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 …
State-owned Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSEC) quoted the second lowest tariff of Rs 3/unit, winning 150 MW. The reverse auctions for 500 MW of solar power held by the Gujarat government on Wednesday saw a tariff of Rs 2.98/unit, significantly up from the lowest solar tariff ever achieved — Rs …
Unilever Tea recently signed an agreement with Cross-Boundary Energy for the installation and operation of a 600kW solar power plant at the company’s Kericho tea plantation in Kenya. The plant is expected to start producing power in mid-2018 with Unilever to pay monthly power bills generated by Cross Boundary Energy …
The European Investment Bank announced on Monday $25 million in financing intended to strengthen energy access in Africa with the use of off-grid solar systems, in conjunction with d.light design, a global leader in off-grid solar power products. The $25 million in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) — …
Softbank Group has announced a $200bn (£141bn) investment to create the world's biggest solar power project in Saudi Arabia through its Vision Fund private equity arm. The Japanese conglomerate’s chief executive, Masayoshi Son, told reporters on Tuesday that the planned project is expected to have the capacity to produce up …
India is now home to a new international treaty-based organisation following the signing of the headquarters agreement between the government and the newly-formed International Solar Alliance here on Monday. The agreement was signed between Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh and ISA Interim Director General Upendra Tripathy. According …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) B ward has installed 40 torch-like solar powered bulbs imported from Taiwan in Sitaram Shenoy Garden near Sandhurst Road. The bulb is covered with a net with solar plate and battery. "There is no running cost of this bulb and whatever is invested now will …
Civic body prefers power purchasing model, but empaneled agency backs out. Hyderabad: There are no takers for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporations’s solar project. In a bid to promote solar energy and save power charges, the corporation had decided to install roof-top grid-connected power generation plants on its properties. The …
Rajahar, like villages in Bihar and Haryana, was selected as a “climate-smart village”, from amongst several other contenders in this drought-prone belt of the western development region in Nepal. The rats worry Nand Prasad Subedi. The large ones poke holes in the mud when the farmers sleep at night. He …
Essel Infraprojects, part of Subhash Chandra-led Essel Group, is in talks with various renewable energy players to sell three of its six solar projects with an aggregate capacity of about 215 mw, even as the company plans to build its solar portfolio by focusing on investments in solar parks. According …
ALLAHABAD: The sheds of all the 10 platforms of the Allahabad Junction, of North Central Railways (NCR), would do more than saving the passengers from sunlight and rains. The rooftops of these platforms would harness 683 kilowatt of solar energy through the solar panels installed on the entire length of …
Hyderabad: For the first time in Telangana floating solar power plants will be constructed on the Himayathsagar and Osmansagar lakes. Pumping drinking water through its network to areas beyond GHMC limits costs HMWS&SB; `70 crore per month in electricity bills and solar power is a cheaper alternative. The water board …
The African Development Bank (AfDB)’s Vice-President for Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth Complex, Amadou Hott, has pledged that the bank will be investing $711.5 million in solar energy projects. Last Friday, Hott led a delegation from the Bank on a visit to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential …
The Rocky Mountain Institute and Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency have partnered to reduce the costs of energy generated from mini-grids. The two have developed a framework set to be implemented over the next three years to achieve $0.20/kWh from electric mini-grid technology by 2020. The framework will be issued on …
BENGALURU: India is set to meet its target of adding 10,000 MW of solar capacity in 2017-18, almost twice that of the increase in 2016-17. The country had added 5,526 MW of solar capacity in the last fiscal, which was itself a record at the time. “Our cumulative capacity was …
When it comes to energy, no country generates such bittersweet superlatives as China. It is the world’s largest consumer of coal and the second-largest of oil, after America. It has the largest power-generation capacity, by a wide margin. It also produces more carbon dioxide than any other country. China is …
CETC (India), an ancillary of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), on Thursday performed the ground-breaking ceremony for 200-MW solar photovoltaic cell (PVC) manufacturing park (phase 1) at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh. Liu Liehong, General Manager, CEO, CETC, laid the foundation stone for the facility expected to be commissioned …
The Biggest Solar Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh has been set up through transparent auction under the Solar Park scheme of New and Renewable Energy Ministry. The Biggest Solar Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh has been set up through transparent auction under the Solar Park scheme of New and Renewable …
Allaying fears of an adverse impact on India’s solar energy programme due to the proposed 70 per cent safeguard duty, Power Minister R K Singh today said the government will amend bidding rules to allow pass through of duty hike. The government will ensure that the rules are not implemented …
Addressing the CII Delhi State Annual Session and Business Conference, Lt Governor Anil Baijal said traffic congestion was one of the biggest issues being faced by the city apart from pollution. Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal Wednesday said the government will soon make it mandatory for cooperative housing societies to …
On Tuesday, Egypt's Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker inaugurated the first phase of the Benban solar park in Aswan. The event celebrates Infinity Solar’s 50MW power plant, which began trial operation last December, Ahram online reported. Read more: Infinity 50 Solar Park reaches financial close The PV Park is being …
