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 …
Across 71 emerging markets a total of 34 GW worth of new solar capacity came online in 2016, an increase of 54% year-over-year and has more than tripled in three years, according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s annual Climatescope survey. New solar capacity is a big deal …
Tata Power Solar Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power Company has commissioned India's first rooftop solar carport at the 70000 sq. mtr. Unity One Mall, a Unity Group project in Rohini, Delhi. This solar carport is estimated to set off 438 tons of carbon emission annually. The project …
India will need to invest $23 billion over the next five years to meet its target for 2022 of 40GW of rooftop photovoltaics, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Accelerating India’s Clean Energy Transition, published at the BNEF Future of Energy Summit in Shanghai, examines …
Textile Commissioner Kavita Gupta today said maximum benefits of government's promotional schemes for powerloom textile industry have been taken by entrepreneurs from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. "The ministry of textiles has announced several promotional schemes for powerloom textile industry but there is hardly any awareness in the industry. The maximum …
Nagpur: Nagpur Metro has decided to go in for captive solar power generation and will get it at Rs4.50 a unit. It will use costly conventional power in evening. Mahametro managing director Brijesh Dixit said that the earlier state power generation company Mahagenco was to generate solar power for Nagpur …
Bidding for solar and wind energy projects have slowed down during the ongoing calendar year, thereby it will face near term headwinds said rating agency ICRA. “With very limited progress on the firm bidding plans by the state owned distribution utilities to award the wind energy projects, this particular sector …
Delay in making available leased land in Kasaragod a major impediment The moves to commission 200-MW solar power projects here by 2019 to supplement the rising power needs of the energy-starved State have suffered a major jolt with uncertainty over the fate of projects planned in three locations in the …
Name of the Company: Ultimate Sun Systems Private Limited Set up in: May, 2013 Based in: Gurugram, Haryana Founders: B S Yadav and Narender Kumar Funding received: Self-funded but in talks with private equity firms and angel investors to fund both through debt and equity. The firm is empaneled by …
Indian renewable energy companies are among the most poorly rated investment grade companies in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a report by ratings agency Fitch. “Most of the issuers are owned by their respective sovereigns due to the strategic importance of energy supply,” Fitch’s 2018 Outlook on Asia-Pacific Utilities said. …
India’s attempts at generating electricity from renewable sources have got a boost from the World Bank in the form of a $98-million loan agreement. The government signed the agreement with World Bank on Monday along with a $2-million grant agreement. Under the agreement, the Shared Infrastructure for Solar Parks Project …
PUNE: Several railway stations under the Pune division will soon be able to generate solar power. "The ministry of railways plans to introduce solar panels at different railway stations. The central railway has been allotted 9.2MW of solar power. Of this, 1.115MW will be generated in the Pune division. We …
Amplus Energy Solutions has partnered Indian Army to provide solar lamps to the people of Gurez valley in Jammu and Kashmir. Gurez is a valley located in the high Himalayas, about 123 kms from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India. At about 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level, the …
Rwanda’s energy rollout efforts received a boost yesterday following the operationalisation of $50 million to catalyse private sector’s investment in off-grid energy solutions. The fund, managed by the World Bank and rolled out through Development Bank of Rwanda, is expected to facilitate the electrification of about 445,000 households in the …
BONN (Germany): The International Solar Alliance (ISA), which will become a legal entity on December 6, has planned to add 1,000 gigawatt (GW) of solar power across the globe by 2030. It is estimated that the plan to create 1000 GW of solar power capacity will need an investment of …
The 1000-GW objective, more of a desire when the ISA was launched last year, has now become its official target Three years ago, India had surprised many by announcing that it would develop 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy by the year 2022, scaling up its then-existing target by almost …
Solar sector shines, but wind power struggling to add capacity In a significant development, India’s total renewable energy capacity crossed 60,000 MW in the September quarter. The country added 10,000 MW in the last nine months; the cumulative clean energy capacity had crossed 50,000 MW in the December quarter last …
State will sell surplus electricity, buy at lower rates Under fire for the hike in power tariff, the state government has come up with a roadmap for providing cheaper electricity. Punjab will sell its surplus power, buying cheaper electricity from other generators, besides producing more electricity through hydro, solar and …
ABB India is providing critical technology through its solar inverters for solar powered charging stations for e-rickshaws at four locations in Jabalpur. As the sun hits the solar panels at the charging station, generating the direct current (DC) energy, the ABB inverters convert that power to the alternating current (AC) …
Back in 2010, Anmol Jaggi was one of the key names in the carbon credit market, advising large corporates on how to be energy-efficient and making money from it. With close to 25 million carbon credits and around 400 clients in India, his company was in its heyday since its …
“India has been able to auction for power, grid-connected solar power at very competitive prices and now believes that solar power is cheaper than coal without subsidy” Washington, Nov 7: India’s massive effort towards renewable energy has resulted in considerable drop in solar price and the country now believes that …
