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 …
In a bid to make renewable energy technology deployment strategies politically acceptable, many countries are linking them to socio-economic goals, such as job creation, economic development and building competitiveness. A controversial industrial policy tool that is becoming increasingly popular is the use of local content requirements (LCRs). These regulate the …
This publication analyzes the performance of two states in India— Karnataka and Tamil Nadu— in their efforts toward installing solar and wind energy. It attempts to distill the reasons for their success, albeit in two very different renewable energy programs. It covers the major initiatives taken by the country in …
Access to sustainable energy is vital for the socio-economic development of rural India and overall growth of the country. A number of energy initiatives by the Government of India and the states are contributing towards improving energy access. However, the challenge of access to energy and coping with the highly …
Rajasthan is set to play a major role in solar and renewable energy, according to its Governor Margaret Alva. “Energy is the key to progress. At the same time, it is a big challenge too. Rajasthan is a national leader in solar energy and under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar …
This documents is prepared based on draft guide lines issued by MNRE for selection of 750 MW New grid connected Solar Power projects Under JNNSM Phase-II, Batch-I and may undergo changes.
US had made similar complaint against India in February Two months after it was taken to the World Trade Organization by the US government on the renewable energy (RE) sector, the Indian government has done likewise. It has made a complaint to WTO’s dispute settlement body, alleging the US, both …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy proposes to fix a tariff of Rs 5.45 per kWhr for solar power projects that would be awarded under the Phase II of the National Solar Mission, according to ‘Draft Guidelines’ released by the Ministry today. Those who want to put up solar …
290 MW of solar photo voltaic capacity has been commissioned as of April 15 out of the 340 MW of projects awarded under the second batch of the first phase of the National Solar Mission. In total, i.e., between both the batches of the first phase of the National Solar …
Voicing concern over "painfully slow" progress in climate talks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the goal of stabilising global temperatures was "nowhere in sight" and called for individual countries to take action to increase energy efficiency. While inaugurating the Fourth Clean Energy Ministerial, Singh also made it clear …
Jaipur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reiterated that the Central government plans to increase the installed capacity of solar power by an additional 10,000 MW by 2017. Of this, 40% is likely to come from Rajasthan. While speaking at the inauguration of the Fourth Clean Energy Ministerial in New …
This is the draft guidelines for setting up of 750 MW Grid Solar PV power projects with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), Phase-II, Batch-I. The objectives of these guidelines are: To enable scaling up of size of projects thereby leading to economics of scale …
Plants in Villivakkam, Sholinganallur, Navalur to process nearly 240 million litres of sewage daily Three more sewage treatment plants would come up across the city to treat sewage generated from the ever-expanding city. At present, Chennai has a capacity to treat a total of 558 million litres of sewage being …
Firm has already set-up 5 Mw and 33 Mw projects under the tariff-based bidding as a part of National Solar Mission Mahindra group's three-year-old foray into the solar power sector is in the midst of takeoff. The company says that it could set-up as much as 500 megawatts of solar …
Despite the local procurement conditions stipulated for solar power projects that are set up under the National Solar Mission, 70 per cent of them have used imported modules or cells. According to information provided by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, in the last three years 148 grid-connected solar …
Eminent American and global bodies ask US that the move will not only undercut New Delhi's effort to cut poverty, but also detrimental to developing a solar energy industry A dozen-odd eminent American and international organisations have asked the US to reconsider its decision to drag India to the World …
Offers Incentives To Local Cos, Yet Drags India To WTO Over Solar Mission New Delhi: The US has dragged India to the World Trade Organization for its scheme to incentivize locallymade solar cells, but an analysis shows that there are at least half-a-dozen American states that offer additional sops to …
The State Government introduces the Solar Power Policy with the following objectives: Promoting generation of green and clean power in the state using solar energy; To meet the targets to be achieved countrywide under JNNSM; To put in place an appropriate investment climate, that could leverage the CDM; Productive use …
Kochi: The 100KW pilot solar power project of the Cochin International Airport Ltd (Cial) is ready for commissioning. The project would go on stream as soon as the Kerala State Electrical Inspectorate gives its approval, Cial said in a statement. Cial has submitted the required application to the inspectorate. With …
Finding itself on weak wicket, New Delhi will try to settle a complaint Washington filed in WTO challenging India’s policy on procuring equipments for its National Solar Mission. While the ministry of new and renewable energy, which made the policy, maintains that it did not violate global trade rules, the …
Will Set Up Demo Projects In Pune, Mumbai To Study Technical Feasibility Of Power Generation Pune: The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) will install two grid-connected solar rooftop photovoltaic systems as demo projects in two government buildings, one each in Pune and Mumbai, in a bid to study the technical …
