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 …
CHENNAI: Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Thursday commissioned a 350 KWp roof top solar power system in its maintenance depot at Koyambedu here on Thursday, keeping up with its promise to use renewable energy and reduce carbon footprint. The solar power system, which is expected to generate 45,000 units …
The MNRE has fixed the maximum permissible tariff at ₹2.68 per unit Solar developers warn that introducing the cap on solar tariff proposed by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy at a time when the rupee is at an all-time low against the US dollar may hamper capacity addition …
India is set to generate 100 GW solar energy by 2022, noted the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu. He said that demand for energy will increase due to rapid development taking place in India and fossil fuel is not going to last forever and …
As part of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited’s (NLCIL) commitment to produce 4,251 megawatt through solar and wind energy, the company has installed solar panels on the terraces of its seven office buildings, at a cost of Rs. 5.49 crore. Under the first phase, NLCIL has installed solar power …
India’s rapidly growing solar sector is heavily exposed to water-risks. This report examines the extent of exposure and measures that may be used to mitigate them. India’s solar sector is growing rapidly – total installed capacity has risen from just 1 GW in 2012 to over 25 GW at present …
Many countries around the world have been moving toward greater installation of urban solar panels and most of these are in urban areas where the impact of these reductions in output could be quite severe, the researchers say. Washington: The findings of a recent study show that air pollution has …
Tata Power Solar, subsidiary of Tata Power's wholly owned subsidiary, has commissioned 820.8kWp at Cricket Club of India, Mumbai. The project was executed by Tata Power Solar to provide solar rooftop solution for the stadium located at Mumbai and was completed in 100 days. Tata Power Solar joined hands with …
Any cap on solar power tariffs in future auctions could dampen free market sentiment and prove to be an Achilles heel for the plans of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to achieve the solar power capacity target of 100 GW by 2022, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) …
The Veltoor Solar Power Project in Telangana, owned by SE Solar Ltd, Suzlon’s Special Purpose Vehicle with CLP India, has been awarded the world's first solar project quality certificate for a photovoltaic plant. According to Suzlon, it is the world’s first, and currently only, global guideline for certifying solar PV …
NEW DELHI: The pace of solar power capacity addition in the April-June period has dropped sharply after notching rapid growth in four consecutive quarters as recent policy chaos around safeguard duty on imports and reopening of power purchase agreements begin to tell on promoters. According to an update from green …
Jaipur: Rajasthan is a frontrunner to get more than half of the 5180 megawatt solar projects auctioned in the past two months by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), NTPC and Maharashtra government under the open access system. With its own 1500 MW projects coming up, the state now sets …
The Veltoor Solar Power Project in Telangana, owned by SE Solar Ltd, Suzlon’s Special Purpose Vehicle with CLP India, has been awarded the world's first solar project quality certificate for a photovoltaic plant. According to Suzlon, it is the world’s first, and currently only, global guideline for certifying solar PV …
MUMBAI: The next time the floodlights are up for a day-night match at the Brabourne stadium, it will be solar power panels on the roof that will be powering them. On Monday the stadium, which has several sports activities inside the Cricket Club of India (CCI) complex and is mostly …
New regional research by GTM Research focusing on the Middle East and Africa (MEA) has forecast solar installations to skyrocket by 170% this year and continue accelerating to install more than 83 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity between 2018 and 2023. GTM Research published the Middle East and Africa …
Salma Okonkwo, the head of the UBI Group, a multi-million-dollar oil and gas company, is building Ghana's largest solar farm. It is due to open in March 2019, supplying 100 megawatts of energy. As an emerging market, Africa needs adequate electricity to support industrialisation and development. The 48-year-old entrepreneur Salma …
The Djermaya solar project, represented by its majority shareholder InfraCo Africa, recently signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Ministry of Energy and SNE, the national power utility company. This contract marks a key step in the development of the solar plant as it allows the project to obtain …
The Finance Ministry has reportedly asked the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy rework funding plans The government’s ambitious plan to roll out solar power-run irrigation pumps for farmers is facing funding challenges. KUSUM (Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan), one of PM Narendra Modi's pet projects, may see a …
In Agome-Sevah, a village in the southeast of Togo, farmers are now smiling and hope to rise out of poverty due to solar electricity installed in the entire village by four illiterate women. Adjoa Amegbleame, 38 and mother of seven, was singing and filled with enthusiasm selling doughnuts to a …
In East Africa, Eritrea plans to launch two solar hybrid power systems that will provide grid quality electricity to 40,000 people and businesses in the towns of Areza and Maidma. In an effort to aid the country in bringing power to those without grid connections the EU, UNDP, and the …
Nashik: The work of installing solar panels for all buildings of Nashik Municipal Corporation under the Smart City Scheme will begin in few days. Tender for solar panels have been approved. The letter of award has been issued to the contractor. In a few days, the work order will be …
