
In a bid to promote solar power generation in a big way, the Odisha government has decided to finalise a comprehensive solar policy in two months. The department of science & technology, which is finalizing the policy, has targeted solar power production of 80 Mw in three years. “We had …
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and his team at the Grameen Shakti hosted a unique celebration in Dhaka on Wednesday evening to mark the setting of a milestone by installing one-million solar systems on 30 November last. It is a world record in solar home systems which is not only …
LALITPUR: A 680.4-kilowatt (KW) solar power project, built with Japanese grant assistance, was handed over to the government in Lalitpur today. Secretary for Urban Development Ministry, Kishor Thapa, and Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, Kunio Takahashi inaugurated the project and Ambassador Takahashi handed over the keys of the system to …
Welspun will sign MoUs with Gujarat Energy Development Authority (GEDA) for 200 megawatts (Mw) of renewable energy certificates (RECs) Welspun Energy Limited on Wednesday informed that the company will make investments worth Rs 15,000 crore in the next three years for renewable energy capacities in India. The board of directors …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government has roped in a Mumbai-based company to tap the maximum potential of canal-based solar power generation. The company aims to save on the cost of land for laying solar panels, while simultaneously preventing water evaporation and theft. The state government is all set to sign a memorandum …
Environment, in the Indian context, is closely linked to economic and sustainable development, a fact borne out by the winners in the environment category of the Times of India Social Impact Awards 2012. A company that lights up poor homes with solar energy, an agricultural university that helps farmers improve …
In a first of its kind of initiative, leading corporate entities have come together and aggregated their demand for green energy. A consortium comprising nine companies across sectors like information technology (IT), manufacturing and retail, among others, have joined hands for group buying of renewable energy like that from wind, …
Swelect Energy Systems Ltd plans to invest Rs 22 crore in HHV Solar Technologies Ltd, a Bangalore based company. This would be done through subscription of equity shares in the company and by purchase of stake held by SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd, Swelect Energy said in a statement to the …
The Tamil Nadu solar bid is “seriously flawed”, says the Solar Independent Power Producers Association (SIPPA). In a petition sent just days before the last date for submission of bids (January 4), the Association requested the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission to “instruct” the Tamil Nadu’s state-owned electricity generation and …
These Regulations shall be called the “Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms & Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Grid-connected Solar Photo Voltaic Project) Regulations, 2013”. These Regulations shall extend to the whole of National Capital Territory of Delhi. These Regulations shall come into force from the date of their publication …
The world must go back to harnessing the powers of the sun as it was done at the beginning of human civilisation to deal with global environmental changes, Taiwanese Nobel laureate Yuan Tseh Lee said on Sunday. “We must return to sunshine to develop a more harmonious role with nature,” …
