Solar Thermal Power

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding poor handling of the fly ash by Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, Khedar, Hisar district, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …

Solar Mission gathers steam

The National Solar Mission is gathering momentum as more number of projects move towards financial closure and achieve land acquisition, the review meeting of projects noted. The appraised projects include smaller projects of 1 mw and 2 mw, 5 mw solar photovoltaic projects and large scale solar thermal projects. While …

Sunny side up

Solar power has come a long way from the 50 per unit that it cost a couple of decades ago

AP to get solar power policy soon

The state government is contemplating a comprehensive solar power policy as a large of solar power projects are in the pipeline in Andhra Pradesh. A study team that recently toured Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, said that consultants will now be appointed to give recommendations for the policy. Officials from …

Speed up solar power projects, Centre tells Rajasthan

The Centre has asked the Rajasthan Government to speed up the implementation of solar power projects awarded to private companies in western parts of the State and make arrangements for training of engineers and technicians to add quality to the existing projects and serve the needs of the future. Union …

Draft Karnataka solar policy 2011-2016

The draft solar policy released by Karnataka government for 2011-2016. The state government aims to install 40 MW of solar power generation capacity every year between FY12 and FY16. This capacity includes the generation capacity selected under the first and second phases of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Karntaka …

Technology roadmap: energy-efficient buildings - heating and cooling equipment

Buildings account for almost a third of final energy consumption globally and are an equally important source of CO2 emissions. Currently, both space heating and cooling as well as hot water are estimated to account for roughly half of global energy consumption in buildings. Energy-efficient and low/zero-carbon heating and cooling …

Rajasthan solar energy policy, 2011

The Rajasthan State will promote setting up of solar power projects. The total capacity under this category will be distributed equally between SPV and solar concentrating thermal power plants. Rajasthan has come up with an new Solar Energy Policy, named as, Rajasthan Solar Policy 2011. The State of Rajasthan receives …

Elusive critical debate about subsidies

In January, Deepak Gupta, the secretary for ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), reaffirmed plans to install 20 gigawatts (GW) of solar power by 2022, calling it

Too little for renewables

THE Union budget’s approach to the renewable energy sector remains scattershot. The only mention the sector gets in the 2011-12 budget is when it talks about the duty cuts on the energyefficient LED lights, solar lanterns and solar cells. “Except for the small concession of withdrawing customs duty on inputs …

Haryana gets fresh norms for renewable energy tariff

Chandigarh Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has issued guidelines for fixation of tariff for renewable energy projects, renewable purchase obligation and renewable energy certificate implementation in the state. These guidelines will set general parameters of tariff for all the projects based on renewable energy sources that are being set up …

Solar energy for the less privileged

Solar thermal systems are able to reduce energy costs. To realise such savings, government programmes in Turkey, Brazil and Mexico are promoting the integration of solar installations in social housing.

Solar generation 6: solar photovoltaic electricity empowering the world

This report aims at providing a clear and comprehensible description of the current status of the developing Photovoltaic power generation world-wide and its untapped potentials and growth prospects in the coming years. During 2010, the Photovoltaic (PV) market has shown unprecedented growth and wide-spread deployment of this environmentally friendly source …

Largest SHC system for retirement home

A recently renovated retirement facility in Canada will now benefit from the country's largest solar heating and cooling (SHC) installation. The system will cut electricity consumption roughly in half.

Towards one standard

Any company wishing to sell solar collectors and systems worldwide must have its products certified in order to obtain whichever certificate is required in a particular region. This is a barrier to being active on the global marketplace. The requirements are now converging, however.

A sunshine year

Sanjay Chakrabarti The year 2010 brought a lot of

BHEL bags solar biz from Indiabulls

State-run power equipment-maker BHEL on Thursday said it has bagged contracts worth `78 crore from Indiabulls for setting up three solar power projects.

National Solar Mission draws good response

Response to the National Solar Mission, which aims at generating 20,000 Mw of solar power in the country over the next decade, has been good so far. In less than a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the scheme, 300 bids for solar photovoltaic (PV) plants and 44 for …

Report on barriers for solar power development in India

This new World Bank report focuses on problems and barriers that developers are facing in the solar power sector in India. It analyses the risk perception of domestic and international developers and shows how these could be mitigated. The World Bank initiated a study to understand the barriers faced by …

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