Topic: Vilas Muttemwar
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Any registered company as project developer, would be eligible to set up solar power projects on build, own and operate basis
India starts solar power generation Mar 18, 2008
Resource assessments are being carried out for power generation from wind and biomass resources in the country, including the backward and rural areas
India sets up waste-to-energy power plants Mar 12, 2008
A wind power installed capacity of 7,844 megawatts has been achieved up to Dec. 31, 2007, in the country, which includes 3,712 MW in Tamil Nadu. Production of power from ocean energy has not been found to be cost effective on a commercial scale
India to promote wind power projects Mar 11, 2008
My ministry also facilitates the private sector to undertake their own investigations and assessment studies for geothermal energy and submission of detailed project report to the concerned state government for exploitation of this resource
India opens up geothermal sector Mar 05, 2008
In view of the present high initial capital cost of solar power plants and the cost of electricity from such plants, the ministry has decided to provide generation-based incentive for grid-interactive solar power generation
India to set up solar power plants Jan 02, 2008
Vilas Muttemwar (orig. Muthyamwar) (born 22 March 1949) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Nagpur Loksabha constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He is minister of state (independent charge) of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India. He has been re-elected from the Nagpur Loksabha Constituency as a member of the 15th Loksabha, the results of which were declared on the 16th of May 2009.
Muttemwar's family ethnic Telugu(Perkiwar) settled in Maharashtra with no known direct links to Andhra Pradesh and in fact, do not even speak Telugu.
Vilas Muttemwar is considered as pioneer of Mihan Project in Nagpur. He has been constantly following up for Mihan Project . Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh acknowledged that by saying Vilas Muttemwar has written almost 5000 letters to Aviation Ministry, Government of Maharashtra and Prime Minister office.
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