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25 firms show interest in 300 MW solar projects in Punjab

As many as 25 companies, including Tata Solar, L&T, Aditya Birla, have evinced interest in setting up 300 MW solar power projects involving an investment of Rs 3,000 crore in Punjab.

"About 25 companies have shown interest in setting up 300 MW solar power projects at various locations in the state," Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) Chief Executive T P S Sidhu said here today.

He said total capital expenditure for establishing 300 MW of solar power project would be to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore including land cost.

Among prominent companies which... Read more..

Date : Apr 5
Source: Economic Times

Fullerton India installs micro hybrid wind turbine

Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd has commissioned a micro hybrid wind turbine to fulfil part of the power requirements of the KG Matriculation & Higher Secondary School at Annur, Tamil Nadu. This wind turbine of 600 W capacity along with a 250W solar panel will help the school run fans and lights during long power outages in the area. The installation was dedicated to the school by Shantanu Mitra, MD & CEO of Fullerton India.

Fullerton India installed this hybrid wind & solar energy system at the Annur school, as part of its CSR initiative, to spread awareness... Read more..

Date : Apr 4
Source: Economic Times

Giriraj of India Completes 33MW of Solar Capacity in Rajasthan

Giriraj Enterprises Ltd. of India completed 33 megawatts of solar-power capacity, the most to be built under the nation’s Renewable Energy Credits mechanism.

The company started output from three projects of 19, 11 and 3 megawatts in the western state of Rajasthan last week, Prafulla Khinvasara, the company’s chief executive officer for renewable-power projects, said by telephone.

Companies such as Giriraj, a tobacco trader, are building solar generators to benefit from renewable-energy incentives. Producers of clean power can earn certificates for the output they send... Read more..

Date : Apr 4
Source: Bloomberg

Plastic waste time bomb ticking for India, SC says

"We are sitting on a plastic time bomb," the Supreme Court said on Wednesday after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) informed it that India generates 56 lakhtonnes of plastic waste annually, with Delhi accounting for a staggering 689.5 tonnes a day.

"Total plastic waste which is collected and recycled in the country is estimated to be 9,205 tonnes per day (approximately 60% of total plastic waste) and 6,137 tonnes remain uncollected and littered," the CPCB said.

The four metros are major culprits in generating such waste, with Delhi producing 689.5 tonnes a... Read more..

Date : Apr 4
Source: Times of India

SunEdison, Thermax, Azure win mandate for rooftop solar projects in 4 cities

Three companies—SunEdison, Thermax and Azure—have been named successful bidders for putting up rooftop solar power projects in four cities—Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Gurgaon—in a tender floated by the government-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).

Azure Power India Pvt Ltd will put up 0.5 MW in each of the four cities. Thermax will put up 1 MW each in Bangalore and Chennai, while SunEdison, through its subsidiary, SEI Green Technology Pvt Ltd, will put up 0.5 MW each in Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi.

In all, the three companies will put up 5.5 MW in the... Read more..

Date : Apr 4
Source: Hindu Business Line

Mahindra EPC's three solar power projects get government recognition

Three of Mahindra EPC's solar power projects have been recognized by the central government's ministry of new and renewable energy and the nodal agency for phase I of the JNNSM-NVVN (Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission-NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam), in their recently announced merit list for early commissioning of solar power projects.

The company said its 5 MW solar PV power project being constructed for Mahindra Solar One near Jodhpur, Rajasthan, has been listed in the top slot under the merit list for phase I, batch I. In addition, two projects constructed by the company for... Read more..

Date : Apr 4
Source: Times of India

EKIESL Emerges as India's Largest Corporate Buyer of Renewable Energy Certificate

EKI Energy Services Limited emerged as India's First Largest Private Indian Corporate Buyer of Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) for off-setting the Organizational Carbon Foot Prints, through voluntary participation in last month's REC-trading session on 28th March 2013.

EKI Energy Services Limited (hereinafter referred as EKIESL) had participated as Voluntary REC Buyer in the March 2013 trading session at both the Power Exchanges operational in India - Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) & Power Exchanges of India Ltd (PXIL); to offset its part of carbon footprints. This way... Read more..

Date : Apr 4
Source: Azocleantech

Hindustan Salts, BHEL in talks for mega solar plant

Hindustan Salts Ltd (HSL), a state-owned firm manufacturing common salt, is looking to partner Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), the country's largest power equipment firm, to install what is being touted as Asia's largest solar power generation facility on around 15,000 acres of unutilised salt pan land in Rajasthan. The initial feasibility study for the proposed 2,500 MW solar generation integrated plant is slated to get underway shortly.

