Lord's Mark forays into solar-based lighting space; bags street light project in BiharBihar is the first state to implement the world's largest solar-based lighting project, which will be implemented through BREDA (Bihar Rene...
24 May, 2022, 09.26 PM IST
Border villages along China border to have high-speed internetDue to better telecom infrastructure and roads on their side, Chinese PLAs find it easier to patrol along the LAC. Indian border guarding f...
15 Dec, 2021, 07.30 AM IST
PM slams previous UPA regime for shoddy work on electrificationThis is the tenth interaction in the series by the Prime Minister through video conference with the beneficiaries of various government sch...
19 Jul, 2018, 04.24 PM IST
Government has doubled spend on rural electrification in 4 years: RK SinghIn the last fiscal year, 50.41 lakh such households had been given free electricity connections, five times more than 9.62 lakh connections...
01 May, 2018, 11.54 PM IST
Tata Power DDL to set up two pilot solar microgrids in BiharThe proposal envisages setting up of two 15 KWp solar projects in Tayabpur and Behlolpur village in the first phase, followed by capacity a...
07 Jul, 2017, 11.52 PM IST
6,000 unelectrified villages provided with power: GovernmentElectrification has been done in 6,000 of the 18,500 unelectrified villages and the renewable energy capacity has reached 39.5 Giga Watts.
17 Mar, 2016, 05.04 PM IST
Solar power to illuminate 140 Naxal-hit villages in ChhattisgarhAs many as 140 remote villages and hamlets in Naxal-affected areas of Chhattisgarh which have no electricity supply even 68 years after the...
27 Nov, 2015, 04.44 PM IST
Now warranty for renewable energy products: Piyush GoyalGovernment will put in place a warranty clause in renewable energy projects to ensure that the infrastructure is maintained and repaired.
13 Aug, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
Sushil Kumar Modi takes potshots at Nitish Kumar's electrification of villagesThe senior BJP leader alleged that the Chief Minister will pass the buck on bureaucracy if the works appearing impossible to start with did...
24 Feb, 2015, 10.27 PM IST
12 states plan to set up solar power parks: GovernmentMoS Power said other states where such parks are being set up are: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pra...
05 Dec, 2014, 02.49 PM IST
- Wild life week training programmes
Vinay Luthra, PCCF (wild life) on Wednesday has recently launched a blog on the green initiatives of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Ener...
15 Oct, 2014, 06.54 PM IST
Government to fast-track supply of electricity to every villageGovt will fast-track its plan to supply electricity to every village & use solar power generation to light up remote hamlets — an early sig...
06 Jun, 2014, 04.03 AM IST
MP government to light up 44 Naxal-hit villages with solar energyUnder the plan, electricity can be generated through methods like biomass, bio-fuel, mini-hydro, solar or bio-gas for energising a village.
07 Feb, 2014, 12.02 PM IST
Govt may miss rural electrification target due to difficult terrainsDifficult terrains, delays in nods, inhabitations in wildlife sanctuaries major impediments to power supply electricity.
24 Dec, 2012, 05.00 AM IST
- Electric grid will accelerate climate change in Sundarbans: Experts
The ongoing extension of the electric grid to the remote islands of Sundarbans will not only adversely affect the viability of existing ren...
16 Dec, 2012, 11.02 AM IST
- Bajaj Electricals to illuminate Bandra-Worli sea-link project
The engineering and projects business unit of Bajaj Electricals has received an order to illuminate the Bandra-Worli sea-link project.
07 Oct, 2008, 06.53 PM IST
- Green power has a 7% share in grid capacity
The contribution of green fuel in the country’s power sector has crossed 7% of the grid power capacity in 2006.
02 Jan, 2007, 01.21 AM IST