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 …
Power cuts leave traffic constables in the “red” With the power cut duration stretching for nearly eight hours in the last couple of days, the City Police have asked the sponsors of all traffic signals in the city to power them with solar energy. Conversion of these signals to solar …
To promote the use solar energy in the state Rajasthan government has issued orders to use the solar water heating system in the certain categories of buildings. Despite the mandatory provision with strict penalties there are hardly any takers for it, flouting the rules blatantly. As part of the energy …
SRINAGAR: The Government has installed solar water heating devices in 69 hospitals of the State and is contemplating to bring more Government buildings under the project. Minister for Animal Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry, Science and Technology and Information Technology, Aga Syed Ruhullah, told a delegation of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and …
The Ministry will fund States to enable them to have better grid to evacuate power The renewable energy sector in the country should focus on indigenisation, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah, said here on Monday. Inaugurating the third International Wind Conference and Exhibition (WE20 by 2020), …
Despite uncertainties surrounding the solar REC scheme, several developers have shown interest in setting up solar projects in Karnataka under the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Scheme, the State had announced recently. “Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) has received proposals to set up 350 MW of solar projects under the …
Renewable energy has become vital, says Farooq Abdullah Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has urged the wind energy sector to focus on research. Wind machines were essential as they did not pollute. Renewable energy had become vital. India needed to have energy from different sources, such …
At present, DJB tankers provide water in Delhi slums. The problem of water shortage in city slums could find an answer in ‘pay-and-use’ water ATMs scheme, which the Delhi government is studying at present. According to the proposal (Newsline has a copy), the water will be filtered at a centrally …
A model generating light from water and sunlight was presented before Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Saturday. The model developed by Laxmi N Menon from Kerala can light up dark places in buildings during the day. The solar appliance, which costs just Rs 30 to 40, can provide …
India is readying to defend its policy requiring companies to source local content for the national solar mission project, a rule that has triggered protests from the US and the EU. The commerce department is talking to the ministry of new and renewable energy on how to argue its case …
Taking note of a report prepared by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which alleged irregularities in the implementation of National Solar Mission, the BJP has decided to raise the issue in the forthcoming budget session of the assembly. The BJP on Thursday demanded that the state government provide …
More Than Half The Users Of Green Products Unhappy With Available Options: Survey Ahmedabad: Use of CFL and LED bulbs in households may generally be linked to increased awareness amongst citizens about environmentfriendly and energy-efficient (EE) products. But a recent study points towards the fact that such usage may be …
KOHIMA: Adviser of the New and Renewable Energy (N&RE;) of the Government of Nagaland Deo Nukhu on Thursday inaugurated the Kohima Solar City Cell and 10 KW Solar Power Plant at the Directorate of New and Renewable Energy Office, the first of its kind in Nagaland. Inaugurating the Solar Cell …
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has demanded that the CBI should take up suo moto the alleged violation by Lanco Infratech, which cornered 40% of the contracts during the first phase of the National Solar Mission garnering 235 MW worth projects with an assured revenue of Rs 13,000 crore …
NewDelhi: Lanco, the company accused by Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) of illegitimately cornering contracts worth Rs 13,000 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar mission, has objected to the allegations and said “they were not crosschecked with the company and were wrongly perceived”. In a statement …
Srinagar: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has sanctioned over Rs 30 crore to the state police to install over 500 solar photovoltaic power plants at training centres, police stations and border police posts. This is the fifth major solar energy initiative supported by the Ministry of …
Talk of a Middle Eastern green energy boom is likely to prove no more than a mirage with little hope of the region saving clean technology companies from the shrinking project pools of Europe. Instead India, China and Latin America offer some hope for green energy companies struggling in a …
CSE probe details alleged rigging of bids to favour Lanco, shell firms ministry says will examine evidence, Lanco denies CSE allegations The Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is in the eye of a storm over allotment of power plants under the National Solar Mission, in the first …
New Delhi Smelling a scam in the bidding process for the National Solar Mission, Sunita Narain-led Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday said that front companies floated by Lanco Infratech had grabbed not less than nine projects of 235 mw under the mission. This is about 40 % …
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is already a leader in renewable energy in the country and will seek further increase in such power production over the next five years, said Sudeep Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), here on Wednesday. Speaking at the inauguration of a …
