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 …
A solar air heating system installed at an industrial unit in Theni district. File photo The Hindu A solar air heating system installed at an industrial unit in Theni district. File photo The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has fixed Rs. 18.45 as the tariff per unit of electricity …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai June 21, 2010, 0:12 IST The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has made it mandatory for distribution licensees in the state to purchase 6 per cent of their total power procurement through renewable energy sources
Will pave way for predicting solar flares, space storms London, June 20 For the first time, astronomers have found that the magnetic field in the outer atmosphere of the Sun produces eerie musical harmonies
The existing share of renewables in total electricity is around 3.9% in 2009-10. This has been achieved owing to continuous focus and support from the Government, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), Forum of Regulators (FOR), State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) and the other supporting bodies like MNRE and IREDA. The …
Clean and green: Solar panels at the 3 MW plant in Yelesandra of Banagarpet taluk. DH Photo The State will have 2520 MW of additional power to its grid by March 31, next year, Home Minister Dr V S Acharya has said. Speaking at a programme to dedicate the three-MW …
Ministry guidelines lay down funding pattern. To promote solar power for off-grid applications for both thermal as well as photovoltaic, the Government is offering financial support through a combination of 30 per cent subsidy and/or five per cent interest bearing loans for companies in the business. The guideline on off-grid …
Rajiv Tikoo New Delhi: Welcoming the guidelines for off-grid and roof-top solar applications, launched by non-renewable resources minister Farooq Abdullah in the capital on Wednesday, solar industry leaders have expressed the hope that the government would soon follow up with guidelines for grid-connected solar power projects. Saying that it
R. Sairam Subsidy covers almost half the total cost for installing the power pack MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) is looking to promote the use of solar-powered inverters in homes for domestic consumption. A one kilowatt power pack, which would cost a total of Rs. 2.2 lakh …
Srinagar: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has said 20,000 MW will be generated from solar energy in the state in the next 10 years. He said possibilities to produce more power from water and wind energy to minimise the huge expenditure on the exploitation of conventional …
The State is all set to establish itself as a pioneer in solar power generation with the commissioning of a solar power plant near Kolar on June 17. Apart from the three megawatts (MW) grid-operated solar power plant to be set up by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), two more …
India is on a mission. To drastically ramp up its solar power production to 22,000 MW by 2022. From steel makers and automobile manufacturers to diamond merchants and realtors everyone sees the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission as their chance to strike gold. But it is not so easy. The …
Quality is the key Deepak Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, Moser Baer The national solar mission gets Deepak Puri excited. It widens avenues for his multi-technology company Moser Baer. But he has a word of caution. The government should verify the antecedents of the companies it selects. Else it could …
The three-phase Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission has set up an ambitious roadmap: 22,000 MW of solar power by 2022. The clock is ticking fast for the first phase. By 2012-13, grid-connected plants supplying 1,000 MW, rooftop and small plants producing 100 MW and off-grid applications generating 200 MW have …
The conference room on the fourth floor of the Chandralok building on Delhi’s Janpath road was filled to capacity on February 10. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission was holding a public hearing to finalize tariffs for solar projects under the national solar mission. Everyone in the solar business who counts …
Two key objectives of the national solar mission are to bring down costs and to build a strong domestic manufacturing industry for solar equipments. In late 2009, the government set up a committee under the then secretary of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ajay Shankar, to recommend the …
Jeffrey Grossman, an associate professor of power engineering at mit, is playing with the Japanese art from origami. He is not an artist but is developing new shapes for solar modules made of solar cells, the key component converting sun rays into electricity. Grossman has also taken inspiration from biological …
In India 73,000 villages are not connected to the grid. The national solar mission can easily become a model for supplying power to rural areas and poor homes, said Ranjit Deshmukh of Mumbai non-profit Prayas Energy Group. He has pegged hopes on small solar power plants away from the grid. …
Handball competitions in the Commonwealth Games 2010 will provide an additional satisfaction. The Thyagaraj Sports Complex in Delhi is called a green stadium. One look at its features shows why. From using renewable energy to getting the most out of energy sources, from water conservation to use of recyclable materials. …
Noor Mohammad Hydropower major Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL), the business operations of which were earlier limited to the Nathpa Jhakri hydropower station (NJHPS) in Himachal Pradesh, is rapidly expanding its footprint in other parts of India and in neighbouring countries like Nepal and Bhutan. The PSU has envisaged …
