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 State Government offers 50 per cent subsidy for installation of solar rooftops in households and 10 per cent subsidy to industry. Arvind Kumar, Project Director, Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Authority ( JREDA) announced that the State Government is keen to provide subsidy to encourage the installation of solar roof …
Scientists from IIT-Gandhinagar say that particles generated from emissions linked to human activity are more disruptive than dust Particulate matter — dust, black carbon and organic carbon from biomass burning and fossil fuel — deposited on solar panels and present in the ambient air is responsible for about 17% reduction …
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy, released the first part of the study “Pathways to Integrate 175 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy into India’s Electricity Grid” The study, developed under the U.S.-India bilateral program “Greening the Grid”, confirms the technical and economic viability of integrating …
The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has adopted the draft Solar Power Policy 2017 to ensure advancement towards both economic and environmental objectives, including the state target of 8% solar renewable purchase obligation by 2022. The draft Uttar Pradesh Solar Power Policy 2017 aims to encourage …
German auto maker Daimler will power its truck and bus manufacturing factory using renewable energy from next year. The 400-acre manufacturing campus of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), Indian arm of Daimler, at Oragadam near Chennai meets more than 70 per cent of its electrical needs from renewable sources. “About …
The 1,000-MW solar power project required 5,000 acres and cost Rs 4,000 crore investment. Hyderabad: A 1,000-MW solar power project proposed to be built in the state two years ago has been stalled for want of land. The National Thermal Power Corporation had decided to set up the unit in …
The managing director of Cleantech Invest portfolio company Nocart, Vesa Korhonen, confirmed this recently, Africa Business Communities reported. The firm secured a $200 million contract to develop this project earlier this year. Korhonen said: “The project is well on schedule. Production began in May, with the first local employees hired …
Cumulative photovoltaic (PV) power installed in 2016 was equal to 305 GW. Five countries (China, Japan, Germany, the USA, and Italy) shared about 70% of the global power. End-of-life (EoL) management of waste PV modules requires alternative strategies than landfill, and recycling is a valid option. Technological solutions are already …
New contracts signed after December 14, under JNNSM, have to be without domestic content requirement The United States has agreed to give India time till December 14 this year to remove the requirement for mandatory domestic sourcing of solar panels and modules under its national solar power generation programme. “This …
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo declares government's plans to provide renewable power supply to rural communities that are not connected to the national grid. Osinbajo made the announcement last week, where he disclosed that the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is developing an energy database that would reflect community locations and energy …
The 16 KW solar street lighting project at Garobadha in South West Garo Hills inaugurated on Wednesday is aimed at demonstrating the use of new and renewable energy for the people. “The idea was to educate people, particular children on the effect of global warming. The street light will testify …
The finance ministry has rejected an ambitious Rs 20,000-crore plan to prop up local solar equipment manufacturers with incentives and subsidies to help them withstand the flood of Chinese imports, said a source close to the development. The domestic industry is concerned about rising imports of solar equipment, which rose …
More than 300,000 new workers can be employed in wind and solar jobs and more than one million total employment opportunities can be created in achieving India's ambitious clean energy goals to install 160 GW of renewable power by 2022, a study said on 21 June. The labour-intensive rooftop solar …
Institutional investors remain eager to put money to work on renewable energy projects even as U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to revive their chief competitor: coal, financial executives said at a conference this week. "Five or six years ago, funds weren't specifically targeting renewable investment; today it's a key …
The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd, a joint venture of the Central and Tamil Nadu governments, intends to install solar power plants at its stations and the Koyambedu maintenance depot to provide 6 MW of electricity. Bengaluru-based CleanMax Solar will put up and own the solar plants and sell the power …
Expenditure towards energy constitutes 38 per cent of DMRC's total operational expenses In an attempt to promote and encourage clean energy, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation plans to meet nearly a sixth of its power requirements from solar energy. The corporation's electricity consumption is expected to touch 300 MW in …
India has set a target of having 100 Gw of solar and 60 Gw of wind energy capacities by 2022 Over three lakh new workers can be employed in wind and solar energy sectors if India achieves its ambitious target of 160 Gw capacity by 2022, a study has shown. …
State-run hydro power giant NHPC has awarded an order of Rs 287.48 crore for setting up 50 MW solar power capacities at Theni and Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu to Larson and Tubro Ltd. "An EPC contract for the development of 50 MW Solar PV grid connected project located at …
India’s rapidly growing renewable energy sector will generate a significant number of new jobs apart from giving the country cleaner environment, a new study has forecast. Around 300,000 such jobs in this sector will be created in the next five years, according to a study done by Council on Energy, …
Name of the Company: MYSUN (Registered as Eastern Light & Power Private Ltd.) Funding received: Raised first funding of $2.5 million in 2016 from a strategic investor What it does: Is an online platform hosted at www.itsmysun.com that uses engineering, data and analytics to deliver customised solar solutions to residential, …
