Aurangabad: The Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA) will organise a conclave on net-metering at Chhatrapati Shahu College of Engineering, Kanchanwadi on Wednesday.Head of energy cell, CMIA, B V Soni said, “In order to meet the power requirement the state has introduced a power policy that will provide roof-top Read more…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s roof-top solar power policy that helps consumers cut down their electricity bills by sending back generated power to the grid is in a crisis.Many with roof-top solar power plants haven’t got bi-directional net meters from Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) for 4-6 months, and in Read more…
Gurgaon: Vendors of solar power plants in Gurgaon claim they have not added a single consumer since September 2018 and the market is going down as the government is not releasing net meters, an essential component that will allow consumers to extract rebate. The subsidy and rebate was supposed to Read more…
GURUGRAM: Subscribers of the grid-connected rooftop solar power scheme in the city are worried about their investment in the wake of unavailability of net meters — a key component that gets the system started. The net meters distributed by DHBVN are currently unavailable because the power discom has blacklisted the Read more…
PUNE: Soon, all residential and commercial buildings will have to abide by the state government’s green building policy. The state urban development department (UDD) is keen to implement the policy after receiving suggestions and objections from all stakeholders.Principal secretary, UDD, Nitin Kareer told TOI that the green building policy would Read more…
CHENNAI: Two and three-wheeler major TVS Motor Company has bagged the international sustainability award – Green Era Award for Sustainability in Lisbon, Portugal. The company also won the Quality and Business Excellence Award in acknowledgment of its endeavor to create new benchmarks in product quality. The Green Era Award for Read more…
With Earth Day (April 22) being observed, it is time to take on a more inclusive approach towards sustainability issues. “An Earth Day can be good for raising awareness, but what we need are actionable projects and activities for a sustainable future rather than paying lip service to the concept,” Read more…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission, to further the deployment of renewable energy projects in Delhi, in concurrence with power minister Satyendar Jain, has notified the Group Net Metering Framework and Virtual Net Metering Framework for the city. This will allow thousands of RWAs and lakhs of individuals to take Read more…
INDORE: Tier of stacked planters against walls or pillars beautifying a dull corner or gracing the entrance is the fast picking trend in the city among households, private and government offices with increasing urbanizationand reducing the ticket size of land.A soothing sight of mini-gardens in geometrical patterns with colorful flowers Read more…
JAIPUR: Urban Development and Housing (UDH) department will issue permission to only ‘Green Buildings’ in the city’s old colonies such as Bapu Nagar, Tilak Nagar, C-Scheme, among others. The provision has been incorporated in the draft on guidelines prepared for construction of multi-storey buildings in the state. As the existing Read more…