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 Union government on Wednesday pleaded in the Supreme Court for a partial lifting of the ban on tourist activities in core areas of tiger reserve forests. It sought permission to have 20 per cent of the area under tourism. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Ministry of Environment and …
Mumbai As India positions itself as a major global hub for solar power and more money flows into the industry, smaller players are likely to emerge as attractive targets for companies looking to gain scale. The government is targeting a 20-fold rise in sun-power generation to 20 gigawatts (GW) by …
First 30-MW project to come up in Palakkad in six months The State Cabinet on Wednesday gave the green signal for setting up solar projects in various parts of the State with a combined generation capacity of 330 MW. Addressing a press conference soon after the weekly Cabinet meeting here, …
To harness renewable energy, four government schools in East Delhi have installed a new water pumping system that uses solar energy and developed jointly by power distribution company BYPL and IIT-Delhi. Called the renewable energy assisted pump (REAP), it is an easy to install submersible pump connected to a water …
The government of Andhra Pradesh today announced its solar policy. The policy does not specify any limit on the total capacity of solar power plants that can be put up under it. It also neither provides for a fixed feed-in tariff (like Gujarat did), nor does it make way for …
A proposal to make all higher education institutions in Tamil Nadu become solar energised by 2017 has been submitted to the Government of Tamil Nadu. P. Kandaswamy, Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, and Member, Programme Advisory Committee, Department of Science and Technology, has submitted a proposal on “Green …
The policy shall be known as the “Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Policy – 2012 ”. Main objectives of the Solar power policy are: To encourage, develop and promote solar power generation in the State with a view to meet the growing demand for power in an environmentally and economically sustainable …
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has drawn up a ‘Perspective Plan 2030’ to invest Rs.11 lakh-crore over the next 18 years. Talking to newsmen here on Monday, Chairman and Managing Director Sudhir Vasudeva said the plan envisaged doubling of production over the next 18 years at 4-5 per cent. …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd intends to set up a 5 MW solar power plant in its boiler auxiliary plant complex at Ranipet near Chennai. The public sector power equipment major is setting up the plant for captive consumption of electricity the plant would produce, an official of BHEL said here …
A United Nations initiative to provide sustainable energy for the 1.6 billion people without power may reach as many as 300 million in three years, said Kandeh Yumkella, who is leading the effort. “There are some areas, such as Ghana and Kenya, that are primed for action and the money …
The Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCOL) plans to install 1,500 solar-powered irrigation pumps across Bangladesh by 2016, in a bid to promote alternative energy and limit reliance on fossil fuels. The new pumps will run on a combined 12 megawatts (MW) of power to be generated by solar panels, projected …
- 100KW capacity plant will soon come up on the campus, biogas unit also on the cards. Silchar: The National Institute of Technology, Silchar, will soon start work on producing clean solar energy to meet its energy needs. The institute was converted into an NIT from its earlier incarnation, the …
New Delhi: The Delhi environment department has identified 25 government schools and 10 government hospitals that will get independent solar power systems. The pilot project is looking at generating 500kW of power through rooftop solar photovoltaic cells under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Environment secretary Sanjiv Kumar said the …
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government has decided to replicate Gujarat model of installing canal based solar power projects. The five districts where the pilot projects are being planned Jhansi, Ghaziabad, Etawah, Ballia and Lucknow. According to reports UP government is planning to put to use its vast canal network, spanning over …
The Punjab Government has set up a 1 MW solar power plant at Phullokhari village in Bathinda district at a cost of Rs 13.10 crore. Revenue and Non-Conventional Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said the plant had been set up under a demonstration programme whose objective was to connect solar …
With a view to bringing down the maintenance cost of the street lights of local bodies, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday announced a scheme to replace the existing lights with a light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs and solar energy lamps. A release said many municipalities were struggling to meet the electricity …
The Gandhi bridge in Ahmedabad will soon get eco friendly streetlights, courtesy a venture by an Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) alumni. IIM-A alumnus Akshat Khare and his partner Dhaval Shah, a Nirma University graduate, through their startup-Nessa Illumination Technologies, will run a pilot project on Gandhi bridge by …
Chandigarh: Chandigarh has taken a step towards making Chandigarh a Model Solar City in the country with the inauguration and commissioning of the 50 KWp Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant at the UT Secretariat building, Sector 9, Chandigarh. The 50 KWp Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant at the UT Secretariat building was …
The State Government is planning to adopt solar energy for hospitals and health centres for ensuring uninterrupted power supply to the institutions. The objective is to make provision for adequate back-up power to tide over frequent power disruptions and maintain uninterrupted supply while reducing dependence on conventional energy. The move …
Chandigarh: After its experiments with setting up a solar power hatchery to breed chicks did not yield the desired results, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have launched a new initiative to establish a pressurised, climate-controlled hatchery. Some time ago, a facility for hatching poultry eggs in the region …
