Solar Energy

Reply filed by the state of Odisha regarding increasing instances of high energy swell waves, May 1, 2025

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 …

Solar farm launched in Sivaganga district

C. Jaishankar MUTHUPATTi (SIVAGANGA district): Rettai Pillai Ayyanarkoil, a tiny interior hamlet near Muthupatti in Sivaganga district, has all reasons to figure in the country's renewable energy map, thanks to the commissioning of a solar farm by a private clean energy company. Though the synchronization of evacuating power through the …

Horticulture Corporation plans solar carts in coastal belt

PANJIM: Goa government-run Horticulture Corporation has decided to harness solar energy through their carts, which will make their presence in coastal belt selling fruits and exotic vegetables.

Mohali to become solar city under Central scheme

Under an ambitious scheme of the Union government, Mohali will soon become a solar city. A proposal to this effect received from Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) was approved at the general house meeting of the Mohali Municipal Council (MC) held here this evening. With Chandigarh and Panchkula already cleared …

Bidding exposes solar tariff game

The ambitious solar mission is set to start on shaky ground. Bidding for the first phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission has put a question mark on the ambitious target set to augment the country

125 trees cut down for Goa stadium

The Goa govern ment has brazenly chopped down 125 full-grown trees to make way for a the cricket pitch at the upcoming cricket stadium in North Goa

National Solar Mission draws good response

Response to the National Solar Mission, which aims at generating 20,000 Mw of solar power in the country over the next decade, has been good so far. In less than a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the scheme, 300 bids for solar photovoltaic (PV) plants and 44 for …

Solar city in Anantapur remains distant dream

Anantapur, Dec. 13: The state government

MP dist headquarters to get Solar Shop from Jan 26

Solar Shop will start functioning in all district headquarters in Madhya Pradesh from January 26 next year.

Parl panel pulls up green energy ministry for slow pace of solar mission

Parl panel pulls up green energy ministry for slow pace of solar mission Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi December 07, 2010, 0:30 IST In less than a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the National Solar Mission as part of the government

Gujarat setting up 8,000-crore solar power park

CHARANAKA, a village nestled in a remote corner of Patan district in north Gujarat is destined to become the state

Solar-powered car for Pope?

Guess what the Vatican wants for Pope Benedict XVI? A solar-powered electric popemobile to promote his

Court panel to monitor solar power spread

A high court bench on Wednesday said it wanted to set up an expert committee to monitor the state government

City gets Rs 9 crore for solar project

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has released Rs 9 crore to make Chandigarh a solar city. Now the UT Administration will have to pump in a matching grant so that the project is completed under the Five Year Plan. This was stated by AP Shrivastava, president of Solar …

Plans on to tap solar energy for generating 22,000 MW by 2022

DINDIGUL: There are plans to tap solar energy for generating 22,000 MW by 2022 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, said P.C. Pant, Director, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi. He was inaugurating a 22-day refresher course on renewable energy held at Gandhigram Rural Institute near here …

Report on barriers for solar power development in India

This new World Bank report focuses on problems and barriers that developers are facing in the solar power sector in India. It analyses the risk perception of domestic and international developers and shows how these could be mitigated. The World Bank initiated a study to understand the barriers faced by …

Mandatory use of local cells for solar projects may be deferred

THE government may postpone mandatory use of locally made photovoltaic cells in solar power projects being set up under the national solar mission to speed up projects and allow access to the best-available technology although the move would be a blow to local suppliers such as Moser Baer, Tata BP …

Impact of rural electrification

The article assesses the impact of solar home lighting system under remote village electrification programme (RVEP) in Assam, Jharkhand and Meghalaya.  

Solar solution to safe drinking water

The solar powered UV disinfection plant was developed and installed at Haiderpur Waterworks, Delhi Jal Board. It was evaluated for treatment of microbial contamination of western Yamuna canal water for different microbial count and turbidity and flow rates.

MANIREDA distributes solar lighting systems

Imphal, Nov 29: Villagers in the interior Thanlon subdivision of Churachandpur district got a relief when Manipur Renewable Energy Resource Development Agency (MANIREDA) provided solar home lighting systems to them. Villagers treated the distribution of solar lamps by MANIREDA under the Remote Village Electrification Programme of the Union Ministry of …

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