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 …
Pune: The airport authorities here are now targeting April 30 for the switch-over to solar power from conventional energy. Airpor officials on Monday saud the 300 Kwp (kilowattpeak) solar project was still being installed and that the “scheduled date” of completion was April 30. In February, the authorities had said …
Forest officials in Aldara forest of Lakkavalli wildlife division have taken up the implementation of the summer action plan to quench the thirst of animals and birds in the forest. Due to the scarcity of water in the past, animals started entering human habitations. The efforts of the officials to …
PANJIM: Power Minister Pandurang Madkaikar has informed that the State government in the next 7 days will notify rules for tender inviting a bid from companies to set up a plant under the Goa Solar Power Policy. The minister also stated that the company will set the plant on its …
With an aim to light up the country with solar power, Narendra Modi-led government plans to achieve the target of 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacities by 2022. With an aim to light up the country with solar power, Narendra Modi-led government plans to achieve the target of 175 …
Calls for sustainable approach to derive social and economic benefits India is poised to derive social and economic benefits from the convergence of various disruptive technologies for sustainable production and consumption, according to V.K. Saraswat, member, NITI-Aayog, and noted defence technologist. Delivering the first A.P.J. Abdul Kalam lecture instituted by …
South Africa signed long-delayed renewable energy contracts worth $4.7 billion with independent power producers on Wednesday, in the first major investment deal under President Cyril Ramaphosa. A man walks past eletricity pylons in Soweto, South Africa, March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko The signing of power purchase agreements for the 27 …
Zimbabwe is expected to benefit from a $2-billion (R23.8-billion) solar financing facility provided by India to several African countries, Construction Review reported. It said Zimbabwean vice president Constantino Chiwenga had met India’s president Ram Nath Kovind to discuss how the African country could benefit from the financing agreement. The discussions …
The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018 report, published by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, finds that falling costs for solar electricity, and to some extent wind power, is continuing to drive deployment. Last year was the eighth in a row in …
In order to achieve its renewable power obligations and to provide uninterrupted and cheap power supply to the residents, BSES Rajdjani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) have signed 'Power Sale Agreements' (PSA) with SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) to procure 200 MW (BRPL 150 MW, …
The KUSUM scheme, with over Rs 50,000 crore government support to promote the use of solar power among farmers, is likely to get the Cabinet nod by this month end and will be rolled out in the first half this fiscal, a senior official said today. "The KUSUM (Kisan Urja …
A solar power plant of 500 kW was established on March 23, 2018 at West Central Railway Bhopal division passenger coach re-building factory. The annual production would be 752000 Unit KW hour. The solar plant is established on 7832 square meter over the terrace of the factory. With installation of …
PATNA: Patna University will soon install solar energy panels on its important buildings and take up rainwater harvesting projects with a view to creating an eco-friendly environment on the campus. PU will also bring out books on indigenous and traditional knowledge and flora on PU campus. These decisions were taken …
SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to launch a $930 million Indian joint solar energy venture with Chinese firm GCL System Integration Technology Co Ltd as part of its ambitious India solar investment roadmap. The venture will work on photovoltaic technology, which is used in solar panels. GCL will provide technology …
CPPIB invests $247 million in ReNew to support the acquisition ReNew Power became the largest renewable energy company in India after it acquired Ostro Energy on Monday. The deal size is estimated to be $1.55 billion (Rs 100 billion), the biggest deal in the renewable energy sector. The deal is …
Renewable energy firm Avaada Power is in talks with various states governments to set up floating solar projects and expects some large tenders to be floated in the next two months, a top company official said. The company plans to increase its installed solar capacity to 5,000 megawatts (mw) in …
NEW DELHI: It may take Delhi a while before it becomes a climate-friendly city, as envisioned by the Delhi government in its latest budget. In spite of a solar policy, which was hailed by energy experts, and a generation-based incentive (GBI) for residential solar rooftop projects, solar projects haven’t really …
Access to daily hours of grid electricity is strongly associated with people’s subjective satisfaction with power supply. But users of off-grid solar power are less sensitive to the number of hours available. Where grid electricity is unavailable or unreliable, technologies such as solar home systems offer an alternative that rural …
Patel spoke about the efforts initiated by the Gujarat government in having a gas-grid in the state and providing piped gas to all districts — except six — in the state. Energy Minister Saurabh Patel on Thursday ruled out the possibilities of gas-based power plants succeeding in Gujarat in the …
India must strengthen grid infrastructure to support its “strong push” towards renewable energy especially solar, said the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). “The main constrain in India right now is the grid,” said IRENA Director-General Adnan Z Amin. “There is a huge upsurge in investment,” he said …
Udaipur: Solar power is coming as a big blessing for many towns and villages in rural areas and Saatpuliya village in Divair gram panchayat of Rajsamand district is one of them. With a tough terrain nestled in valleys and rivers, electricity had been a dream for the locals here, however, …
