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SJVNL to commission 100 MW solar plant in Gujarat

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 18, 2020

Shimla: Public sector Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL) on Monday announced it will commission a 100 MW facility in Gujarat's Dholera Solar Park at an outlay of Rs 450 crore. Gujarat Urja Nigam Ltd had invited bids for 700 MW capacity. The SJVNL got 100 MW capacity at the...

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Subject Tags: India , SJVNL , solar

Tata Power to Help Premier Mumbai Hotels Run on Renewable Energy

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 18, 2020

Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) announced that it signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with TP Kirnali Solar Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power Company Limited. Under the agreement, Tata would provide renewable energy for IHCL’s Mumbai-based hotels for...

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India's power output rises for first time in five months in early August

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 18, 2020

CHENNAI: India’s electricity generation in the first 15 days of August rose for the first time since early March, provisional government data showed, as the country opened up industries and lifted restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus. Power generation rose 2.6...

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Subject Tags: electricity , India

Chandigarh's target: 100MW solar power by 2022

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 6, 2020

The UT administration has set a self-target of 100MW solar power generation by 2022 even as the ministry of new and renewable energy enhanced the city’s solar power generation target from 50 megawatt (MW) to 69 MW for that year. The city is already generating 35MW solar power...

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Okaya Bags EV Charger Deal From PGCIL in Meghalaya

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 6, 2020

Okaya, a flagship company of Okaya Power Group has announced that it has bagged a major contract from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), a Maharatna PSU of Government of India. PGCIL has given this contract to Okaya for supply, installation and commissioning of...

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NTPC and Indian Oil to Set Up a Waste-to-Energy Project in Delhi

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 6, 2020

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil and NTPC Limited to develop a demonstration waste-to-energy project at the Okhla landfill site in Delhi. This project will use gasification technology to process about...

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EU, India invite joint research proposals on integrated local energy systems

By : Sustainability ..., May 11, 2020

India’s Department of Science & Technology and the European Commission’s Innovation and Networks Executive Agency have issued a joint call for proposals that aims at smartly integrating large amounts of renewable energy in local energy systems in Europe and/or India and...

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Tropical Countries Like India To Be Worst-Hit By Water Stress: UN

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 24, 2020

Roughly one in every two individuals (52%) will be living in water-stressed regions by 2050 as climate change affects the water cycle and makes it harder to manage resources, said the World Water Development Report 2020 released by the United Nations (UN) on March 22, 2020,...

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India and Norway to pressure other countries on climate change: Javadekar

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 17, 2020

India and Norway will work together in exerting pressure on all countries for quick climate action and stressed that the finances promised to the developing world should be followed up, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday. Javadekar held "fruitful"...

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India just about stays on course for green economy

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 5, 2020

India’s annual budget, announced on February 1, was long on intentions to move towards a green economy, but short on specifics. In her budget, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised an incentive scheme for around two million farmers to move to solar-powered irrigation...

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