Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
This report presents a synthesis of India's solar irrigation policies. It provides a detailed picture of the country's renewable energy transition journey, highlights the current issues faced by the energy and water sector in the context of solar irrigation, and describes how the SDC-SoLAR (Swiss Development Corporation-Solar Irrigation for Agricultural …
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 …
The MNRE has fixed the maximum permissible tariff at ₹2.68 per unit Solar developers warn that introducing the cap on solar tariff proposed by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy at a time when the rupee is at an all-time low against the US dollar may hamper capacity addition …
The ambitious project of Guru Nanak Dev University to have a solar energy plant on its campus is nearing completion. The university has installed solar panels atop 12 roofs. These panels will be installed on top of more six buildings in a month. The university authorities had approached the Solar …
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Power, has commissioned a 100 MW (50 MW x 2) solar capacity at Anthapuramu Solar Park, Andhra Pradesh. With this, the overall operating renewable capacity of TPREL now stands at 2,215 MW in India. The sale of power …
The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has appealed to Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy RK Singh to intervene to get private solar developers that have commissioned projects in Karnataka their payments. The projects, under National Solar Mission Phase-II Batch-III Tranche-V and with power purchase agreements …
This has reference to the guidelines for implementation of a scheme for setting-up of over 5,000 MW Grid-Connected Solar PV Power Projects with Viability Gap Gunding (VGF) under Batch-IV of Phase II, issued vide the Ministry's O.M. of even number dated 14-03.2016.
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has prepared a concept note on Solar PV Manufacturing Scheme to build up manufacturing capacity of solar PV modules, cells, wafers/ ingots and polysilicon in India.
The GST has led to 10-12 per cent rise in overall cost of solar projects, the All India Solar Industries Association has said, while petitioning the government against the rise in tax incidence on solar power equipment under the new regime. This will, in turn, result in increase in the …
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy has rapped the government for its ‘dismal performance’ in setting up solar energy systems at defence establishments. These observations were made in the 28th report of the committee titled National Solar Mission – An Appraisal. The committee noted that as on date 357.5 MW …
As of 2011, Gurgaon had a population of about 9 lakh, witnessing rapid urbanisation. The city has emerged as a leading financial and industrial hub, with the third-highest per capita income in India. Based on its growth, Gurgaon’s demand for electricity has increased and the government has taken certain steps …
New projects not to have local sourcing clause, on which WTO had raised objections India is hopeful of adhering to the World Trade Organisation’s year-end deadline for removing the compulsory domestic-sourcing clause in its national solar energy generation programme, as all ongoing projects are likely to be complete by then, …
Badly hit by a shrinking market and idle capacity, local manufacturers of solar cells and modules have decided to approach the government again seeking to impose a ‘safeguard duty’ on imported equipment. They had petitioned the Ministry of Trade and Commerce in early June seeking an anti-dumping duty on solar …
New contracts signed after December 14, under JNNSM, have to be without domestic content requirement The United States has agreed to give India time till December 14 this year to remove the requirement for mandatory domestic sourcing of solar panels and modules under its national solar power generation programme. “This …
The finance ministry has rejected an ambitious Rs 20,000-crore plan to prop up local solar equipment manufacturers with incentives and subsidies to help them withstand the flood of Chinese imports, said a source close to the development. The domestic industry is concerned about rising imports of solar equipment, which rose …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to boost domestic manufacturing of solar energy equipment is expected to see streamlined efforts. According to officials in the know, the Government is examining a proposal for setting up a Renewable Energy Export Council. The need for such a council follows the ambitious National Solar …
Solar power tariffs appear to be on a free fall in India to find a new floor at Rs 2.62 per unit, some 18% lower than the average price of Rs 3.20 charged by India's largest generation utility NTPC for electricity generated by its coal-fired plants. The historic low was …
The 10 MW pilot solar power plant near the airstrip in Neyveli. A 130-MW solar plant will come up at Neyeveli Township on 650 acres of land Buoyed by the success of its pilot solar plant, NLC India Ltd. has unveiled plans for installing power plants with net capacity of …
Puts on hold decision on approaching WTO panel against US India is delaying a decision on asking for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation against domestic content regulations in renewable energy programmes run by eight states in the US as it is hoping to work out a …
Surprised by India's initiatives in clean energy and coal dependency reduction, the international climate research organisations at COP22 here said that the country is set to "over-achieve" its emission intensity targets. According to an analysis, the on-ground actions are more effective than what India has reflected in its Paris Agreement …
