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 …
As part of the energy conservation programme, the Andhra Pradesh Government will distribute over two crore compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs to domestic consumers before June 2012 at nominal cost. This was disclosed by Mr Chandana Mithra, Managing Director, New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (NREDCAP), …
NOIDA: In a bid to switch over to environmental-friendly energy sources, the Noida Power Company Limited (NPCL) is all set to run its offices and substations on solar power. The proposal for this project has been passed by the company and first phase of work is scheduled to begin in …
The half-century-old, oil-fueled power generators here had been idle for more than a year when, a day after the nuclear accident in March, orders came from Tokyo Electric Power headquarters to fire them up. Workers at the Yokosuka power plant, whose turbine is a half-century old. “They asked me how …
Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka expressed hopes yesterday that Sri Lanka would become the first nation in South Asia to provide electricity to the entire country even before the targeted date of 2012. Addressing an ‘Engineers Forum’ attended by CEB engineers, Minister Ranawaka said electricity is already provided …
ELECTRICITY producers in Germany are in disarray. The cause of the chaos is the government: in June it decided to shut all the country’s nuclear power stations by 2022, after Japan’s struggles to contain radiation leaks from its reactors following an earthquake and tsunami in March. A study commissioned by …
Kolkata The government will float an expression of interest (EoI) in September for allocating 500 mw of solar power projects. This will be the second tranche of allocation in the first phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru New Solar Mission (JNNSM). JNNSM project monitor SP Gon Chaudhuri said the second tranche …
The government plans to accord high priority to developing large “solar parks”, or clusters of units that can generate a total of up to 5,000 megawatts, to help cut costs, Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Wednesday. Solar parks would be built in the second phase of the National …
Even to this day, many remote villages in undivided Dakshina Kannada have not seen or heard of load-shedding. lightings in Mangalore. (Top) Hemalatha Rao, the woman behind solar lightings. Electricity does not appear and vanish whenever fancy strikes it, as is often the case with other villages. However, several such …
PANJIM: Vavurla, a tribal village in Quepem taluka is now solar powered. The hamlet of just over 250 people is, relatively isolated from the rest of the region and can be reached only by an unmotorable road. But now, every household can boast of solar home lighting thanks to a …
The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) has shown interest in setting up solar power plants in Rajasthan. Group chairman Anil Ambani, who met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at the latter's official residence here on Wednesday, communicated his willingness to invest Rs.8,000 crore in solar energy in the State. Mr. …
Infrastructure major GMR Infrastructure Ltd is planning to set up solar power plants with a total capacity of 75 MW in Tamil Nadu, industry sources told Business Line. The company is planning to increase this to 100 MW in the next few years, and Tamil Nadu is the potential state …
Lanco Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lanco Infratech Ltd, said that it has commissioned 80KwP grid connected solar photovoltaic (PV) power unit at the Parliament House Complex. Lanco Solar was awarded the contract to build, operate and maintain by the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), which was the nodal …
Earlier this week, Shalivahana Green Energy, which generates power from biomass, raised $15 million in equity financing from International Finance Corp, a member of the World Bank Group, to set up new plants across a clutch of Indian states. Other clean-technology companies including NSL Renewable Power and Delhi-based consumer durable …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday said it would extend a $300 million energy infrastructure loan to help Bangladesh address critical power shortages that are undermining the economy and slowing poverty reduction efforts. The bank's Board Of Directors yesterday approved the loan for the Power System Efficiency Improvement Project, which …
The Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT), functioning under the Total Energy Security Mission, will focus on promoting its new ‘Solar Power Pack' project among households in the district in this financial year as part of measures to strengthen the non-conventional energy sector. The project, implemented as part …
‘We want to be ready for the Renewable Power Obligation that is likely to be announced soon' The accent on clean and green energy becoming more pronounced, power distribution company North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL) has lined up half a dozen more plants to be commissioned over the next few …
India plans to relax the rules governing its federal solar energy program in order to attract larger companies and investors, the renewable energy secretary said Wednesday. "Now we are working to relax a few norms and attract bigger players in the upcoming bids, which are likely to come up this …
Reliance Power plans to set up a 200 MW wind power project at Vashpet in the Sangli district of Maharashtra with an investment of Rs 1,500 crore. The project can be scaled up by another 200 MW. Sources said Vashpet was selected for its terrain and wind potential. RPower plans …
In order to optimise the exploitation of solar power and to promote commercial marketing of solar accessories, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, has issued guidelines for installation of solar applications under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Speaking to Business Line here recently, Mr R. …
Kolkata The Centre has finally granted West Bengal a special area package of R8,750 crore, but together with allocations the entire financial assistance adds up to R21,614 crore for the state. According to finance department officials, although the package shows a whopping R21,614 crore, real assistance has been to the …
