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 …
SunEdison, solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, today announced that it has secured project financing for a series of solar projects under construction in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in India. “The funding, worth an estimated $110 million (more than Rs 500 crore), was secured …
India's renewable energy ministry plans to introduce more fiscal incentives to boost local manufacturing of solar power equipment, a senior ministry official said Thursday. The incentives will be for a designated year during which investment by companies in the solar sector reaches a certain threshold that's yet to be decided, …
Renewable energy, especially wind energy, will play a crucial role in ensuring power for all in the country, according to Swaminathan Krishnamurthy, Associate Director of Ernst & Young. Speaking at a renewable energy conference organised here on Wednesday by Comnet Conferences, a division of Exhibitions India Group, Mr. Krishnamurthy said …
Halaucha village in Bhojpur district has been electrified using Solar Photo Voltaic Technology, one of the most modern and environmentally clean sources of electricity. Under the scheme, 155 houses have been electrified and each household has received a solar panel, a maintenance free battery and a home lighting system of …
Plummeting prices of polysilicon, a raw material used in solar modules, could make power from solar photovoltaic plants as cheap as Rs 5 a unit or less by 2015 against Rs 12 a unit as estimated today. Polysilicon, made out of refined sand, was selling at $475 a kg in …
PMK leader S. Ramadoss, who has been running a campaign against nuclear power plants, on Tuesday wanted the closure of the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station by 2020, saying the plant was posing health hazards to the people in Kancheepuram and Chennai districts. Talking to reporters, Dr Ramadoss said the Kudankulam …
AGARTALA: Aiming to provide energy facility to the far-flung places, the Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency (TREDA) has decided to install 34 small solar power plants across the state. Out of total plants, 25 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and boarding houses situated in rural areas where convention power supply is …
Statehood Day celebrations ushered in hopes of better amenities in two densely populated pockets of East Singhbhum district. Jugsalai residents had their long-awaited demand for clean drinking water fulfilled on Tuesday around 4pm with the online inauguration of a drinking water project to be operated by Jugsalai municipality. The residents …
Renewable energy is poised for a global breakthrough. During the last decade, a number of countries have developed sizeable markets through targeted policies and resulting reductions in the cost of solar and wind energy. As a result, in regions with scarce fossil fuel resources, renewable energy is already the low-cost …
Construction of solar-powered green houses for the rural poor is likely to commence in Madurai district by the third week of November. The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD and PR) Department has almost completed the identification of beneficiaries for this scheme. The constructions works are expected to be completed …
The United States expects Asia Pacific leaders on Sunday to take a "significant step" toward reducing tariffs and other barriers that block trade in environmentally-friendly good and services, a senior administration official said on Sunday. "We're in a good place. We has some very constructive discussions around the important issue …
The World Bank will provide $172 million additional financing for Bangladesh to support the installation of additional 630,000 solar home systems and other renewable energy mini-grid schemes. The US$ 172 million credit is an additional financing to the ongoing Rural Elect-rification and Renewable Energy Development Project (RERED) following the project's …
Uttarakhand is situated on the southern slope of the Himalayan range, and the climate and vegetation vary greatly with elevation, from glaciers at the highest elevations to subtropical forests at the lower elevations. Geographical constraints and the scattered population has made it difficult for power distribution companies to extend the …
Warns US of retaliatory measures. China has reacted sharply to the inquiry launched by the US Department of Commerce into the alleged unfair trade practices adopted by China in the United States for selling solar cells and panels. The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) had filed a petition with …
Oil and gas major ONGC and two other companies have taken preliminary interest in developing solar projects at Purulia district in West Bengal. The total capacity of such project(s) may range up to 900 MW. Solar power generated, is proposed to be sold to state utility-run 900-MW Purulia Pumped Storage …
Move restricts potential to 80 MW, say private players A request for proposal (RPF) floated by the State to invite tenders for setting up solar power plants has stirred up a storm of discontent among solar power developers. The Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) released an RPF inviting tenders …
A unique cost-effective water purification plant run on solar energy and installed by a Canadian company would be formally commissioned at Saila Khurd in the Doaba region of Punjab tomorrow. Though the technology used in the plant has been developed by a Swiss scientist, it has been brought to India …
Cost escalation made Maharashtra's power generation company reconsider present site in Dhule district. The Sakri solar power plant in Maharashtra's Dhule district is touted as the world's largest solar power plant till date. Sometime ago there was a proposal to shift the plant to Chandrapur district in Vidarbha region following …
The US has criticised India’s plan to invite bids for solar power projects worth Rs 4,200 crore which, it said, favours local manufacturers and shuts out advanced technology from abroad. US under-secretary for international trade Francisco Sanchez told a CII event on Monday that programmes like the Jawaharlal Nehru National …
Ties up loans from US Exim Bank and Asian Development Bank for solar power project. Reliance Power has tied up loans of . 525 crore from US Exim Bank and Asian Development Bank to finance its 40-mw photovoltaic solar power project in Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan, company officials told ET. …
