Global wind report 2024
The global wind industry installed a record 117GW of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy, finds this year’s Global Wind Report from the Global Wind Energy Council. The
The global wind industry installed a record 117GW of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy, finds this year’s Global Wind Report from the Global Wind Energy Council. The
Asia's rapid economic growth in recent years has contributed significantly to climate change and environmental pollution, the head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned on Tuesday. In response to this, "it is imperative that we escalate our efforts to put the region on a path of low-carbon growth," bank president Haruhiko Kuroda told an ADB forum on climate change.
But ACI Europe's scheme did not set a deadline for airports to become carbon neutral -- largely by cutting emissions from ground transport, boosting renewable energy and reducing the energy consumption of buildings.
About 65 farmers have been detained by the police for demolishing structures on 13.2 acre panchayati land erected by a solar power company at Awan village, 16 km from here, today.
Shunned By Pvt Firms, Abandoned Station To Generate 3M Units/Yr Solar Electricity Jamuria (Raniganj): In perhaps the first significant climate responsive project in South Asia, an abandoned thermal power plant has been converted into a mega solar power generating station. It
New Delhi: The government is considering a regulation to make use of renewable energy mandatory for special economic zones (SEZ) to save on traditional fuel like coal and diesel. The Ministries of Commerce & Industry and New & Renewable Energy are working on the modalities for such a regulation.
Sugar mills have doubled up as power generators and produce 2,000 megawatt of biomass-based energy through cogeneration, says this latest report in Down To Earth. It recommends a strong policy-framework to sustain cogeneration, which is critical for India
Climate talks made progress on Friday toward a new U.N. treaty to curb global warming but ended far short of calls by developing nations for the rich to make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Four years of talks to widen the existing Kyoto Protocol have struggled to agree on how to share the cost of efforts to curb greenhouses gas mainly emitted by burning fossil fuels.
It seems unlikely that an agreement on the terms of the next climate treaty could be reached at the December-scheduled Copenhagen talks.
Democrat Obama can set pace for climate change legislation US president Barack Obama completed 100 days in office recently. When he assumed office, the world
As World Environment Day falls on June 5, Soni Sinha looks at how 70 per cent of work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act can actually be eco-friendly and benefit local communities in India's poorest districts