Green group favors impact assessment of each hydropower project in HP
Environment group Himdhara Collective on Sunday sent a letter to the expert committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, demanding cumulative impact …
Hydro & Biofuels
Bengal govt promoting renewable energy sources: Mamata Banerjee
The West Bengal government is drawing up several schemes for the promotion of solar power and other sources of renewable energy, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee …
Arunachal CM Khandu stresses on hydropower potential to transform state
Recalling years of economic struggle post-statehood in 1987, with lingering memories of war with China in 1962, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday …
Proposed Amendments in Tariff Policy
R.K Singh Union Minister for State (I/C) Power and New and Renewable Resources informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the Central Government in the …
World Biofuel day to be observed on 10th August 2018
World Biofuel Day is observed every year on 10th August to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels …
India’s energy deficit shrunk to less than one per cent in four years: NITI Aayog
The installed power generation capacity in India has risen to 344 GigaWatts (GW) and its energy deficit, which stood at over 4 per cent in …
No formal communication on government’s NHPC stake sale: NTPC
NTPC has not received any formal communication yet on government’s reported plans to sell its stake in hydropower producer NHPC to the state-run power utility …
Indonesia needs ‘dollars now’, says president urging greater biodiesel use
Indonesia’s president on Tuesday urged his ministers to make “serious” efforts to strengthen foreign exchange reserves by widening biodiesel use to combat pressures caused by …
Punjab Govt. approves renewable energy projects worth Rs 100 crore
The Punjab government has approved renewable energy projects worth Rs 100 crore, state Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy Sources Gurpreet Singh Kangar said …
69,784 MW of renewable energy capacity installed in the country by March 2018: R K Singh
In the year 2016-17, aggregate capacity of around 11,322 MW of renewable energy was installed in the country, and in year 2017-18, aggregate capacity of …