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 …
The Nigerian-based conglomerate, Dangote Group has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Kano State government for a 100MW solar power plant. The signing ceremony took place last week at the office of Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, in Kano, THISDAY reported. The project dubbed the …
RANCHI: The Ranchi University (RU) is the lone varsity among the five state varsities to adopt 'Green India Mission' scheme and install solar panels on the rooftops of five academic buildings at its Mohrabadi campus. Varsity sources said its electricity bill had come down drastically from Rs 7 lakh every …
New Delhi: Last month Indian Railways' first solar-power augmented diesel-electric train chugged into Haryana from a neighbourhood in Delhi. Its six coaches are equipped with 16 solar panels on the roof and will be used to power all electrical appliances inside. The Railways hope to reduce 239 tonnes of carbon …
As on 31.07.2017, the cumulative Solar Energy capacity installed, as on 31.07.2017, is 13652 MW while the same at the end of 2014-15 was 3743.97 MW. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy and Mines in a written …
The Indian solar market added 1,869 MW capacity in April-June quarter taking the installations to 4,765 MW during H1 of 2017, a recent survey said. According to a study conducted by Mercom India Research, the total capacity added in the first half (January-June 2017) of this year has surpassed the …
GURUGRAM: In an attempt to encourage people to switch to solar power, the Gurgaon district administration is organising a 'Solar Mela' on August 12 and 13. The organisers told TOI that all stakeholders, including solar equipment manufacturers, residents and bankers — who will provide finance to consumers who are willing …
BENGALURU: Karnataka has overtaken Gujarat to become the third highest producer of renewable energy after Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The state, which occupied the fourth position last year, has outranked Gujarat in the recently released progress report of the Union ministry of new and renewable energy. Energy minister D K …
A consortium of 12 British and Indian universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, has received a 7-million-pound grant from the UK government to build five self-sufficient solar-powered buildings in remote Indian villages. The grant is part of a new solar project 'SUNRISE' aimed at developing printed photovoltaic cells and new manufacturing …
China’s National Energy Administration last Friday confirmed previous reports that the country had installed a mammoth total of 24.4 GW worth of new solar across the first half of 2017, up from 22 GW in the first half of 2015 and only 7.7 GW in the first half of 2015. …
The Haryana government has waived intra-state wheeling charges, cross subsidy charges, transmission and distribution charges on the electricity generated from solar power plants in the state. Any investor, who installs a solar power plant at any place in the state, can sell this power to any private entity within the …
The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has written to the Uttar Pradesh government seeking extension of timeline to commission select solar power projects claiming that laxity by state agencies is to blame for the delay. Earlier last month, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) had cancelled power purchase agreements …
A new study has highlighted the importance of crowdfunding in raising finance for energy needs around the world. Energy 4 Impact's latest instalment in a series of reports from its Crowd Power Program on energy access-related crowdfunding in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia said the strongest growth has been identified in …
A UK-based private energy company, TuNur Ltd, has filed an application with the Tunisian ministry of energy, mines and renewable energy for a 4.5GW solar export project. The firm said in a statement that the project, which will be located at the newly established solar complex in the Sahara Desert …
The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) has decided to provide the Canadian SkyPower company with 14 square kilometres west of the Nile to establish 600 MW solar power plants with investments of $500m. NREA Chief Mohamed El-Khayat told Daily News Egypt in his first remarks that the cabinet approved …
Pune: There has been a steady rise in the installation of solar units by households, residential societies and commercial establishments across the city. Over 12,000 properties have opted for solar units. An addition of 2,000 properties was registered in the 2016-17. Most establishments are tapping solar energy for household purposes …
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the Ministry of Commerce and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and sought their response before August 24. New Delhi: A plea seeking a ban on the manufacture, use and …
The Centre was giving 30 per cent subsidy to solar pumping systems irrespective of horsepower. Hyderabad: The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is cutting subsidies for solar power units. A few days ago the Union power ministry issued orders removing the 30 per cent subsidy to commercial …
India's largest thermal power producer NTPC, which in years to come will focus more on renewable energy, wants to increase its presence in solar power generation space. Besides, it is also exploring the possibility of co-firing biomass with coal for electricity generation. "It is a very good development that is …
Promotion of competition in the electricity industry in India is one of the key objectives of the Electricity Act, 2003 (‘Act’). Power purchase costs constitute the largest cost element for distribution licensees. Competitive procurement of electricity by the distribution licensees is expected to reduce the overall cost of procurement of …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya will roll out new policy and regulatory incentives to promote uptake of renewable energy in the manufacturing sector, officials said at a forum in Nairobi on Thursday. Principal Secretary in the ministry of energy, Engineer John Njoroge said that greater uptake of cleaner energy sources by …
