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 …
"The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission will be in the second phase starting from 2013 up to 2017. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has therefore come up with its draft policy document on the programmes for the second phase. The document is available for public comments. The draft …
Faridabad is being developed as pilot solar city for which the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has conveyed its sanction in-principle for providing financial assistance amounting to Rs 2.50 crore. A spokesman for the Haryana Renewable Energy Department here yesterday said the Akshay Urja Bhawan based on energy …
By 2017, the cost of generating solar power in India could be as low as the cost of buying conventional electricity if the National Solar Mission sticks to its target. A draft policy document on the second phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, prepared by the ministry of new …
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited comments till December 15, 2012 on this draft of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) Phase-II. This phase is targeting to bring the cumulative solar capacity to 10 GW by 2017 The objective of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission is …
The wait for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) Phase II policy seems to be over with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) releasing the draft policy in December 2012. Based on the experience of Phase I, a larger agenda has been envisaged under the second phase …
In 2008, India’s National Action Policy on Climate Change (NAPCC) set a target, called the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO), to produce 15% of the country’s electricity with renewable energy sources by 2020. Further, under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Indian government aims to develop 20,000 MW of …
SEI Solar Power Pvt Ltd will raise around $34.3 from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support its proposed greenfield solar farm project in Rajasthan. SEI Solar is a joint venture between Singapore-based SunEdison Energy and Astronergy Solar Korea Co Ltd The fund raising will help the company develop, construct, …
3,000 MW of solar energy to be added in second phase of national solar mission. Off-grid solar applications and grid-connected rooftop panels will be given more importance in the second phase of the ongoing Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Started in early 2010, the mission is a flagship programme …
The Government is looking at adopting the viability gap funding model for the second phase of the National Solar Mission, said Gireesh B. Pradhan, Secretary, Ministry for New and Renewable Energy. Implementing this model would mean a developer will be asked to state the amount the company would require to …
The rising cost of conventional power, largely driven by increasing raw material exports and the growing cost of putting up green-field facilities coupled with the steady decline in solar power costs could result in solar projects reaching grid parity by 2014, a new study by KPMG India has suggested. Grid …
While the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) opened up the solar electricity sector in India, the focus has primarily been on large-scale grid-connected power plants. With the drastic fall in prices of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and balance of systems (BOS) on the one hand, and the high and …
The objectives of the policy are: To encourage participation of Private Sector to set up Solar Power based projects in the State; To define the incentives and benefits to be provided to the participants of the Private Sector in clear terms; To build a favourable atmosphere for setting up Solar …
First Solar Inc, Mahindra Solar One Pvt. Ltd., and Kiran Energy Solar Power Pvt. Ltd., have signed an agreement for the supply of advanced, thin-film solar modules for two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants of 50 MW to be set up in Rajasthan. The two adjacent projects, which together will …
New Delhi India plans to provide affordable power to all households in the next five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today. "The Government of India aims to provide 24x7 electricity to all households in the country and affordable access to electricity in the next 5 years," he said inaugurating …
New Delhi The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has proposed tapping into the Clean Energy Fund proceeds to subsidise the capacity addition envisaged in the second phase of the national solar mission. The ministry has mooted the idea in view of the prevailing uncertainty about adequate availability of …
New Delhi: The Delhi environment department has identified 25 government schools and 10 government hospitals that will get independent solar power systems. The pilot project is looking at generating 500kW of power through rooftop solar photovoltaic cells under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Environment secretary Sanjiv Kumar said the …
The National Clean Energy Fund has been created as a funding mechanism ostensibly for research and development in the fi eld of clean energy technologies. So far, the fund has collected Rs 8,200 crore from the clean energy cess, but the processes of disbursement are mired with confusion. This note …
Cost of solar power may equal to that of conventional energy by 2014: Study If India’s conventional power sector, particularly coal-based thermal power projects, has found itself squarely stuck under the long shadow of governmental inefficiencies and suspect allocation mechanisms, there is a drastically different story unfolding in the country’s …
The report presents a point of view on the Solar Energy sector in India. This report focuses on the solar cost trends and looks at segments of the market which are most suitable for adoption of solar power within the coming few years. Given the financial position of the power …
Mumbai India needs to stem an influx of cheaper imports from China and ease taxes on locally made solar cells to boost domestic manufacturing, Tata Power Solar Systems’ newly appointed CEO Ajay Goel told FE in a telephonic interview on Wednesday. The government aims to turn India into a major …
