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• EIA Guidelines for Wind Power

  <p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">This report gives guidelines for environmental and social impact assessment for the wind power projects. These could be adopted by project developers, government stakeholders, pollution control boards, and forest departments, in order to upscale wind power generation in India while also incorporating sound environmental management practices. This is an attempt to make wind power development much more ecologically sound.</span></p>

  • 27/11/2013

  • Centre for Science and Environment
  • • Energy
    • Wind Energy
    • Renewable Energy
    • CSE
    • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Rural Electrification
    • Electricity
    • Fossil Fuels
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Maharashtra
    • Forests
    • Ecology
    • Wildlife
    • Water Resources
    • Biodiversity
    • Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
    • Sanctuaries

• China's green long march: astudy of renewable energy, environmental industry and cement sectors

  Despite China's rapid advancement towards a green economy, the country is facing significant environmental and social challenges that must be addressed if it is to achieve its sustainable development goals,

  • 22/11/2013

  • UNEP
  • • Renewable Energy
    • Energy Efficiency
    • China
    • Industry
    • Cement
    • Solar Energy
    • Wind Energy
    • Energy Intensity
    • Environment
    • Biomass

• Clean up your act,' UN climate chief urges coal industry

  The U.N. climate chief urged a radical clean-up of the coal industry on Monday to help limit global warming, at an industry meeting in Warsaw condemned by environmentalists as a distraction from the nearby

  • 20/11/2013

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Climate Change
    • Coal
    • Industry
    • Global Warming
    • UNFCCC
    • COP 19 (Warsaw)
    • Poland
    • Green House Gases
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Fossil Fuels
    • European Union (EU)
    • Thermal Power Plants
    • Energy
    • Carbon Capture and Storage
    • Wind Energy
    • Solar Energy

• Sri Lanka plans to establish 200 MW wind power project in Mannar

  General Manager of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Shavindra Fernando says that a feasibility study will be carried out to establish a wind power project in the northwestern coastal town of Mannar. The

  • 15/11/2013

  • Colombo Page (Sri Lanka)
  • • Sri Lanka
    • Energy
    • Wind Energy
    • Renewable Energy
    • Electricity
    • South Asia

• Govt to set up country's largest wind-based power plant in Ctg

  The government will set up the country's largest wind-based power plant at Anwara in Chittagong, having a 100-megawatt (MW) of generation capacity, officials said Wednesday. Power Division official

  • 15/11/2013

  • Financial Express (Bangladesh)
  • • Bangladesh
    • Wind Energy
    • Energy
    • Renewable Energy
    • Chittagong
    • South Asia
    • Electricity

• World on course for unchecked temperature rise, IEA warns

  Global warming is set to continue unabated with temperatures rising by 20% by 2035, putting the world on track for a temperature increase of 3.6 degrees, far above the UN target of 2.0 degrees. This is

  • 13/11/2013

  • Economic Times (New Delhi)
  • • Global Warming
    • Green House Gases
    • Climate Change
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Energy Technology
    • Nuclear Power
    • Solar Energy
    • Wind Energy
    • Scientists
• 

  Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding status of Dr. Gadgil and Dr. Kasturirangan Reports, 12/11/2013

  <p>The National Green Tribunal has said that it is no longer mandatory for the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to refer to Gadgil panel&rsquo;s report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the western ghats.</p>

  • 12/11/2013

  • • Western Ghats
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Eco-Sensitive Zone
    • Mining
    • Thermal Power Plants
    • Hydroelectricity
    • Wind Energy
    • Ratnagiri (D)
    • Sindhudurg

• MidAmerican to build 1,050 MW of wind power in Iowa by end 2015

  Iowa power company MidAmerican Energy, said on Wednesday it expects to build wind farms in Iowa capable of generating about 1,050 megawatts of electricity by the end of 2015. MidAmerican said in a release

  • 07/11/2013

  • Reuters
  • • Energy
    • Wind Energy
    • United States Of America (US)
    • Renewable Energy
    • Electricity

• Green energy red-flagged

  Solar and wind power projects too harm the environment. We must generate renewable energy in a responsible way. Solar and wind energy are considered environment-friendly, with zero carbon emissions.

  • 06/11/2013

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Energy
    • Renewable Energy
    • Wind Energy
    • CSE
    • Solar Energy
    • Low Carbon Economy
    • Thermal Power Plants
    • Green House Gases
    • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
    • Ecology
    • Land
    • Roads
    • Environment
    • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
    • Western Ghats

• Microsoft looks to boost eco credentials with wind-powered data centre

  Entire output of 110MW wind project in Texas bought up by tech giant, in move that displaces coal from supply chain Microsoft is moving to close the gap with other tech giants by agreeing to buy up

  • 05/11/2013

  • Guardian (UK)
  • • Wind Energy
    • Energy
    • Renewable Energy
    • Coal
    • Electricity