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 …
Thirsty Middle Eastern and North African countries could tap into their solar-energy potential to cope with freshwater scarcity, according to resource experts. Water could be saved by switching to renewable solar energy from fossil fuel electricity generation that uses up water, said the World Resources Institute (WRI). The findings show …
A 140 kWp solar photovoltaic plant, inaugurated today by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at Milan Vihar Co-Operative Society, IP Extension area, here will generate 1,71,696 units in a year and society will earn generation based incentive of Rs 3,43,392 per year. The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Management Centre, Department …
The state government has set up a committee to help cooperative spinning mills and textile units set up solar power plants. Officials from the Maharashtra Textile Department, which has set up the committee, said the panel has been tasked with finalising the details of the proposed subsidy, the criteria to …
The CM added that Delhi will soon be in a position where surplus energy generated through such schemes will be sold to other parts of the country. Milan Vihar Apartments in east Delhi’s IP Extension became the first group housing society in the capital to get its own rooftop solar …
The initiative has been hailed as a major step towards promoting renewable energy and a significant contribution to environment protection. IDUKKI: With the installation of a micro-grid solar power station at Puravayal tribal colony in Marayur, a first of its kind in a tribal settlement, the decades-old dream of tribals …
In yet another effort to boost clean energy generation, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) unveiled a National Wind-solar Hybrid Policy that which seeks to promote new projects as well as hybridisation of the existing ones. The MNRE is also in the process of launching a scheme for …
The Gujarat government will establish a 5,000MW solar park at Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) over 11,000 hectare (110 sq km) land and the same land falls under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ). As per rule, no activity, except for exploration of gas and extraction of salt, could be done …
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu on Thursday inaugurated the state's biggest solar plant at the Energy Awareness Park here. The 1-MWp grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plant has been built at a cost of Rs 8.5 crore by the Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency (Apeda) with incentive grant under …
India has scrapped a duty on solar modules, making it easier to import the products after a sudden change in customs policy last year led to a logjam of shipments at Indian ports. Several consignments of solar modules, worth more than $150 million in total, were held up for more …
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has announced that property owners have only six months to comply with the requirements of installing solar water heating systems or risk a Sh1 million ($9,970) fine, one-year imprisonment or both. According to the Nairobi News, ERC has published a notice stating that inspectors will …
CAIRO (Reuters) - China’s GCL Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Egypt’s ministry of military production to build a solar panel facility at a cost of up to $2 billion, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported on Thursday. Under the MOU, which was signed on Wednesday, the facility will …
PATNA: State energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav along with state road construction minister Nand Kishore Yadav on Wednesday laid foundation stones of two projects related to solar power plants and solar street lights in Patna Sahib area. The projects will be completed by September this year. Under one of the …
The Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling recently said that the supply of turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for a solar plant cannot be construed to be a composite supply as per the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST). Giriraj Renewables Private Limited is an EPC contractor that enters into …
Against the ambitious target of 10,000 Megawatt for March 31, 2018, the country’s cumulative installed capacity of rooftop solar stood at 982 MW as of December 2017. CHENNAI: While investors have been encouraged by India’s large ground-mounted, grid-connected solar parks, the rooftop solar segment had hit its stride in the …
The authorities have already installed the floating bases/boards in the reservoir and the solar panels will be installed by the end of this month. VISHAKAPATNAM: The works of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation's (GVMC) prestigious floating solar power plant at Mudasarlova reservoir began on Monday. The power plant has a …
People in Germany's small towns and rural areas are turning to renewable energy in a process that has special lessons for countries like India. Learning how Germany's citizen-owned, highly-decentralised energy transition, named Energiewende, is working to decarbonise the economy, could be most useful for India, the third-biggest solar installer after …
Spanish multinational Abengoa will officially launch its third large-scale solar thermal plant in South Africa on May 18, near Pofadder in the Northern Cape. It is expected to have an impact on the local community and demonstrate the viability of renewable energy as a sustainable source of electricity. The parabolic …
As power demand increased in March 2018 due to various factors such as seasonal variations, inadequate availability of coal, short-term prices on the exchange surged sharply to Rs 4.02 per unit. At the opening session of the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said …
Ministry officials said they have received several representations from several industry bodies and they are being studied A subsidy scheme for promoting solar power equipment manufacturing is awaiting approval of the finance ministry while another one that offers assured power offtake to manufacturers is embroiled in World Trade Organisation (WTO) …
Most of the solar street lights that were installed in Harare, particularly those along Airport Road are no longer functioning. Harare City Council contracted various companies for the solar lights installation project in exchange for advertising rights. In an interview, Harare City Council corporate communications manager Mr Michael Chideme said …
