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 …
There has been no violation of policy guidelines for implementation of schemes under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the Government today informed Rajya Sabha. “There is no loss to the Government whatsoever,” Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said during the Question Hour. He was replying to Supplementaries …
The Assam government today said it would install solar power fencing to check the increase in straying of elephants from their shrinking habitats into human settlements. Forest minister Rakibul Hussain made the commitment while answering a query posed by Congress legislator S. Basumatary regarding elephant depredation in Goalpara district, on …
The government has embarked upon a novel project to facilitate government and semi-government buildings to attain sustainable development through renewable energy with special focus on solar energy . A spokesman said here today HAREDA would provide 40 per cent of the project cost as financial assistance on installation of off-grid …
To be promoted under the public-private partnership mode A 100-megawatt (MW) solar energy park is to come up in Ramanathapuram district, one of the economically backward districts of the State, at a cost of Rs. 920 crore. To be established over 500 acres in Paramakudi taluk, the park project will …
A 500-acre solar farm, an infrastructure facility to support 100 MW of solar photovoltaic power generation capacity is to come up in Ramanathapuram District, South Tamil Nadu. According to an official press release, Raasi Green Earth Energy Pvt Ltd will set the Rs 920-crore project in Paramakudi. An agreement was …
A group of U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday that they plan to push ahead in the new year to change the tax code so renewable energy projects could qualify for beneficial tax structures commonly used by pipelines and other energy-related companies. Democratic and Republican sponsors of proposed legislation said they …
Rs.15 for a unit for those exceeding 300-unit monthly limit The Kerala State Regulatory Commission has ordered to levy Rs.15 per unit from domestic consumers who exceed the 300-unit monthly limit set for them. The current power tariff for the consumers in the 300 to 500 unit slab is Rs.7.50 …
State to give total co-operation, the company is planning to expant to 1,000 MW Raasi Green Energy Private Ltd today signed a MoU with the Tamil Nadu Government to set up a solar farm in the state of Tamil Nadu with an investment of around Rs 920 crore. The new …
National Action Plan on Climate Change by Indrajit Bose, CSE at CSE Climate change adaptation workshop: Towards Climate Resilient Communities in South Asia: Emerging Policies and Practices (New Delhi, December 13 - 14, 2012).
"The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission will be in the second phase starting from 2013 up to 2017. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has therefore come up with its draft policy document on the programmes for the second phase. The document is available for public comments. The draft …
Renewable energy potential in Odisha has been assessed at 11,820 MW, with solar energy having the highest potential at 10,000 MW among all green energy sources. According to information provided by minister for science & technology Ramesh Chandra Majhi in the state assembly, though, estimates say, renewable energy sources can …
Civic body will be able to reduce power consumption to the extent of 57,53,071 kwh a year The Coimbatore Corporation will replace conventional bulbs with 22,000 LED lamps, Mayor S.M. Velusamy said here on Tuesday. He was speaking at the seminar on ‘Climate Resilient Action: Accelerating Urban Development and Finance …
Rs.1.95 crore allotted for installing 865 solar streetlights About one-third of streetlights in the panchayats in the district are likely to be converted into solar-powered ones over the next four years. Solar-powered streetlights were being installed in the panchayats under a special scheme announced by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa through the …
If things go as planned, the Coimbatore Corporation may ask households in the city to compulsorily go in for solar water heaters. The civic body was asked to do so at a meeting the Union Government's Ministry of Urban Development conducted in association with the State Government in Chennai recently. …
State-run BHEL plans to invest up to Rs 2,000 crore for setting up solar equipment manufacturing facility having a capacity of 600 MW. BHEL, grappling with persisting headwinds in the power sector, is betting on business diversification spread across various areas including solar energy and defence sectors. "Initial investment could …
Faridabad is being developed as pilot solar city for which the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has conveyed its sanction in-principle for providing financial assistance amounting to Rs 2.50 crore. A spokesman for the Haryana Renewable Energy Department here yesterday said the Akshay Urja Bhawan based on energy …
In 46 village panchayats of Dindigul district Village panchayats have intensified installation of solar streetlights not only to face acute power shortage but also scale down expenses. To begin with, installation commenced in 46 village panchayats at an estimated cost of Rs.1.1 crore. On completion of the first phase, the …
A Bill to provide for the constitution of an Authority for the purpose of promotion of generation and utilization of solar energy in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
By 2017, the cost of generating solar power in India could be as low as the cost of buying conventional electricity if the National Solar Mission sticks to its target. A draft policy document on the second phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, prepared by the ministry of new …
With severe power crisis continuing to threaten industrial prowess, a group of industrialists from Tirupur region have come together to float ‘Solar Energy Association of Tamil Nadu’ (SEAT) to promote tapping and use of solar energy through a consortium approach in industrial clusters across the State. “Though only nine persons …
