The entire country was put under a three-week lockdown starting March 25 to arrest the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. A few states like Maharashtra had already been under a lockdown or preparing for one starting March 15 Mumbai: The ongoing lockdown is set to dent electricity demand by a fourth as economic activity sputters […]
AAP protests outside Punjab assembly over power hike
The protesters, including Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab unit chief Mann and party legislators, were demanding roll back of the hike Chandigarh: AAP activists led by Member of Parliament Bhagwant Mann on Friday staged a sit-in protest outside the Punjab assembly here against the recent hike in electricity rates. The protesters, including Aam Aadmi Party […]
PTI Govt Taking Steps To Generate Cheap Energy: Minister
ISLAMABAD, UrduPoint / Pakistan: Federal Minister for Energy, Omer Ayub Khan on Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI), government was working on many projects to generate cheap energy in the country. Wind, solar and renewable energy projects would be completed in near future to meet the growing demand of industrial and other sectors […]
No apologies: Africans say their need for oil cash outweighs climate concerns
A handful of protesters on the ground floor of the cavernous Cape Town International Convention Centre spread fake oil on the ground and chanted, demanding an end to fossil fuels. Two floors above, the hundreds of delegates at Africa Oil Week were largely unaware – and mostly unmoved – by the display. “Under no circumstances […]
Guj sets 30,000 MW renewable energy generation target by 2022
Gujarat government has set a target of 30,000 MW of renewable energy generation by 2022 from the current 9,670 MW. “Gujarat will have over 30,000 MW of renewable energy by 2022, the roadmap for which has been finalised,” state’s chief secretary J N Singh told reporters here on Monday. At present, the state has a […]
Guj’s rooftop solar power scheme aims to cover 2 lakh families
Gujarat energy minister Saurabh Patel said here on Thursday that the state government’s rooftop solar panel scheme aims to cover two lakh households by March 31 next year. Under the scheme, people can install solar panels for electricity generation on the roof of their houses, and if there is surplus electricity, they can sell it […]
Climate change: India pitches for financial support
In the run-up to two key UN summits on Climate Change, India has raised the pitch for finance and technology support to developing nations to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of keeping a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said […]
In Maharashtra village farmers switch to solar pumps, experts fear groundwater exploitation
In Maharashtra’s Jalgaon village, many farmers spend sleepless nights to irrigate their fields, as power for irrigation isn’t available during the daytime for 15 days a month, but Dattaji Balaji Kikole, 62, doesn’t need to strain himself. Reason: Kikole has got a three-horsepower (hp) solar pump installed under the Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana launched […]
T’gana to go for 1000 MW solar energy, one-time settlement of dues of panchayats
The Telangana government on Wednesday said it would go for one-time settlement of dues of panchayats and municipalities to state-run electricity organisations and warned that henceforth heads of local bodies will be ‘punished’ for non-payment of bills on time. Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao, who presided over a review meeting on the power sector, said […]
Africa’s largest wind power project opens in northern Kenya
Kenya unveiled Africa’s largest wind power plant on Friday, a project aimed at reducing electricity costs and dependence on fossil fuels and moving the nation to meet its ambitious goal of 100% green energy next year. The sprawling wind farm of 365 turbines on the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya was designed to […]