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 …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a "productive" meeting with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and invited his country to join the International Solar Alliance. Modi met Nazarbayev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation here in the eastern Chinese port city. "Prime Minister Modi had a productive meeting with …
Solar auctions would be "dragged further" amid uncertainty about imposition of 70% safeguard duty on solar equipment and concerns among developers over grant of inter-state transmission system (ISTS), according to industry sources. Last month, state-run power giant NTPC had deferred auction of 2,000 MW of solar capacity to the first …
Calcutta: Erik Solheim, head of the United Nations Environment Programme, has praised India's efforts at cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, which he said had earned it the status of "host country" for this year's World Environment Day celebrations on June 5. He, however, suggested that India should have a strategy …
ACME Group today said it has won 50 MW solar power project at Gujrai solar park, Uttar Pradesh in an auction conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). ACME won the contract in the reverse auction held today, invited by the SECI for Gujrai solar park, a company statement …
Dehradun: A high-level probe has revealed massive irregularities and financial misappropriation in a Rs 100 crore project for the allotment of rooftop solar plants by the Uttarakhand Renewable Development Agency (UREDA) . The probe found that the allotments which were to be done under the project which had been launched …
China announced last week it was halting approvals of some new solar projects this year and cutting subsidies to developers to ease its pace of expansion, which is expected to slow demand in the world’s biggest market, weakening prices, and force the country’s manufacturers to ship more panels overseas. India …
UN was working on the details of the plan for installing solar equipment at the headquarters India has offered to power the UN headquarters with solar energy, helping bring the organisation in line with its own global advocacy of fighting climate change with renewables. "India is happy to inform that …
Government seeks to propose new national standards for the small-scale solar home system with the primary aim of regulating the quality of imported items. Most of the solar technologies used in Ethiopia are reported to be imported from Asian countries and a report by the World Bank Group magnifies that …
Renewable power accounted for 70% of net additions to global power generating capacity in 2017, according to REN21’s Renewables 2018 Global Status Report. However, the heating, cooling and transport sectors – which together account for about four-fifths of global final energy demand – continue to lag far behind the power …
MUMBAI: India hopes to touch renewable power capacity of 225 gigawatts (GW) by March 2022, R K Singh, power minister said on Tuesday, likely breaching the 175 GW target set in 2015. "We will cross the target of 175 GW of renewable energy before 2022," Singh said, adding bids for …
Four years of Modi government: During the four years of its rule, Modi government brought about many changes in the country’s renewable energy landscape. Four years of Modi government: During the four years of its rule, Modi government brought about many changes in the country’s renewable energy landscape. Even though …
The big ticket Rs 1.4 lakh crore KUSUM scheme to promote the use of solar power among farmers will be implemented from next month, renewable energy minister R K Singh said today. Recounting the government's achievements in the last 4 years, he exuded confidence that 4 crore families targeted under …
Solar energy has seen successful application, not only in huge MW solar projects in Rewa, Mandsaur and Neemuch and on rooftops of myriad offices and residences, but also in the fields of farmers. Understanding the problems of the farmers, the Prime Minister of the country and Chief Minister of Madhya …
Under the ‘Vipinam’ initiative, launched in March, IOC distributes various neatly packed saplings that can be bought at their retail outlets, aimed at replacing bouquets as gifts. KOCHI:Public sector oil major Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is aiming to be self-sustainable in the state by relying on alternative sources of energy. …
With the government focusing on growing the renewable energy sector in the country, the solar energy sector has seen a 76 per cent growth in job searches since 2014, according to a report. The government has set a target to produce 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, out of …
Imphal: An 8kW grid-connected rooftop solar power plant was installed by Manipur deputy chief minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh in Imphal West on Monday to provide power to Uripok here. It was installed at United Friends Library and Club, Lamboikhongnangkhong. This is the eighth solar power plant installed in Uripok Assembly …
Company recently acquired 1 GW projects of Gujarat-based Orange Renewables for $1 bn, making it India's second largest renewable company Hyderabad-based Greenko Group has raised $450 million for investing in its new business model -- setting up integrated round-the-clock renewable energy projects. Company sources said it will set up close …
Mysuru: The drastic reduction in the price offered per unit of solar power generated by households, and other institutions, appears to have made adopting this sustainable mode of energy an unviable proposition for many in the city. State-run power companies that were offering Rs 9.56 per unit of solar power …
State power secretary Sunil Gupta and chairman cum managing director Santanu Basu accompanied the minister at the inauguration. Solar tree is an installation akin to a tree with solar panels fixed at various points such that the panels receive maximum sunshine and generate electricity, which, in turn, is passed on …
Any individual or company can now own and operate a solar park in India and get government subsidy for it if the entity, person or firm, has land. The government has amended the regulations on solar parks, allowing anyone to set up a mega scale solar power project. In its …
