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 …
Ranchi, April 28: The sun will light up on Jari village even after sundown. The Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) has decided to adopt the native village of war hero Albert Ekka, starting with a solar lighting initiative.
BHUBANESWAR: A power purchase agreement (PPA) was signed between Gridco and NTPC on Tuesday for procuring 10 mega watt solar power. The national thermal power major is in the process of executing two solar power stations at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad in Haryana. Each of the solar power …
The power major is targeting to add 35 MW solar power in FY12 for . 550 crore Tata Power Company (TPC) on Wednesday said it will invest . 1,300 crore in 2011-12 to add 185 MW generation capacity from wind and solar energy. The company, which commissioned a 3-MW solar …
Tata Power on Wednesday announced the commercial operation of its 3MW photo voltaic solar power plant at Mulshi in Maharashtra. This is in pursuance of its objective of building a renewable energy portfolio that is 20-25 per cent of it total generation capacity estimated at 25,000 MW by 2017, said …
Bhubaneswar The state-run power producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will allocate 500 mw of green energy to various states to help them meet the Renewable Energy Purchase Obligation (RPO) as mandated in the National Tariff Policy.
JAIPUR: The state will become self-sufficient in power by 2013, said minister for energy and higher education Jitendra Singh. He was speaking at the inaugural of two-day state-level conference on Power and Energy Systems-2011 at Rajasthan Technical University on Saturday. "Our daily power requirement is 1,300 lakh unit against a …
In a bid to diversify India's energy mix towards renewable sources, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide up to $150 million in credit guarantees to local and foreign commercial banks in the country that finance private sector solar power plants. The guarantees will help mobilise long-term funding for solar …
Chandigarh Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) plans to venture into solar power generation by setting up solar energy-based power plant at Bhud Kalan in district Yamunanagar. The corporation's board of directors has already approved the setting up of the power plant and the modalities are being worked out. Sanjeev Kaushal, …
New and Renewal Energy Department has made a programme for power pack in solar sector in Madhya Pradesh. A total amount of Rs 12 crore will be spent on the installation of small solar power pack in the fiscal year 2011-12. Under this programme, a plan to set up plants …
JAIPUR: The Keoladeo bird sanctuary in Bharatpur would soon be contributing to conservation in more ways than one. Apart from being one of the finest birding areas, the sanctuary would soon go solar. It will be one of its only kind of park to be completely free from conventional energy …
Delhi The National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF), created under the aegis of non-renewable energy ministry, will provide financial support for development of indigenous technologies in solar power. The government views the research will help in reducing the final cost of producing electricity through tapping solar energy.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide up to $150 million in credit guarantees to help India scale up use of solar power as a major renewable energy source. The guarantees, according to an ADB statement here, will be available to local and foreign commercial banks that finance private sector …
A solar powered electrical fence was recently set up by a group of farmers in Chorao to prevent wild animals from entering their fields and damaging crops. Set up by the Varana and Patraman Khazan Association, the 1-km long solar powered fence will protect an area of 54 hectares cultivated …
Cautious scrutiny: Aggressive biddings by developers have resulted in lower returns on investments Lack of finance is expected to spoil the party for the solar power project developers involved in the government's plan to commission 20,000 MW of projects in the next decade. Financers are finding the tariff for solar …
The Rajasthan State will promote setting up of solar power projects. The total capacity under this category will be distributed equally between SPV and solar concentrating thermal power plants. Rajasthan has come up with an new Solar Energy Policy, named as, Rajasthan Solar Policy 2011. The State of Rajasthan receives …
JAIPUR: The state cabinet on Wednesday took a number of decisons. At a meeting presided by chief minister Asok Gehlot it cleared the Rajasthan State Solar Policy 2011 along with a new policy on land allotment at concessional rates. Apart from making the immovable assets of all the officers of …
Solar Energy Policy 2011 is expected to give a major push; new 1,200 MW thermal power plant in Banswara The Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the State's Solar Energy Policy 2011, which is expected to give a major push to harnessing solar energy in the desert terrain. The policy envisages …
CALIFORNIA Internet search major Google has invested $168 million to help complete the construction of one of the world's biggest solar energy power plants in the Mojave Desert region of the US. The plant will generate 392 mw energy when completed in 2013, sufficient to supply power to 85,000 homes …
Mumbai-based PLG Power has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd for 40 MW of solar power. The cost per MW is estimated at Rs 15 crore, while the PPA agreement for 25 years pegs the unit cost (Kwh) at Rs 15 for the first …
