Various states are making quick progress in solar capacity addition Though Gujarat and Rajasthan are at the forefront of solar power development in the country, other states are also making rapid progress in harnessing...
NEW DELHI, APRIL 16: India has 900 GW of commercially exploitable sources of renewable energy if 3 per cent of the country’s wasteland is made available, according to the Ministry for New and Renewable...
LUCKNOW: On his second day at the Hannover trade fair in Germany, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav met chief executive officers of manufacturing and IT companies and promoted the cause of new and renewable energy....
HYDERABAD: Two Chinese firms today evinced interest to explore the possibility of making investments in the solar power sector in Andhra Pradesh. Trina Solar informed Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who is in the...
SHILLONG: A 240-MW hydel power project of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) proposed to be set up along the Assam-Meghalaya border is facing strong opposition from locals who claim it would affect 1000...
Oil India, the nation’s second largest state-owned oil explorer, today said it has commissioned a 54 MW wind energy project in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Saddled between the two states, the project is split...
Government will soon finalise a policy making it mandatory to feed power generated through various off-grid solutions, like mini transmission network, to the national grid once it reaches the hinterland. The move aims at...
Delhi government on Thursday asked the capital’s three private power distribution companies to furnish information about their relationships with former officers of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission and various departments of the state government....
Patna: Bihar legislative assembly on Thursday passed the energy department’s budget of Rs 8,436.89 crore by voice vote amid ruckus and walkout by the BJP members. Energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav, who tabled the...
New Delhi, April 16 A special court here on Thursday fixed May 1 as the date to consider the final report in a coal block allocation case involving Kolkata-based Vikash Metal and Power Limited...
KOLKATA: SBI’s commitment to fund the Adani Group’s coal project in Australia up to $1 billion in loan may be fraying with environmental activists led by Greenpeace International successfully forced many European and the...
HYDERABAD: Mytrah Energy, a renewable energy-focused independent power producer, has raised a capital worth USD 60 million through non-convertible debenture from Merrill Lynch International and Aion Direct Singapore. Together with the cash flow from...
With some of the state power generation utility’s proposed coal-based projects not likely to be logistically viable, the Maharashtra government is planning to use the land meant for these projects to generate solar energy....
Computer hackers have begun targeting electric and nuclear power plants around the world, as well as other critical infrastructure sites in increasingly audacious attacks, a senior Israeli cyber security expert warned on Thursday. Col....
Developers of new coal-based power plants will have to set up renewable power units amounting to 10% of the total capacity, as the government integrated its commitment to reduce the emission intensity of the gross...