Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
Global energy giant Shell Oil has “clear aspirations” to expand its operations in India as the country’s energy sector expands, the company’s president Bruce Culpepper has said. “By 2050 world energy demand is projected to double, most of that growth will come from developing countries like India as its per …
Rolling out the red carpet to foreign companies in joining India's 100-GW solar mission is a smart move, as it can cut costs and bring cutting-edge technology, says Helena Li, President of China's Trina Solar, which has 20 per cent share in India's solar panels' market. "Indian local manufacturing capacity …
MADURAI: The land surrounding N Devaraj's farm in Rayapalayam near Thirumangalam appears to be parched and barren, but not his. Since the rains are occasional here, farmers have to depend on irrigation methods to water the fields, but Devaraj has managed to harness nature to his advantage. A graduate in …
India and Canada are broadening their energy dialogue to cover nuclear energy and renewables besides traditional hydrocarbon sources of energy as Ottawa hopes to emerge as Delhi's key energy provider across all sectors, according to Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr. "We want to provide solutions to entire energy …
“Ninety per cent of India’s solar panels are imported. Currently, most panels in India are Chinese manufactured” Rolling out the red carpet to foreign companies in joining India’s 100-GW solar mission is a smart move, as it can cut costs and bring cutting-edge technology, says Helena Li, President of China’s …
To test the model, scientists from College London used the tool to estimate the productivity of all wind farms planned or under construction in Europe for the next 20 years. Aimed at making the task of predicting renewable output easier for the industry, researchers have created an interactive web tool …
Electrical energy storage plays a vital role in daily life due to our dependence on numerous portable electronic devices. Moreover, with the continued miniaturization of electronics, integration of wireless devices into our homes and clothes and the widely anticipated ‘Internet of Things’, there are intensive efforts to develop miniature yet …
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) published and presented a special report for the Asian Regional Policy Dialogue (ARPD), which took place on September 7, 2016 during Global Green Growth Week (GGGWeek2016). The Pushing the Envelope on Renewable Energy report assesses why and how some countries within Asia (referred to …
Energy harvesting performance of an efficient flexible bio-piezoelectric nanogenerator (BPNG) is demonstrated, where “bio-waste” transparent fish scale (FSC), composed of self-assembled and ordered collagen nano-fibrils, serves as a self-poled piezoelectric active component, exhibiting intrinsic piezoelectric strength of −−5.0 pC/N. The dipolar orientation (∼19%) of the self-polarized FSC collagen is confirmed …
The International Solar Alliance (ISA), proposed with fanfare by India and France, faces a challenge from the US, which wants it to function as an informal arrangement, although Delhi has touted it as the major international organization to be headquartered in the country. The alliance, a joint initiative of PM …
On an average, solar panels made from traditional silicon-based solar cells convert only between 15 and 20 per cent of the sun's energy into usable electricity. In a collaborative project, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US and the Masdar Institute of Science in Abu Dhabi …
The new factory in Bangalore will meet the growing demand for solar inverters, the heart of any solar installation, from the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry ABB India has opened a new solar inverter manufacturing facility in Bangalore to double the company’s production capacity for meeting the growing demand from the …
IPCL's expertise and knowledge of the local market will aid the JV company in becoming a key player in the thermal power generation sector, Kanoria said. India Power Corporation Ltd (IPCL), a Kanoria Foundation firm, has formed a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with German energy firm Uniper to provide customised …
Friends of the Earth International calculates that government revenue lost to tax havens over a 15 year period could power Africa, Latin America and much of Asia with 100% renewable energy. Globally every year up to $600 billion dollars of government revenue is lost through tax avoidance through havens, to …
CHENNAI: With synchronization of the second unit of the Kudankulam power plant, India's civil nuclear programme has reached a couple of landmarks: the Kudankulam project+ turned a page on protests and a legal challenge over its safety parameters in the Supreme Court, and India crossed the 6,000MW mark in nuclear …
India-US emphasised on the vital "importance of expanding access to public and private financing for clean energy development in order to enhance energy access and sustainable development", a joint statement on the Second India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue said. India and the US on Wednesday emphasised on the need to …
Access to electricity is vital for socio-economic development. But power cannot be extended to everyone solely through national electricity grids. Off-grid renewable energy solutions are crucial to achieve universal access to electricity. Most of these will involve mini-grids – isolated, community-level power grids, which can eventually be absorbed into the …
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) offer many benefits, such as CO2 emissions mitigation, fossil fuels import requirement reduction and new jobs creation, just to name a few. The report ‘Variable renewables integration in electricity systems: how to get it right’ identifies these challenges and offers solutions based on the experience of …
As many as 40 countries, 650 exhibitors and 1,000 delegates are likely to participate in the 10th edition of UBM's flagship event -- Renewable Energy India Expo (REI) -- to be held at Greater Noida from September 7. "Overseas participants will congregate to discuss industry trends, challenges and market insights …
PUNE: Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) aims to identify sites for successful development of tidal and floating solar power projects in the country with the help of Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water). SPPU signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with K-water for development of tidal and floating power generation projects …
