News

National Electric Power Authority (Nepra) has announced simplification of license procedures and a major cut in the license fee for small scale renewable energy projects. Private investors intending to set up renewable energy projects with power generation capacity of 500KW would now be required to pay Rs 24,000 while applying for generation licence.

Abhijit Lele / Mumbai April 10, 2009, 0:02 IST

International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank arm that provides funding for the private sector in developing countries, is planning to invest up to $140 million in the Tanti group

GOUTAM DAS
AA | BENGALURU

The budding solar industry in India, somewhat pegged back by the poor economic climate, wants the National Solar Mission to be operationalised. The National Action Plan for Climate Change, experts say, is excellent as a programme but the government needs to fix

The wind power plant is expected to generate 25.9 million units annually, which will offset the total annual energy requirement of 25 million units of ICF

TIRUNELVELI: The Indian Railways, which is actively exploring the possibilities of tapping non-conventional energy sources across the country to meet a portion of its ever-growing energy needs and executing a couple of projects in this direction at vantage points, will generate 50 MW electricity from solar energy by installing the units at Nagpur in near future, Member / Electrical, Ministry of Ra

Energy generated expected to completely offset ICF

United Nations climate talks threaten Saudi Arabia's economic survival and the kingdom wants support for any shift from fossil fuels to other energy sources such as solar power, its lead climate negotiator said.

Contrasting interests of different countries are challenging faltering climate talks, meant to forge by December a new global deal in Copenhagen to curb man-made climate change.

At first glance, a new day seems to be dawning for the overshadowed solar sector in Australia, the world's sunniest continent.

The government is pushing through a carbon trading scheme that will penalize big greenhouse gas emitters; a major piece of renewables legislation is due for approval within months, setting a target of 20 percent green energy by 2020.

Australia has drafted laws that mandate the generation of 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 and the government aims to have the legislation passed within months.

The Mandatory Renewable Energy Target legislation aims to expand the target under an earlier scheme to 45,000 GWh by 2020 from 9,500 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2010.

Japan's subsidies for home solar panels have attracted far fewer applicants than planned, industry data showed on Wednesday, underscoring the likelihood of bold government steps to promote solar power.