Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Developing cities seeking to assess their policy and financing options for rooftop photovoltaic (PV) power generation can benefit from the increasing sophistication of rooftop PV simulators. This report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) examines the evolution of solar PV simulators, from single-rooftop assessments at the household level to …
CHANDIGARH: The ministry of new and renewable energy has enhanced the city’s solar power generation target from 50 megawatt (MW) to 69 MW to be achieved by 2022, compounding the problems of the administration which is struggling to catch up. Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest) has …
The objective of the programme was to promote non-conventional energy to save on conventional energy and also to reduce the carbon footprint. VIJAYAWADA: There are only around some 250 to 260 households with rooftop solar power units in Vijayawada city, one of the 60 cities shortlisted by the Central Government …
CHANDIGARH: If all goes according to the plans of the ministry of new and renewal energy (MNRE), City Beautiful will be on green energy by the end of 2018. After the selection of Chandigarh for development as a model solar city, MNRE directed Chandigarh administration to make the city 100% …
The aim of the programme is to promote the use of renewable energy in urban areas.a Hyderabad: The Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh governments have failed in submitting the detail project reports on solar cities to the Centre. The Centre had identified Mahbubnagar in Telangana state and Vijayawada, Narsapur and …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Solar Cities, 15/12/2016. The names of the cities included under Development of Solar Cities Programme, State-wise, are given in Annexure-I. The details of funds allocated and released during the last three years and the current year, State-wise, are given in Annexure-II.
It has been designed to supply power to fountains at the lake for aeration A floating solar power plant pilot of 10 kw peak (kWp) — the peak power — has been commissioned at Dhanas lake in Chandigarh amid efforts by the government to develop the Union Territory as a …
Surat: If all goes well, the Diamond City is all set to become `Solar City' in real sense. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is set to launch a survey to access the ground situation and readiness of households, educational institutions, commercial establishments and industries, for installing rooftop solar plants, starting …
Interestingly, this company has been founded by Musk's cousins. Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors just announced its offer to acquire SolarCity, one of the largest solar energy companies in the US. Interestingly, this company has been founded by Musk’s cousins. According to the Tesla Blog, the SolarCity team has built its …
Giving a major push to clean energy , the AAP government today came out with an ambitious policy announcing incentives and tax breaks to promote solar power and making it mandatory for government and public institutions to install rooftop solar panels. The solar policy, finalised at a cabinet meeting chaired …
The city is set to become environment friendly in terms of power generation with the state cabinet approving on Monday a solar power policy. The approach outlines regulations and mandates incentives and tax breaks for the generation of rooftop solar power in the capital. The government plans to offer a …
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has selected Aryans College of Engineering, Rajpura near Chandigarh for developing it as a green campus under its scheme on development of Solar Cities. In accordance with this ministry's administrative approval vide no5/4/2013-14/SC on the scheme of "Development of Solar Cities", 12 organizations …
Pune can significantly contribute towards the overall national goal of 100 GW of solar power by 2022 from current its current 6 GW capacity. To accelerate the pace of solar deployment in the city, the newly formed Pune Smart City Development Corporation Ltd. ( PSCDCL) has planned to launch the …
Jaipur: The Walled City will soon be illuminated with solar lights. In a bid to save energy and utilise solar energy, the JMC under the Smart City Mission project, will replace the old lights at Walled City with solar ones. It will be the first project undertaken by Jaipur Smart …
Agra: The central government's solar city project is yet to make its mark in Agra. Against the target of reducing the total usage of conventional energy of the city by 10% through promotion of solar energy by 2018-end, the administration has been able to achieve less than even 0.5% during …
Kolhapur: The University Grants Commission has asked all educational institutions to develop green campuses in a bid to promote the idea. As per a circular dated March 10, the UGC has asked university officials to send proposals under the Development of Solar Cities programme. The project, under the ministry of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Solar Cities, 10/03/2016. The Government has set a target for installation of 1,00,000 MWp solar power plants in the country by the year 2022. So far, an aggregate capacity of 5775 MWp solar power plants has been installed in the country. The Ministry of …
If all goes as planned then Delhi will soon lead the 55 cities being developed as “solar cities” under the Centre’s Smart City initiative. Central Delhi, which has been identified for the project, is likely to harness as much as 1.8 megawatt (MW) of solar energy by March next year. …
Union Minister for Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that the town would be developed as a solar city, the second town in the State after Vijayawada. She laid foundation stones for various development projects with an expected outlay of Rs. 1.5 crore at Matsyapuri village. Reiterating that the Centre …
The expert panel on solar cities under the central ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), which is meeting next month, is likely to hear the presentation of Kochi Solar City project. The Kochi corporation sent the final master plan to the ministry last month after making changes to the …
