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 …
Lack of prior experience and equity in the capital-intensive solar power sector is driving the Indian investors and EPC contractors to join hands with experienced cashrich foreign players. The National Solar Mission envisages installing 20,000 MW of generation capacity at an investment of about . 3 lakh crore in next …
Chandigarh The government has put nine solar power projects in Haryana on fast track to meet the mid-September deadline. The projects of 8.8 mw to be set up under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) were reviewed recently by the ministry of new and renewable energy and the state nodal …
Italy approved a long-awaited decree that cuts spending on generous solar power incentives, ending a period of uncertainty that had irked international investors and weighed on shares of major global solar companies. Italy's solar market, the world's second-largest after Germany, has boomed since 2007, when the government boosted production subsidies, …
Renewable energies such as wind or solar power are set to surge by 2050, and expected advances in technology will bring significant cost cuts, a draft United Nations report showed on Wednesday. The most comprehensive U.N. overview of the sector to date said renewables excluding bioenergy, which is mainly firewood …
Italy's environment and industry ministers reached an accord on plans to cut solar incentives, the environment minister said on Wednesday, after delays that had aroused complaints from international investors and solar firms. The draft decree, which caps spending on Italy's generous solar power incentives, has been in the works over …
Renewable energies such as wind or solar power are set to surge by 2050, and expected advances in technology will bring significant cost cuts, a draft United Nations report showed on Wednesday. The most comprehensive U.N. overview of the sector to date said renewables excluding bioenergy, which is mainly firewood …
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has planned to set up several solar power plants in the country. One of these plants will be developed at the NTPC's Dadri plant. However, the project has been held up due to none execution of the power purchase agreement. A no objection certificate for …
The Centre has asked the Rajasthan Government to speed up the implementation of solar power projects awarded to private companies in western parts of the State and make arrangements for training of engineers and technicians to add quality to the existing projects and serve the needs of the future. Union …
The second session of renewable energy trading on April 27 witnessed several surprising moves. In a span of one month of trading of non-solar Renewable Energy Receipts (RECs), the clearing price has dropped from Rs 3,900 per REC to Rs 1,500 per REC. Secondly, market share of two exchanges just …
CHENNAI: While Tamil Nadu is staring at a severe power crisis on the one side, it continues to lead the way in renewable energy production on the other. But the complicated policies and lack of long-term strategy for the renewable sector, according to experts, is deterring the state from utilising …
Domestic consumers also evincing interest in solar energy COIMBATORE: Increasing power cut here, which has disturbed production plans in several industries, has encouraged many to explore renewable energy options. During the last one year, nearly 1,000 MW was added to the installed wind energy capacity in the State. The State …
Italy's total installed photovoltaic capacity may reach 7,000 megawatts by the end of June due to a rush to sign up for expiring incentives, a senior official at Italy's state energy services agency GSE said. "I think we can arrive at 7,000 megawatts at the end of June," Gerardo Montanino, …
The draft solar policy released by Karnataka government for 2011-2016. The state government aims to install 40 MW of solar power generation capacity every year between FY12 and FY16. This capacity includes the generation capacity selected under the first and second phases of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Karntaka …
This study attempts to establish the challenges associated to solar energy scenario in rural living of south-east of Indian province namely West Bengal and to suggest an inexpensive solar artifact with an aim to cater to the areas which are scarcely electrified and primarily in countryside. Stockpile of fossil fuels …
Secure, reliable, affordable and clean energy supplies are fundamental to economic and social stability and development. Energy and environmental decision-makers are faced with major challenges that require action now in order to ensure a more sustainable future. More efficient use of, and cleaner primary energy sources can help to achieve …
Several initiatives taken by MNRE in the last few years have resulted in considerable progress on the SWHS front. However, in spite of the progress, a large portion of the potential is yet to be achieved. In order to achieve scalability and to design innovative marketing, financing and service delivery …
The World Institute of Sustainable Energy has been supported by the Department for International Development, Govt. of UK, to undertake a study for preparing a Renewable Energy Action Plan for Bihar. The key objectives of the study are: To estimate the potential of renewable energy in Bihar and identify key …
Tucked away in the Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary of Chhattisgarh is a small village, Deba. The national power grid is yet to reach there. But there is no interruption in the scheduled power supply to its 75 households. While power cuts are frequent in grid-connected villages across the state, the only …
Solar electricity lights the maximum number of villages in Chhattisgarh—but barely so. Tucked away in the Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary of Chhattisgarh is a small village, Deba. The national power grid is yet to reach there. But there is no interruption in the scheduled power supply to its 75 households. While …
