NEW DELHI: Activities such as segregation, composting, refuse-derived fuel (RFD) making and setting up of waste-to-energy plants up to 15 megawatt capacity at existing landfill sites, don’t require green clearance, the Union environment and forests ministry has...
Debt-ridden Orient Green Power Company (OGPL), a leading listed independent renewable energy-based power-generation company, on Friday announced that its board of directors has approved the sale of the bulk of its biomass operations to...
Orient Green Power Company on Saturday said Indian Overseas Bank has taken the possession of a biomass plant of the company’s subsidiary Global Power Tech Equipments on account of non-payment of principal and interest...
Uttar Pradesh is targetting 1,000 megawatt (mw) ofbiomass energy under the new UP Biomass EnergyPolicy 2015, which is being finalised. The government is mulling providing 100% stamp duty on acquiring private land for setting...
With the Feed-in Tariff, which supports smaller scale rooftop and solar farms, the proposal is to remove “pre-accreditation” – a lock-in to a fixed tariff level for six months, designed to give solar projects...
Given the fluctuating cost of raw material, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has sought the views of stakeholders to fix fuel costs for biomass-based power plants. The Commission, in a ‘discussion paper’, has...
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, is implementing a MNRE – UNDP/ GEF assisted Project on “Removal of Barriers to Biomass Power Generation in India.” The aim of the Project is...
U.K. renewable power generation surged 20 percent last year, boosted by new offshore wind farms, the Department of Energy and Climate Change said. Power from waste, biomass, the wind, the sun and hydro plants...
The EU is changing its policy on biofuels to encourage energy production from waste rather than from food crops. The European Commission says clearing land in order to plant biofuel crops can often cancel out the...
A report by campaign groups has warned that burning biomass (such as wood) in power stations may hinder attempts to tackle climate change. Biomass is expected to contribute about third of the UK’s mandatory...
Biomass-basedpower producers have knocked on the doors of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for lobbying with the Ministry of Finance for a 2 per cent interest subvention for the loans taken by...
Biomass power generators with a total generation capacity of 1,250 MW across the country has appealed to the Centre to treat them as an extension of agricultural activity and provide priority sector lending. Further,...
The sugar mills in Andhra Pradesh said they will be able add 100 mw power to the state grid, if the power tariff was raised for cogeneration. They said about 200 mw installed capacity...
Biomass power developers have initiated various steps to collect agro-residues from villages, its storage and proper transportation to biomass power plants said Dr. Farooq Abdullah, the Minister of New and Renewable Energy. The Ministry...
Doris Leuthard is former pre-sident of Switzerland and currently, federal councillor heading the Swiss department of energy, environment and transport and communication. Visiting India recently to attend a conference on biodiversity, Leuthard spoke with Atul Thakurabout India’s...
India will soon start a project to produce electricity through Earth heat or geothermal energy, Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister of New & Renewable Energy, said here on Monday. Inaugurating the two-day Northern Regional Science...