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Herbicide Use in Solar Parks Poses New Ecological Risks

By-Gowthami Subramaniam When a 40-acre solar park came up in Tamil Nadus Tiruppur district last year, residents of a colony bordering the solar park, were unaware of the potential consequences. Now, they are increasingly troubled by the strong smell and possible health risks of herbicides that the park is using for weed control. We smell []

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NTPC-REL Floats 1.4 GW Tender To Build UP Solar Parks Project

NTPC Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of NTPC Green Energy, has issued a tender to develop a 1,400 MW grid-connected solar project in two solar parks, namely Lalitpur (2×300 MW) and Chitrakoot (2×400 MW), in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The tender invites bids until January 13, 2025. The tender offers a Balance of System (BoS) package for []

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NGEL In JV Agreement For RE Power Parks Development In Uttar Pradesh

NGEL (NTPC Green Energy Ltd) has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) for development of renewable power parks in the state. The JV was signed on 4th March 2024 at UPRVUNLs office at Lucknow for development of Renewable Power Parks and Projects in Uttar Pradesh. The []

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NGEL To Develop Renewable Energy Parks with MAHAGENCO In Maharashtra

NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited, has signed a joint venture agreement with Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MAHAGENCO), for the development of Renewable Energy Parks in the state of Maharashtra. The company to be set up under the joint venture will develop GW-scale renewable energy parks and []

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Global Fashion Retailer H&M Signs PPA To Build 3 Solar Parks In Sweden

Global fashion retailer and fast fashion brand H&M Group has signed long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with European solar developer and independent power producer Alight regarding the construction of three new solar parks in Sweden. The ground-mounted solar parks will be located in Blekinge, Södermanland, and Halland, with a capacity of 13 MW, 6 MW []

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Floating Solar Set To Make Jharkhand, Odisha New Hubs For Solar Parks

The latest data shared by Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh claimed that the proposed floating solar parks in Jharkhand and Odisha coal-bearing states will likely make these eastern states new hubs for solar parks. Currently, these two states are not considered renewable-rich states in India due to the low installed capacity []

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12 States Now Host Indias 50 Solar Parks

Recent data from Lok Sabha shared by the Union Minister of New and Renewable Minister RK Singh indicated that solar parks have made its entry to 12 Indian states. At the same time, it is still a non-starter in many other states.  A written reply by the minister said that these 12 states now host []

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