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 […]
Power tariff will not increase in Delhi for 5 years: Minister
Delhi’s Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said the electricity tariff will not increase for another five years. New Delhi: Delhi’s Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said the electricity tariff will not increase for another five years. Participating in a discussion in the assembly, Jain also claimed that the Arvind Kejriwal government would have […]
Portugal’s solar energy auction breaks world record -minister
Of the entities initially competing for the 1,150 megawatt (MW) auction, there were 13 winners, Galamba said, without giving any names. Lisbon: Portugal’s huge auction of solar energy broke a world record, with one of the 24 licences on offer selling for 14.76 euros per megawatt hour (Mwh), the secretary of state for energy Joao […]
Poland eyes green energy investments in Western Balkans: minister
WARSAW: Polish energy groups could invest in renewable power in Western Balkan countries that eye European Union membership, Jadwiga Emilewicz, minister for entrepreneurship and technology said. Poland backs the EU bids of the Western Balkan nations, including Serbia, which is Warsaw’s biggest trade partner in the region, as well as North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegowina. […]
Two weeks after cabinet reshuffle, Sidhu yet to take charge of power ministry
Two weeks after he was divested of his key portfolios in a cabinet reshuffle, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu is yet to take charge of the power ministry, said official sources. Meanwhile, a few posters mocking Sidhu surfaced in Mohali Friday. It has been asked in the posters as to when he would “quit politics” […]
India inching towards meeting Paris Agreement targets: RK Singh at G20 ministerial meet
India is implementing one of the largest renewable energy expansion and energy efficiency programmes and is moving towards achieving the target to fulfill the country’s commitments made in Paris Agreement, said Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh on Saturday. The minister made these remarks at the G20 Ministerial Meeting on ‘Energy Transitions […]
Punjab Cabinet rejig: Sidhu divested of crucial local govt dept, gets power portfolio
Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is at loggerheads with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, was divested of the crucial Local Government department and was given the Power and New and Renewable Energy Sources portfolio in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday. The rejig took place hours after the first state Cabinet meeting following the Lok Sabha […]
R K Singh takes charge as minister with focus on 24X7 Power for All
Bureaucrat-turned-politician and second time Lok Sabha member R K Singh Friday took charge of power and new & renewable energy ministries and stressed that focus of Team Modi 2.0 will be on reliable and sustainable ’24X7 Power for All’. “Our focus will be on 24X7 power for all. We want to provide reliable and sustainable […]
Environment Minister releases publication depicting steps taken by India to combat climate change
The Centre Tuesday released a publication titled ‘India – Spearheading Climate Solutions’ highlighting actions taken by the country to combat climate change. The coffee table book was released by Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan who said India has accomplished its ambitious targets to combat climate change. He said the initiatives captured in this publication are […]
Piyush Goyal gets Carnot Prize for power reforms, donates the prize money to International Solar Alliance
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has been awarded the Carnot Prize for his contribution towards sustainable energy solutions by the University of Pennsylvania here on Wednesday. Goyal, who was facilitated by the University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, has donated the prize money to International Solar Alliance. The Carnot Prize is given to the […]