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 …
KARACHI: The solar energy projects could pave way to resolve outstanding issue of electricity shortfall. Adopting the option of solar energy, which is considered as clean and green energy would also help in reducing environmental degradation. The use of solar energy for electricity generation is not a new idea, as …
GUWAHATI: In an effort to reduce pollution in the crowded streets of Guwahati, Rickshaw Bank Project of Centre for Rural Development (CRD) in association with Electroplus launched a solar-electric rickshaw called the Deep Bahan for urban transport today. CRD director Dr Pradip Kumar Sharma said that Deep Bahan, with its …
The plant is expected to provide electricity to around 60,000 rural homes Mahindra Solar One, a solar power developer, commissioned its first 5 MW solar power plant. A part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) policy, the project is located near Jodhpur in Rajasthan and was the first …
MUMBAI: Mahindra Solar One, a joint venture between the Mahindra Group and Kiran Energy, plans to invest 1,000 crore in solar power generation to build a capacity of 100 megawatts over the next two years, continuing the trend of large business houses investing heavily in the sector. "Our target is …
Will Britain's court of appeal uphold government decision to slash solar power subsidies? After a short-lived solar boom for residential solar installations in the UK, the industry has run into trouble with the government slashing subsidies in the wake of the sharply falling silicon prices and poor fiscal conditions prevailing …
Faced with stiff competition from Chinese players, and under utilised capacities, domestic solar equipment makers are in talks with the government for "policy interventions" to cushion their business against shocks. Low-cost equipment supplies from countries such as China and Taiwan are impacting domestic manufacturers, even as things are promising on …
JAMMU: Chief Secretary Madhav Lal today said that the State Government will extend full cooperation to the Department of Science and Technology, GoI in its endeavour to set up India's National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) at Pangong Tso Lake Merak in Ladakh region. He said that the facility will also …
Jammu and Kashmir will have the distinction of setting up the world’s largest solar telescope in the Ladakh region of the state. The telescope is being set up by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) will be set up at the …
Five hydel power generation projects on which work has begun will generate 4,000 megawatts electricity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the next few years, said provincial agriculture minister Arbab Ayub Jan on Friday. Speaking at the ‘Mulaqat Programme’ of Khyber Union of Journalists here at Peshawar Press Club, the minister said …
With thermal power projects facing environmental hurdles and coal-linkage issues, banks are increasingly warming up to project proposals from the non-conventional (solar and wind) energy sector. What is prompting banks to take a good look at non-conventional ‘green' energy projects, especially solar-based power projects, is that States such as Gujarat …
Renewable energy sources should be fully tapped not only meet growing energy needs but also to protect environment and scale down use of petrol and diesel, said Central Electro Chemical and Research Institute Acting Director Vijaya Mohan K. Pillai. He was inaugurating a national conference on renewable energy utilisation - …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat has taken a step forward to become India's solar capital. The state, which has signed power purchase agreements for 1,000 MW of solar energy, has become home to nation's largest solar power plant. Ahmedabad-based infrastructure major Adani group on Thursday commissioned a 40 MW solar plant in Kutch. …
One need not be a genius to develop any commonly used devices. Take the case of the humble yet important knapsack manual sprayer (hung on the shoulders). Though many models are available on the shelves, priced at different rates, most of them last for only a few years. “Regularly filling …
Adani Group today said it had commissioned the country's largest 40 MW solar power project at Kutch district in Gujarat. Adani Group, has commissioned a 40 MW solar power plant in Kutch district, Gujarat. "This plant also marks Adani's first big foray in the renewable energy sector," a company statement …
The largest single location solar power plant in the country with a capacity of 40 MW has been commissioned by the Adani Group in Kutch district, Gujarat. This marks Adani’s first major foray into renewable energy sector and it plans to expand the capacity of this plant to 100 MW, …
Almost 10,000 households in Rajasthan will get solar generated electricity with Azure Power commissioning a five megawatt photovoltaic plant at Kathauti village. “The total project cost is about Rs 106 crore,” Mr Inderpreet Wadhwa, CEO and Founder of Azure Power, toldBusiness Line. The plant was commissioned on December 31, 2011. …
Adani Power plans to invest Rs 3,000 crore in two years to add 160 megawatt (Mw) solar power to its exisisting capacity. The company, set to commission its first 40-Mw solar power plant in Bitta village of Kutch district, Gujarat, has plans to expand it to 100 Mw. “The expansion …
Demand for electricity growing by 10 % in State annually Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed has said that 14 selected municipalities in the State will soon switch over from conventional electricity to solar energy to light their street lamps. Inaugurating a seminar organised by the Kerala Energy Conservation Forum (KECF) in …
Spanish venture is as big as 210 football pitches and has 600,000 mirrors. But there’s a dark side Just under a month ago, on an empty mountain plateau in Andalusia, the last of 600,000 parabolic mirrors were connected, and Andasol, the world’s largest solar power station, become operational. It is, …
Berhampur: The Odisha government has decided to make solar fencing to arrest increasing man-elephant conflicts in Ganjam district. In the first phase, around five-km stretch would be fenced near Narayani jungle under Khallikote forest range to prevent entry of jumbos into human habitats. The work for solar fencing will start …
