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 installed wind power capacity is over 32.5 GW. Hyderabad: Union energy minister Piyush Goyal said tenders would be called at the appropriate time to meet the wind power capacity target of 60 GW by 2022. In a written reply to TRS MP B. Vinod Kumar in the Lok Sabha …
NEW DELHI: Wind energy companies have moved the Madras High Court against the Tamil Nadu electricity distribution company’s move to auction wind energy projects with a new base price, and the sector regulator’s decision to allow the auction. Indian Wind Energy Association (IWEA), an industry body of wind energy developers, …
With tax benefits drying up, tariffs plunging to new lows after the introduction of competitive bidding, and demand from states remaining bleak, a number of wind power producers are putting up their assets for sale. Wind power projects — with total capacity of nearly 3,000 megawatts (Mw) and worth Rs …
Power grids operators around the world have been experiencing challenges in operating the grid with increasing penetration of Variable Generation (VG) sources like Solar PV and Wind. Variability in one form of generation must always be compensated with other forms of generation at all times to ensure grid stability. This …
In recent years, the Indian Renewable Energy (RE) sector has witnessed high grow rate – driven by the Government of India (GOI) commitment to increase RE capacity to 175 GW in 2022 and the assurance to increase the proportion of non-fossil fuel in India’s fuel mix to 40 percent by …
A sustainable reduction in the cost of capital for renewable energy projects will take a multi-pronged approach, which could herald a range of broader changes to institutional investor/asset manager relations across a range of timescales. The most effective catalyst will depend on the market. In many developing markets, the key …
Power distribution utilities in Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan are reported to be delaying payments to generators of wind and solar power by 6-12 months, which is putting the cash flow of most of the smaller renewable firms under severe stress The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s aggressive …
At present, California’s Mojave Desert is the top producer of solar energy with 1,000 MW capacity. Anantapur: The world’s biggest solar power generation unit is gearing up for inauguration in the Rayalaseema region. The NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Park is being established in around 7,000 acres in Anantapur and …
Adani Group's Mundra site will turn into one of world's few existing combo power generating farm with the project to set up a 150 megawatt (mw) wind power park on the sea shore close to its existing thermal power project. Using state-of-the-art forecasting technology for wind generation, the wind park …
A £2bn offshore windfarm in Scotland looks set to go ahead after the RSPB lost a long-running legal challenge against the plans, which the conservationists said threatened puffins, gannets and kittiwakes. The Scottish government gave its consent to four major windfarms in the Firth of Forth and the Firth of …
Earlier, the power ministry said that the waiver of these charges will applicable on plants set up before June 30, 20 Hyderabad: Industries setting up solar units will be able to avail waiver on interstate transmission charges and losses due to transmission of power generated from such units till December …
There are around 1,200 projects under the REC mechanism, with a total capacity of 5,383 MW The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed trading of renewable energy certificates (RECs) on the appeal of Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA). However, the order is restricted to non-solar RECs and would have to comply …
Toeing the line of electricity distribution companies in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka-based discom Bescom has cancelled the power purchase agreements (PPAs) of 75.6 MW wind power projects commissioned before March 31. In a notice, seen by FE, Bescom invoked a letter from the state’s energy department in April …
Installations in 2017-18 could barely cross 1,000 MW; state govts are holding back After soaring to a record 5,400 MW of installed capacity set up in 2016-17, the Indian wind industry is heading for a sharp nosedive this year. By the looks of it today, installations in 2017-18 could barely …
The growth of renewable power, including wind and solar, has not harmed the reliability of the U.S. electricity grid, according to a draft U.S. Department of Energy study, echoing the findings of grid operators across the country. The conclusion of the draft, dated July and viewed by Reuters, could ease …
MUMBAI: Wind energy solutions provider Inox Wind (IWL) is challenging the National Company Law Tribunal’s Chandigarh bench order on insolvency, claiming it is solvent and in "excellent" financial health. ET had exclusively reported on Saturday that NCLT passed an order on July 5, clearing way for the insolvency of the …
JAIPUR: In a Facebook post, scientist Sutirtha Dutta of the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, expressed regret that a juvenile Great Indian Bustard had died in Gujarat after hitting a transmission line of a windfarm. "Within months of tagging, two Great Indian Bustard in Kachchh, (Gujarat) a tagged juvenile female …
Falling costs improve demand, but they affect cost competitiveness of pre-existing projects Even as policy support and improving cost competitiveness provide strong outlooks for renewable energy in India, the sector continues to face regulatory challenges and viability concerns over falling tariffs, rating agency Icra said in a report on Tuesday. …
The state electricity board of Gujarat has extended the deadline to receive bids to develop solar and wind projects of 500 MW each. The state electricity board of Gujarat has extended the deadline to receive bids to develop solar and wind projects of 500 MW each. The decision was taken …
Four Indian renewable power producers are planning to raise up to $2.5 billion via dollar bonds offshore because of caution among domestic lenders, banking sources said. Four Indian renewable power producers are planning to raise up to $2.5 billion via dollar bonds offshore because of caution among domestic lenders, banking …
