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 …
The central government has decided to establish a . 1,000 crore mortgage risk guarantee fund to facilitate lending for housing for the urban poor and also announced a low-cost housing scheme that could benefit from the funds. The union cabinet also approved a fund for solar power producers to cover …
Though Mumbai still has a long way to go when it comes to protecting the environment, some parts of the city are doing their bit for conserving energy and natural resources. In Powai, recycled water is used for flushing and construction activities. Public parks and housing societies also reuse water …
With non-renewable energy sources in India, such as coal, petroleum and natural gas, on the verge of extinction, the need to tap into renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy has risen considerably. Although a number of NGOs and individuals have taken the lead, the government
Spanish solar energy producer T-Solar has entered into the Indian solar sector by striking technical, operational and financial collaboration with Astonfield Renewable Resources to develop a solar power generation capacity of 200 Mw in four years. Both the companies plan to invest $600 million into the venture which would see …
With the emphasis on renewables surmounting the development of intelligent grids is crucial. This will ease pressure on the grid and increase its capacity.
One of the first studies to be done in India with regard to the feasibility and applicability of the solar power in industry has shown promising results. Anurag Mishra throws light on what it could augur for India in the times to come.
A recent order may have exempted PV solar projects from environmental clearance, but experts have their concerns about the rationality of this decision.
Emerging changes in the environmental scenario have compelled governments across the world to look for alternatives that help reduce carbon emissions and keep climate change under tabs. In India too, plans are on to harness power from solar energy, via concentrated solar power.
Unlike wind energy, financing options for solar energy are yet to open up in India. The solar photovoltaic industry is still grappling when it comes to attracting investors. R Gupta examines why solar energy projects are not on the financer's list as of now.
Key drivers for solar market in India have been country's rapidly rising primary energy and electricity needs, persistent energy deficit situation, and on oil and gas imports. These factors coupled with India's endowment with abundant solar irradiation have made solar particularly attractive to the country's energy strategy.
The World Bank has published a study titled "Regulatory and Financial Incentives for Scaling up Concentrating Solar Power in Developing Countries," which analyzes existing renewable energy schemes supporting concentrated solar power (CSP) and proposes measures to scale up CSP promotion. The report highlights the potential of CSP technologies to scale …
New Delhi With four times the population of the US, an economy growing 8-9% a year and surging energy demand, India’s race to become an economic power has propelled it to No 3 in the list of top carbon polluters. India’s greenhouse gas emissions will keep rising as it tries …
Chennai A US-based thin film solar module manufacturer is exploring the possibility of setting up a facility in Tamil Nadu with an investment of $500 million (approximately R2,255 crore) in the coming months. The multi national company is looking at housing the state-of-the-art facility in about 250 acres of land. …
Infrastructure Development Company Limited, the state-owned financial institution, is set to install 2,000 solar PV-based mini-grid power plants in the off-grid areas of the country.
MADURAI: The Central Government has come out with a renewable energy scheme that provides urban local bodies with the capacity to address the power shortage in their areas. The entire cost of implementing this project, called
A new technology to help boost solar power generation manifoldStarting from sometime in the past century, when human beings became aware that solar energy is non-polluting and abundant, companies and research and development institutions have been spending considerable money and energy to make it cheap as well. Engineers have tried …
UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) is set to go green this year by ensuring per day supply of 200 Megawatt electricity, essentially generated through non-conventional sources, to consumers. The power corporation, taking a step in this direction, in fact have already signed an agreement with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) …
Lanco Solar, a fully-owned subsidiary of the diversified Lanco Infratech Ltd, has announced that it has secured an EPC contract worth Rs. 884 to build a 75-MW solar power project from MahaGenco. In a consortium with Juwi Renewable India Ltd, the letter of award has been secured from MahaGenco to …
Kozhikode: A safety audit of nuclear reactors and a law to make solar units mandatory for buildings which cost more than Rs.25 lakh were among the demands raised at an energy seminar organised at the Sports Council Hall here on Wednesday. The seminar was organised by the Society for Protection …
Green bonds could raise hundreds of billions of dollars a year to spur a shift to cleaner economic growth if governments set strong environmental goals such as for slowing climate change, the OECD said on Wednesday. In a review of efforts to promote greener growth, it urged more innovation to …
