On Monday — voting day, which also happened to be Valentine’s Day — voters were greeted by eco-friendly booths at the government primary school in Karaswada, Goa with palm fronds fashioned into the form of a huge heart. On this election day, the Karaswada polling station was one of tenContinue Reading
Goa becomes the first state in India to have signed an MoU with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), for “Green Energy Convergence Project.” Highlights of the Project 1- As per the MoU, EESL and Department of New & Renewable Energy (DNRE) will carry-out the feasibility studies and subsequent implementation of decentralizedContinue Reading
The cabinet has approved amendments to the Goa State Solar Policy 2017 where small and large prosumers (consumers and producers of solar power) will receive 50% subsidy instead of the earlier proposed interest-free loan that was be recovered in instalments. The subsidy will be of two parts — a 30%Continue Reading
The EU-India technical cooperation energy project in coordination with the Asian Development Bank technical assistance program will be launching a single window clearance portal for grid connected rooftop solar installations for the consumers in Goa. Once launched, the platform will eliminate the need for consumers to coordinate with the twoContinue Reading
The Centre sanctioned a new project to control pollution in River Sal at Navelim town in Goa. The project was sanctioned by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change under the National River Conservation Plan and would cost of Rs. 61.74 cr.. Both the Centre and State will shareContinue Reading
A new eco-friendly method could be soon available to address pollution due to azo dyes in wastewater from textile units. Researchers at the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) have identified a bacterium that could be used to degrade the dyes. In a recent study published in journal Current Science,Continue Reading
Kadamba Transport Corporation, Goa in association with Scania India rolled out country’s first Euro 6 biogas bus and two ethanol buses in Goa. The launch makes Goa the second city in India after Nagpur to introduce ethanol-powered buses on its roads. Panaji, Goa, is in the government of India’s 100Continue Reading