The proposal, being spearheaded by the ministry of heavy industries, under whose administrative control both the state-owned... Read more..

Date : Apr 4
Source: Indian Express

L&T Construction bags orders worth Rs 3,700 cr in March

L&T Construction bagged new orders worth Rs 3,700 crore under different business segments during March 2013.

While the building and factories business got orders for Rs 1,986 crore for building residential towers and for commercial development, the power transmission and distribution business accounted for orders valued at Rs 1,097 crore.

A major order is from the Punjab State Power Corporation for the execution of the restructured accelerated power development and reforms programme on a turnkey basis at Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana city. The work includes... Read more..

Date : Apr 3
Source: Hindu Business Line

Indian Demand for Clean-Energy Credits Almost Triples in March

Indian demand for renewable-energy credits, used by power distributors and industrial electricity consumers to meet annual government goals for clean generation, almost tripled last month in the run-up to the fiscal year-end.

Bids for credits rose to 435,481 in March from 159,729 the month before, according to REConnect Energy Solutions Pvt., a trader that records all of the transactions on the Indian Electricity Exchange and the Power Exchange of India.

“This was also the highest volume cleared in the financial year,” REConnect Director Vibhav Nuwal said by e-mail. “... Read more..

Date : Apr 3
Source: Bloomberg

Green Infra to raise Rs.500 cr from Piramal

Renewable energy producer Green Infra Ltd is raising nearly Rs.500 crore from Piramal Enterprises Ltd in a structured deal with debt and equity components, according to a person close to the development.

“The money that is being raised will be utilized to fund the firm’s projects and its expansion plans,” said the person cited above, requesting anonymity. Mint could not ascertain the structure of the deal or stake taken by Piramal Enterprises in Green Infra.

In January, Mint reported that Green Infra was in advanced talks with investors to raise $150 million. IDFC... Read more..

Date : Apr 3
Source: Livemint

Punjab invites bids for 300 MW solar power projects

The Punjab government on Tuesday invited bids for setting up 300 MW solar power projects at various locations in the state.

A pre-bid conference in this regard will held tomorrow, a spokesperson of the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) said, adding the projects for 300 MW photovoltaic (MWp) power would be set up under build-own-operate (BOO) basis.

The state has a major potential in generating power from solar energy as 330 days of clear sunshine with solar insolation between 4-7 kwh/sq metre is available, the spokesperson said.

Date : Apr 3
Source: Hindu Business Line

World's first solar plane to fly across US

A first of its kind ultra-lightweight plane powered completely by the sun is set to fly coast-to-coast this spring.

The Solar Impulse plane will stop in Dallas city in Texas during its historic cross-country journey that begins on May 1, its creators announced today.

The plane, which requires zero fuel and relies solely on solar panels and battery power, would be the world's first plane powered purely by solar energy.

The two Swiss pilots of the plane, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, want to complete a flight from Moffett Field to New York City, after... Read more..

Date : Apr 3
Source: Times of India

REC to raise up to Rs 37,000 cr in FY14

Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), a leading state-run infrastructure finance company in the power sector, is planning to raise Rs 35,000-37,000 crore in the current financial year compared with a borrowing of Rs 31,000 crore in the last financial year.

“We will raise about Rs 35,000-37,000 crore this financial year and this includes Indian as well as foreign fund raising. The abroad fund raising may be about Rs 5,000 crore,” said Ajeet Agarwal, director (finance). The funds raised are used in financing and promotion of power generation, transmission and distribution,... Read more..

Date : Apr 3
Source: Business Standard

MC seeks to learn from Lahore waste management

The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation is trying to learn new ways to improve its solid waste management system from neighbouring Pakistan whose three-member team is visiting the city.

The team is led by senior administrative officer Wasim Azmal Chaudhary from Lahore Waste Management Company. A few days back, LMC commissioner R K Verma had visited Lahore for the same purpose and studied Lahore's waste management system, which is considered to be the best in Asia.

Talking to Ludhiana Newsline, A S Sekhon, incharge of health and sanitation wing and joint commissioner, who... Read more..

Date : Apr 3
Source: Indian Express

SC slaps Rs. 100 cr. penalty on Sterlite for pollution

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Sterlite Copper Smelter plant to function in Tuticorin in public interest, but asked the company to pay Rs. 100 crore as compensation for polluting land and water by running it without approval for a considerable period of time.

However, this judgment will not help the company revive operations that were suspended on March 30 by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board following a gas leak.

A Bench comprising Justices A.K. Patnaik and H.L. Gokhale set aside an order of the Madras High Court, which directed closure of the plants in... Read more..

