US charges that India’s National Solar Mission is discriminating against foreign solar companies

'It is an attempt to browbeat India and further the interest of US solar companies'

The US has challenged India's solar energy policy before the World Trade Organisation (WTO), saying it favours domestic sourcing of solar panels. The challenge, filed on February 6, says the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) flouts global trade norms.

The United States on Wednesday filed a challenge with the World Trade Organization over elements of India's national solar program, which it said discriminates against foreign solar products in vio

Noida: Acting upon complaints of high levels of industrial pollution in Ghaziabad, the National Green Tribunal has directed for the inspection of NTPC’s power plant in Dadri and the manufacturing p

To be commissioned by 2014-15, around 28,000 MW are under construction

Price pooling for coal will lead to better capacity utilization of power plants and the benefit would accrue to total of 70,000 MW to be commissioned by 2014-15 of which around 28,000 MW are under construction. By rationalizing the movement of imported coal and domestic coal, it would save transportation cost. Association of Power Producers (APP) projects a saving of Rs 1,200 crore due to reduction in the generation cost and removal of transportation constraints.

The power ministry has set up an advisory committee —comprising head honchos of key public and private sector power companies, chiefs of leading banks as well as industry experts, heads of industry

Arizona challenged in federal court U.S.

The Solar Independent Power Producers Association (SIPPA) has petitioned the Government not to go ahead with imposition of anti-dumping duty on Solar PV modules in the larger interest of the country and instead put in place a long-term policy to ensure best outcomes for the solar industry.

In a representation to the Department of Energy, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and other related departments, SIPPA said India has achieved the lowest costs of solar energy creating a ripple effect among the financers and investors at the international level.

Barack Obama is certainly talking the talk on climate change - promising to put the fight against global warming at the heart of his second term. What's more surprising is that the US - historically, the world's biggest emitter - actually seems to be walking the walk. It is on track to meet Obama's 2009 pledge to cut US emissions by 17 per cent, from 2005 levels, by 2020. The target could even be exceeded, which may give a boost to the long-stalled international climate talks.

Tata Power Company Ltd has said it has registered its 25 MW project at Mithapur, Gujarat, with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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