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 …
MNRE invites comments of stakeholders on “Draft Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV Power Projects”. The specific objectives of these Guidelines are as follows: To promote competitive procurement of electricity from solar PV power plants, by distribution licensees, to protect …
World’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal may set up a solar farm on land alloted to it for a steel plant in Ballari district of Karnataka, in view of excess global steel capacity and delays in securing raw materials. The company had entered into a pact with Karnataka government for setting up …
As Australia's interest in energy storage technologies grows, Chinese giant BYD has launched new battery systems that aim to help Australians cope with rising electricity prices and keep the lights on during increasingly frequent blackouts. Chinese solar and energy storage powerhouse BYD has launched a new line of residential and …
In another step towards reducing carbon footprints, three more stations, Falna, Rani and Marwar, of North Western Railway's (NWR) Ajmer division will get solar plants from Thursday which will generate 210kw energy by saving electricity of Rs 21.3 lakh. Currently, Ajmer and other railway stations have been solar powered. In …
DADRI: NTPC Limited installed a Robotic Dry Cleaning System (RDCS) for the solar panels at its solar PV plant in Dadri on Thursday. This is the first time in India a robotic method is being used for cleaning solar panels, said D K Sood, regional executive director NTPC Dadri, Badarpur …
Solar power is surging in Australia and around the world, on the back of scaled-up production and continually falling costs. The new report finds that the solar rollout will continue to go gangbusters this year, with more than 20 industrial-scale installations set to go ahead across the country, and another …
Rwanda has done it again; Ignite Power is the largest solar financing company in Rwanda. Rwanda citizens now have the most Affordable Solar Home Systems in Africa, 30% more affordable than Kenya, 40-70% more affordable than any comparable product in Rwanda. IGNITE POWER has the fastest scale up in Africa …
NZIU, Kenya, Feb 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It is a hot and cloudless morning, a sign that it will be sunny right through the afternoon. Joseph Mailu moves along rows of fruiting mango trees with a long pole in his hand, harvesting the mature fruits. The succulent green mangoes …
A Nairobi-based company is set to construct Kenya’s first large-scale solar energy storage battery to be connected to the national power grid. Xago Africa is conducting feasibility studies for the back-up batteries with assistance from American investors after submitting an expression of interest at the Energy ministry. This came after …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has outlined his vision for increasing India's renewable energy capacity five-fold from 30 GW to 175 GW, including a boost in solar power generation from 20 GW to 100 GW. All Members of Parliament have been asked to contribute through their MPLADS fund towards providing street …
Rising focus on the increasing awareness of existing solar systems, ambitious plans announced on the amount of solar power generation over the next few years, cancellation of subsidies over a considerable period and their reintroduction, and of course, the “solar scam” are some of the issues at the forefront of …
In order to make college campuses self-sufficient in power generation, the state higher education department has been planning to install solar panels in all universities, government engineering colleges and polytechnics and a few of the government colleges under its jurisdiction. As per the direction from education minister C Raveendranath, these …
With the solar tariffs falling to Rs 3.3 per unit for a 25-year PPA for the 750 MW Rewa Ultra Mega Solar project in Madhya Pradesh, rating agency ICRA said the cost competitiveness of solar against both alternate renewable as well as conventional energy sources has improved. "This is the …
The US solar industry has this week reported that it enjoyed far and away its biggest year to date during 2016, as new installations approached 15GW for the first time. The update came as grid operator Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced that wind power accounted for more than half the …
International Finance Corporation, the private sector investment arm of the World Bank, could invest about Rs 100 crore in Mumbai-based renewable energy company Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions. The company, one of India's largest solar solutions providers, is expected to use the funds primarily for construction of the proposed green-field …
A 50 kWp rooftop grid tied Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant and Science Park were inaugurated at Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18-C, Chandigarh, by Ajay Narayan Jha, Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi. Also present on the occasion were Parimal …
दिल्ली सचिवालय सौर ऊर्जा से जगमग हो रहा है। वहीं इससे हो रही बिजली आपूर्ति की वजह से पिछले सालभर में सरकार को 66 लाख रुपए की बिजली बचत हुई है। पिछले साल दिल्ली सचिवालय में सौर ऊर्जा संयंत्र से बिजली की आपूर्ति शुरू की गई। बंद हो चुके इन्द्रप्रस्थ …
An inexpensive, solar-powered ambulance that can fit down narrow laneways is set to hit the road in rural Bangladesh this year, its manufacturers say. The three-wheeled van, as well-equipped as ambulances used in Bangladesh’s cities, runs entirely on solar power – including solar battery power at night – and can …
A team of University of Colorado Boulder engineers has developed a scalable manufactured meta material — an engineered material with extraordinary properties not found in nature — to act as a kind of air conditioning system for structures. It has the ability to cool objects even under direct sunlight with …
The price of electricity production using solar energy is increasingly outpacing other alternate sources. According to a report in the World Economic Forum, Solar and wind energy are finally at par or cheaper than fossil fuel capacity in more than 30 countries. The price of electricity production using solar energy …
