- Coal India to Set Up Green Projects in Closed Mines in Chhindwara Pench Area Business -Swati Nair Coal India and its subsidiary Western Coalfields have identified four to five closed mines in the Chhindwara Pench area for setting up green projects for optimum utilisation of assets.
- html Nagpur, January 28: Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiary Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) have identified four to five closed mines in the Chhindwara Pench area of Maharashtra for setting up green projects.
- WCL plans to survey more such de-coaled assets in the region.
- After thorough assessment by experts, the company will strive to make the best use of these de-coaled assets.
- This scheme aims to encourage private sector participation in coal gasification projects.
- Financial Support for Private Sector The government will provide financial support of up to Rs 1000 crore or 15% of the project cost, whichever is lower, for private sector initiatives that set up coal gasification plants.
- The government’s construction arm NBCC will be developing a mixed-use project worth Rs 2000 crore in Kerala, NBCC said in a statement on January 25.
- After considering the land orientation and commercial viability, the total land parcel of 17.9 acres has been divided into two parts of 3.16 acre and 14.
- The concept note envisages two pockets of development.
- While one pocket is planned for mixed development with commercial/office facilities and residential flats, the second pocket is planned for a residential complex along with a connected commercial facility and a 2500-pax convention center along with a hotel facility, NBCC said in a statement.
- This development will resemble a mini smart city.
- The day after the Prana Pratishtha ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, prime minister Narendra Modi launched a scheme to install 10 million solar rooftops in the country.
- “On the auspicious occasion of the consecration in Ayodhya, my resolve has been further strengthened that the people of India should have their own solar rooftop system on the roof of their houses,” Modi said, announcing the Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana.
- To be sure, the Central government’s intention is over a decade old — India has been trying to harness its solar potential for the last three decades — but the 10 million target has been specified for the first time.
- There was no timeline proffered, however.
- However, the majority of rooftops are on commercial and government buildings; the share of residential being less than 10%.
- The above quoted CEEW report said nearly 250 million households across the country have the potential to deploy 637 GW of solar energy on rooftops, and just a third of this is enough to meet India’s entire demand for electricity from the residential sector.
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