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 …
“I have said before and I reiterate now. Wherever you live and if you have five non-Indian families near you then motivate them to visit India. Your attempts will help in boosting the tourism sector,” said Mr. Modi. Apart from noted persons of Indian origin, the event is also being …
Compared to 906 MW in Punjab, it produces only 148 MW In 2016 when the BJP-ruled Haryana unveiled Solar Power Policy, it had made lofty claims of setting up projects to generate 4,000 MW, but it is nowhere near the target, courtesy policy paralysis. The total installed capacity of solar …
In the five years since the publication of the first Citizen’s Report on the State of Renewable Energy, the renewable energy sector has made tremendous strides in the country. Riding on a favourable policy environment and dipping prices, capacity and generation have grown. But this success has thrown newer challenges. …
Australia’s wind and solar boom looks set to power through 2019 following a record year, despite grid constraints and extra scrutiny from network operators to make sure new projects don’t spark blackouts like ones that hit two years ago. Abundant wind and sun, falling turbine and panel costs, and corporate …
Panaji: The joint electricity regulatory commission (JERC) has instructed the Goa electricity department to provide required assistance to consumers interested in generating solar power in the state. It advised the department to do so after consumers and solar installers brought to the notice of the commission at the hearings that …
Airport officials said as part of AAIs eco-friendly policy, these airports also plan to install plastic bottle crushing machines and place dustbins at prominent places. The Srinagar International Airport is among 20 airports declared plastic-free by the Airports Authority of India. The other airports include Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Goa, Lucknow, …
CHANDIGARH: To achieve the solar power generation target, set up by the ministry of new and renewable energy, the Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest), has now planned to install solar plants on cycle stands of all government schools in the city. In 2014, Crest had installed …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEB), in association with the Union government, is planning to deploy floating solar power generation units in a big way. The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) has promised the board cutting-edge technology and support, using which the board hopes to generate …
Union Minister Raj Kumar Singh Wednesday pitched for creating a policy framework to further propagate the use of solar energy in the dairy cooperative network for benefit of farmers. The entire dairy chain from village-level milk pooling to product delivery is energy intensive. Extensive use of solar energy in dairy …
AHMEDABAD: The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has proposed the creation of a Renewable Energy Export Promotion Council on the line of Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to encourage exports of renewable energy equipment and related services from India. "In December, a proposal for Renewable Energy …
Through the last eight editions of Vibrant Gujarat summits the renewable energy sector has realised only 7.35 per cent of the investments valued at Rs 40,345 crore, as reported by The Indian Express earlier this week. The Gujarat government plans to set up a 1,000 MW solar power plant on …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Quality power will be made available to consumers anytime, anywhere in the state in next five or six years if the plan envisaged in the draft power policy becomes a reality. The draft power policy — published by the state government — foresees more consumer-friendly initiatives, realistic summarising and …
The Gujarat government is aiming at increasing power generation through non-conventional sources. The government on Friday announced that solar power generation will be increased by 3,000MW and wind power generation will also be raised by 1,000MW at an annual rate. The Gujarat government is going to hold a seminar on …
Seychelles is expected to save over $1 million annually once the construction of a solar farm on Romainville Island, off the main island of Mahe, is completed later this year, said a top official. The Public Utilities Company (PUC) – responsible for the implementation of the project - will install …
According to Jaideep Mukherji, CEO, Smart Power India, there has been a lot of progress in Bihar both in terms of connection and hours of electricity supply to households At Lokhariya, an interior village in Araria district, at Sajida Begum’s house is heard the wailing of her 16-day-old grandson, who …
MARIMANTI, Kenya, Jan 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Stooped over knee-high rows of green gram plants at her farm in eastern Kenya, Grace Kaari hums to herself as she slices out weeds with a blunt machete. Two years ago, Kaari would not have had time to tend her crop in …
Kudadhoo Private Island Resort has become the first resort in Maldives to be fully solar powered. The resort is powered by the solar panels installed on the roofs of the two main water bungalows of the resort. The resort was designed by Yuki Yamazaki, an American citizen. He said that …
As a part of its ambitious plan to build 23-gigawatt (GW) solar power projects in Ladakh, the state-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) on Wednesday issued tenders for the construction of 7.5-GW projects in phase-I in the region. According to the tender, a 2.5-GW project would be built in …
If India is to generate 100 GW of solar power by 2022, it is only a matter of time before agricultural land also goes under The biggest victim of India’s solar revolution has been land – especially hundreds of acres in arid and semi-arid regions. When a large solar park …
The Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV Power Projects have been notified under the provisions of Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 vide resolution No. 23/27/2017-R&R; published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) (Part ISection) on 3rd August, 2017 …
