Area-specific incentives in the renewable energy sector are critical, and the country needs to focus on policy regulation, technology advancement and financial options coupled with innovation for the development of this sector.

This was the consensus among participants at the conference on renewable energy organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at its northern headquarters in Chandigarh today.

Speaking on the occasion, Haryana Principal Secretary Renewable Energy Vijay Vardhan said that India struggles to produce even one-third of its petroleum consumption.

The Haryana government has decided to auction minor mineral quarries in the state and grant short term permit for the same for a period up to December 31.

Auction for minor mineral boulder, gravel and sand quarries in Panchkula, Ambala and Yamuna Nagar districts will be conducted in the office of the Panchkula assistant geologist on August 18. Minor mineral sand quarries of Kurukshetra, Karnal, Faridabad and Palwal districts will be put to auction in the office of the Faridabad assistant mining engineer the same day.

While the state government is still grappling with the problems associated with the acquisition of land for the first nuclear plant in the state, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has offered to set up another plant.

An NPCIL team is coming on a two-day visit tomorrow to conduct a preliminary survey of the two sites offered by Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL

Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has offered two probable sites to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).

Even as the fate of the first nuclear plant to be set up in Haryana at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad district is in

Kitlana in Bhiwani or Balsamand in Hisar likely site
Haryana is betting high on nuclear power.

The Haryana Government had also selected two places

Haryana has a vast potential to tap solar energy and organic energy from the waste of agricultural produce, according to scientific experts.

They were participating in a seminar on