Date : Apr 3
Source: The Hindu

Ethanol makers to get a boost with compulsory fuel blending

 
A government initiative to promote the blending of ethanol with petrol to reduce the country’s dependence on hydrocarbons is getting a slow start although implementation is just months away and the policy received a further push in January this year.
 
Ethanol producers are preparing to take advantage of oil marketing companies being required to sell petrol blended with 5% ethanol across the country from 1 July. The January notification said that by 2017, every litre of petrol should be blended with 20% of ethanol.
 
Such a... Read more..
Date : Apr 2
Source: Livemint

Three more sewage treatment plants for Chennai

 
Three more sewage treatment plants would come up across the city to treat sewage generated from the ever-expanding city.
 
At present, Chennai has a capacity to treat a total of 558 million litres of sewage being generated daily in 11 units set up at six locations. Work is on to set up sewage treatment plants with a capacity to treat 228 mld in four more spots.
 
The three new STPs would come up in Villivakkam (135 mld), Sholinganallur (100 mld) and Navalur (6 mld). Moving the demands for grants for the Municipal Administration and... Read more..
Date : Apr 2
Source: The Hindu

HC pulls up state govt for shoddy waste management

The Bombay high court on Monday pulled up the state government for its failure to devise an action plan to identify and acquire land across the state for dumping and processing solid waste.

The division bench of justice AM Khanwilkar and justice AP Bhangale was hearing a bunch of petitions seeking implementation of the municipal solid waste management rules and closure of dumping sites within city limits.

The court, irked with the government’s attitude, remarked: “How much time does it take to identify a land and acquire it? If you focus and do it then it should not take more... Read more..

Date : Apr 2
Source: Hindustan Times

India Post e-network to get solar push

When India Post completes its computerisation and networking of all the 1.30 lakh branch offices across the country, it is going to provide a solar power back for the computer systems.

Each of the office will get solar panels to ensure the network works even when there is no power.

In all, India Post has 1.55 lakh post offices. All of them will networked.

“This is to ensure that system works uninterruptedly even when if there is no power supply and beneficiaries of social security schemes get payments,” Killi Kruparani, Union Minister of State for Information... Read more..

Date : Apr 2
Source: Hindu Business Line

G-20 energy ministers to meet on April 16

 
India will look towards signing an agreement with the United States for sharing technology for development of electrical vehicular during the three-day fourth clean energy inter-ministerial conference of G-20 ministers starting from April 16.
 
The meeting which is being held in India for the first time will be attended by energy ministers from major G-20 nations including U.K, United States and Europe.
 
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to inaugurate the conference. CEO's and heads of almost 40 companies from the US will... Read more..
Date : Apr 1
Source: Business Standard

Developed world goes stingy on climate fund

More than 190 countries decided it would build up to a $100 billion kitty by 2020 to fight climate change globally but the Green Climate Fund looks set to remain an empty pot as the US and other developed countries have refused to commit the needed money or even set timelines for their contributions.

In a meeting of the UN fund held in Berlin recently, the US and other developed countries refused to discuss a burden-sharing formula for contributions or set any calendar to schedule the initial funding. By December 2012, only $5.7 million was committed by the rich world to the fund.... Read more..

Date : Apr 1
Source: Times of India

Roof over roads to tap solar power

India's major roads may double up as solar highways, if an innovative proposal by some scientists gets the government's approval. The proposal is the brainchild of scientists at the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) in the state capital.

In a paper just published in the International Journal of Energy, Environment and Engineering, the scientists say highways can be used to generate solar power, if a roof of solar panels was laid over them, across the length of the roads.

The photovoltaic (PV) panels that convert sunlight into electricity is normally... Read more..

Date : Apr 1
Source: Times of India

​Global companies may fuel waste-to-energy plants

​The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has invited proposals from companies across the globe to set up waste-to-energy plants in Mumbai.

With the worsening condition of the two operational dumping grounds in Deonar and Kanjurmarg, the BMC is frantically looking for solutions to treat the 6,500 metric tonnes of waste... Read more..

Date : Apr 1
Source: Times of India

First solar power plant starts

A 5MW solar power plant of NTPC - the first non-conventional energy plant in the district - was inaugurated for commercial operations in the Dadri unit of the company on Saturday. The plant is also the first solar project of the public sector company to be commissioned anywhere in the country. Built at a cost of Rs 48.59 crore over an area spread over 27 acres, the plant is expected to generate around 7.26 million units of power every year. The plant is expected to reduce carbon emissions of 0.82 metric tonnes per every megawatt-hour of electricity produced. NTPC will sell the power... Read more..

Date : Apr 1
Source: Times of India
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