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 …
Contrasting lessons from Germany's 20-year pursuit of solar and wind power shows how other countries might create industrial champions to develop new energy technologies. A long-term, global energy recipe for climate change and security may be emerging, as countries plan broadly to shift to gas from coal, to electricity and …
Very soon, you will able to charge mobile and laptop on the move, thanks to a handy device being developed as the world’s first integrated solar storage tile. The device christened as Amrita Smartuses a super capacitor aided by nano technology and will hit the market within a year. If …
A Rs 67-crore, 5 megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant has been installed at village Rawara, Taluka Phalodi, in Rajasthan. The project, owned by Indian Oil Corporation, was commissioned by Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, a Ministry of Heavy Industries release said here on …
India will encourage local manufacturers of solar power equipment and restrict imports to help domestic industry grow in the competitive environment, minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah said on Wednesday. The approach would be reflected in the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), he …
The enquiry into the Lanco Infratech case is going on, said Mr Farooq Abdullah, Minister for New and Renewable Energy, on the sidelines of an Assocham conference. He, however, did not give any timeline by when the report will come out. The Government has ordered a probe into the contravention …
The broad objective of the study is: To carry out the Integrated Renewable Energy potential assessment for the state of Gujarat; and To develop a Renewable Energy atlas which can give user a bird‘s eye view of relative potential of these RE sources at the district level in coordination with …
India has 150 GW of known renewable energy potential, of which only about 14% has been developed. Renewable energy is considered to be an important part of the solution to India’s energy shortage. The country’s renewable energy potential is likely to be even greater than 150 GW, as sources with …
It may be a case of owner's pride, neighbours' envy. Kilpauk resident D. Suresh seems hardly annoyed by the frequent disruption in power supply, unlike his neighbours. The stand-alone rooftop solar power plant put up by him at his house is helping him keep his cool. The solar photovoltaic power …
Solar projects that feed power into the grid and are available to their full capacity will be considered as commissioned under the National Mission. This has been stated by the Ministry for New and Renewable Energy. With the Solar Mission coming into public glare because of allegations that the Lanco …
The Union Minister for Non-Conventional Energy, Mr Farooq Abdullah, today said it is high time the country tapped non-conventional energy sources to meet its growing power needs as there is huge potential to generate power through means such as solar and wind power. “It is high time India taps non-conventional …
Top solar consumer Germany's plans to advance the date of subsidy cuts could spell further trouble for companies such as First Solar and Trina Solar Ltd already weighed by low selling prices, some analysts said. On Thursday, German government sources told Reuters they plan to bring forward cuts in solar …
Jaipur, Mysore and Thane have come forward to do pilot projects for grid-connected rooftop solar, Mr Tarun Kapur, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, told Business Line. “Talks are on with one or two more (cities),” Mr Kapur said. Grid-interactive rooftop solar power plant is the ‘big story' …
Solar photovoltaic plants of 280 kilowatt have been fitted with the cooperation of the New and Renewable Energy Department in 28 community health centres in the state with a view ensuring to availability of uninterrupted power over there. One solar power plants of 10 KW has been installed in each …
Colleges in Karnataka are evincing interest in setting up rooftop solar systems to meet their captive power demands. Karantaka's nodal agency to facilitate the development of non-conventional energy, Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL), is working with colleges to help set up the rooftop solar systems. “The power generated from …
With companies missing deadline for the National Solar Mission, NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) has encashed bank guarantees of 14 project developers including Lanco Infratech, Aftab Solar, Amrit Engineering and Alex Solar. Of the 14 projects, Lanco is engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contractor in three. The action follows with …
New Delhi NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN), the nodal agency for implementing the National Solar Mission, has encashed the bank guarantee of 14 developers who failed to meet the commissioning deadline under the first batch of Phase-I. Lanco is engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contractor in at least three of …
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) has come down heavily upon 14 project developers for failing to meet the commissioning deadline under the first batch of phase I of the national solar mission. An NVVN official said that in terms of strict compliance of the guidelines, bank guarantees of these developers …
Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVG Bank), a Dharwad-based regional rural bank, has made rapid progress in converting villages to complete ‘solar villages'. “We are going to shortly declare the 100th village. To mark this event, we will be declaring Devagiri, near Dharwad as a complete solar village,” Mr C. Sambasiva …
Power producers demand higher benchmark prices for cost components. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) recently went public with its proposed terms and conditions for determining electricity tariffs to be paid to renewable energy power producers. A public hearing on the draft regulations was held in December last where stakeholders …
NVVN recovers Rs 28 crore from erring firms. Acting tough on companies that did not commission solar power projects on time, NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) Limited has encashed a part of bank guarantee of 14 of them. The companies were awarded projects under batch one of the first phase …
