Planning Commission member BK Chaturvedi has said that the Union government would set up a green corridor to generate power from solar and wind capacities that were established at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore, Planning Commission member BK Chaturvedi. The National Action Plan on Climate Change has recommended that India generate 10 per cent of its power needs from solar, wind, hydropower and other renewable sources by 2015, and an additional 5 per cent by 2020.
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TN govt’s solar project yet to take off as clarity eludes
Lack of clarity on the implementation of incentives provided by the Tamil Nadu government affected the installation of rooftop solar power systems in households and industrial and commercial buildings. While the solar policy mandates industries and commercial entities to procure 6 percent of their power from solar sources, there has been no official com
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TECA wants govt to allot land for solar projects in industrial estates
Tamil Nadu Electricity Consumers Association (TECA), Coimbatore requested the state government to allot land in each of the proposed industrial estates for solar power generation. It may be noted that the state government proposed to set up new industrial estates in the southern districts. D Balasundharam, President of TECA pointed out that these industrial estates would have electrical sub-stati
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GMR Infra restructures energy vertical
GMR Infrastructure has reportedly restructured its energy business, which posted a net loss of 160 crore during Oct-Dec 2012 against a net loss of 84.3 crore a year ago, largely owing to fuel constraints. Until some time ago, there were no separate units for this segment, but now the company created several verticals so that complete responsibilities are on the head of th
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Case Study: Towards 25 years of carbon-free power
Lanco Solar recently integrated its 5 MW operating solar PV plant, out of 35 MW to be commissioned by end of 2011, to the grid in Gujarat. V Saibaba describes why this project fits into our landmark category
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Case Study: Niagara Tunnel breaks barriers
In an ambitious project, an engineering landmark takes shape 140 m under the Niagara Falls in Canada. When finished, the project will increase output by about 1.6 billion kWh, enough to supply renewable energy to 160,000 homes.
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ITI to pump in `2,380 cr for biz revival
ITI is planning to invest over Rs 2,380 crore to re-start its manufacturing units and
diversify into other businesses. The proposal to clear these funds for ITI's revival is with the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR
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Bids on solar thermal hybrids
The Central government plans to invite global bids for setting up power plants that would use a mix of solar and fossil fuels by mid-next year.