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 …
GANDHINAGAR: Aiming to reduce the dependence on coal and gas for power generation, the Gujarat government will begun working on a new hybrid energy policy under which it will provide greater focus on solar and wind-based power, and promote wind and power based units that share the same land and …
NEW DELHI: The Rs 48,000-crore KUSUM scheme to promote the use of solar power among farmers would be placed before the Cabinet by next month, New and Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh said today. KUSUM (Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahaabhiyan) aims to incentivise farmers to run solar farm …
HYDERABAD: Beating all Indian states, Telangana has topped the country by achieving 3,250 MW solar power capacity, top officials said. Telangana is followed by Rajasthan with 2,250 MW, Andhra Pradesh with 2,045 MW and Gujarat with 1,715 MW solar power. Gujarat has decided to call for auctions for another 50s0 …
Mumbai: Students of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) have created an initiative to provide 70 lakh solar study lamps to remote villages in five states Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. Villagers including women and youth are being trained by IIT-B students to repair and create these lamps for …
This has reference to the guidelines for implementation of a scheme for setting-up of over 5,000 MW Grid-Connected Solar PV Power Projects with Viability Gap Gunding (VGF) under Batch-IV of Phase II, issued vide the Ministry's O.M. of even number dated 14-03.2016.
The government has extended the waiver of inter-state power transmission charges and losses for the solar and wind power projects commissioned till March 31, 2022, with a view to giving a boost to clean energy sources. Earlier, the waiver was available to solar and wind power projects commissioned till December …
Chandigarh: To cut down their reliance on costly conventional power, city-based industrial units are now eying to make use of the roofs on their units by installing solar panels, bringing down their inflated energy bills. The Industries Association of Chandigarh (IAC) has roped in a Mumbai-based company which has agreed …
Climate change is expected to drive demand for clean energy in the decades ahead, giving an edge to countries that invest in the manufacture and export of low-carbon technologies. Despite this, President Trump is pushing to slash spending on clean energy research, even as America’s chief economic rivals aim to …
For more than two decades, the European Union (EU) has been at the forefront of global renewable energy deployment. The adoption of long-term targets and supporting policy measures has resulted in strong growth in renewable energy deployment across the region, from a 9% share in gross final energy consumption in …
Kenya will this year benefit from multiple financial instruments for the expansion of solar use in a push to support green living projects and energy-efficient buildings. Since the beginning of the year, a number of financial organisations have announced funding arrangements with the country to this end. The most recent …
For decades, the only accepted idea of electrification was access to the grid implemented by big utilities, served by huge power plants. This concept worked fairly well in the developed world — if leaving out of consideration the environmental aspects of the massive use of fossil fuels. Billions of dollars …
India has the potential for a large-scale energy transition, i.e. the rapid transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. The country has set for itself ambitious renewable energy targets, with government policy intending to achieve 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022. It is about 59 …
Australia's love affair with clean energy and battery storage is only just beginning, with the nation on the verge of an energy storage boom, as the cost of lithium-ion batteries rapidly drops, a new report details. The 'Fully Charged: Renewables and Storage Powering Australia’ report shows that Australia is on …
Power Africa, a US government-led initiative, has announced the launch of the Power Africa Uganda Electricity Supply Accelerator, which will boost the east African country’s generation capacity by 1,000MW. With an estimated cost of $11 million, the facility will assist the Uganda government in establishing 1,000,000 new connections by 2020. …
KOCHI: Kochi Metro Rail Ltd on Monday signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with AMP Solar India Private Ltd under which the latter will supply 2.3 MWp solar power to the agency. The power generated by the plant will be connected to the power distribution system of KMRL. As per …
Solar energy, once a niche application for a limited market, has become the cheapest and fastest-growing power source on earth. What's more, its potential is nearly limitless-every hour the sun beams down more energy than the world uses in a year. Recognizing this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an …
One of China's biggest makers of solar panels said Tuesday it will invest $309 million to expand manufacturing in India in a move to guard against what it complained is a rising threat of import controls in the United States and other markets. Longi Solar Technology Ltd.'s announcement follows the …
Say the state government should make budgetary provision to reduce pollution in Punjab Given the deteriorating environment in the industrial town and state, environmentalists and residents have appealed to the Congress government to allocate adequate funds for reducing pollution in Punjab. They said as all districts, including Ludhiana, in the …
The energy generation capacity of the solar project will be increased from 1 MW to 2 MW capacity in the near future. New Delhi: Turns out, Delhi Gurudwaras are all set to go green in order to abate deteriorating air quality of the national capital. The Delhi Gurdwaras will use …
India’s production capacity for solar cells stands at 3.2 GW and that for modules at 8.5 GW. Given the targets set by the Centre, prioritising the ‘Make in India’ policy could thus hamper the green energy mission. Opinion is divided on the recent proposal of Director General (DG) of Safeguards …
