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 …
A start-up founded by an Indian Institute of Technology-Madras alumni has developed microbial fuel cells that can generate electricity by treating textile wastewater. JSP Enviro, which ventured into the clean tech business in 2016, is involved in treating and recycling industrial wastewater, restoration of polluted water bodies, landscaping and beautification …
CHANDIGARH: To achieve the solar power generation target, set up by the ministry of new and renewable energy, the Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest), has now planned to install solar plants on cycle stands of all government schools in the city. In 2014, Crest had installed …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEB), in association with the Union government, is planning to deploy floating solar power generation units in a big way. The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) has promised the board cutting-edge technology and support, using which the board hopes to generate …
This report introduces several methods the European Environment Agency (EEA) has developed for assessing and communicating early RES growth and the important knock-on effects that RES growth has on the energy sector and related areas. The report provides specific information at EU and country level on estimated RES progress in …
GUWAHATI: A two-day national level convention on 'Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant and Reactive Power Management', organized by the National Power Training Institute, began here in Guwahati began on Monday. The event is of particular importance at a time when the Centre has a target of generating 100GW of solar power …
The world is experiencing a global energy transformation driven by technological change and new policy priorities. This transformation is win-win: a strong economy and a healthy planet are mutually reinforcing. While the shift to cleaner energy systems is evident across the Group of 20 (G20), it has specific features in …
Coimbatore: India still has a long way to go to realize its renewable energy goals, said Joerg Gaebler, principal advisor of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), an agency which works with the government of Germany for sustainable development. Joerg Gaebler was in the city on Thursday to inaugurate the …
On an average, a household with a Rs 3,000 monthly bill can achieve 90 per cent reduction in energy bills with the solar, said Srinivas Potukuchi, founder & CEO of Glowship. BENGALURU: Glowship, a three-year-old start-up headquartered in Bengaluru, has rolled out a unique platform for rooftop solar in the …
Fellow of National Academy of Engineers and Executive Vice-President of THERMAX Ltd. R.R. Sonde delivering the Dr. Abdul Kalam Memorial Lecture at Central University of Karnataka in Kalaburagi on Monday. ‘Global warming and energy crisis the biggest challenges before the whole world’ Terming global warming and energy crisis as the …
The mountain solar water heating system, known as hamam, which drastically reduces fuel wood requirement and makes clean energy available to rural households in harsh freezing conditions, is all set to go global. The solar hamams were developed by Shimla-based NGO Himalayan Research Group. NGO director Lal Singh said solar …
Found across a vast range of modern products, petrochemicals are part of the fabric of our societies. Clothing, tyres, digital devices, packaging, detergents and countless other everyday items are made from petrochemicals. Petrochemical feedstock accounts for 12% of global oil demand, a share that is expected to increase driven by …
RD Dhiman, principal secretary, Environment, Science and Technology said it was the need of hour to exploit hydropower potential in Himalayan states as the time has come to move from thermal power to clean energy. Underlying the need for exploitation of hydropower potential in Himalayan states, the Himachal Pradesh government …
In a major push to India's International Solar Alliance (ISA), European Investment Bank (EIB) President Werner Hoyer on Wednesday announced a major progress on tackling climate change globally at the One Planet Summit here. Announcing progress on initiatives hailed as "transformative" that will deliver on the ambitious Paris Agreement to …
Panaji: The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Goa, has received funding of Rs 497 crore from the Union human resource development (HRD) ministry for construction of the first phase of its permanent campus at Cuncolim. Once ready, the institute will be the first technical institute in India to be fully …
The Energy Transitions report provides an update on sustainable development trends in G20 countries. The report provides a status update on the state of play of energy efficiency, renewable energy and clean energy technologies and investment in G20 countries. It also provides key recommendations on the role of the G20 …
With coal re-emerging as a viable power source globally, how long can India ignore the inevitable? The rhetoric on turning the world into renewable energy-run planet is gradually going up in thin air. Many nations including matured economies are waking up to a renewed dependency on coal-sourced energy. Despite the …
As the world strives to cut carbon emissions, electric power from renewables has emerged as a vital energy source. Yet transport and industry will still require combustible fuels for many purposes. Such needs could be met with hydrogen, which itself can be produced using renewable power. Hydrogen provides high-grade heat, …
Recent data and research findings confirm the rapid capacity growth, ongoing cost and performance improvements, increasing technological sophistication and continued need for international standardisation for new renewables, such as offshore wind power and nascent ocean energy technologies. This brief by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) provides background and recommendations …
India has installed just about 2,538 megawatt (MW) of the targeted 40,000 megawatt (MW) of rooftop solar power capacity by 2022 With less than four years left to meet its target of installing 40,000 megawatt (MW) of rooftop solar power capacity by 2022, India has installed just about 2,538 MW …
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the world's first-ever thermal battery facility. The world’s first-ever facility to create thermal batteries will be inaugurated tomorrow in Andhra Pradesh, as reported by ANI. The state’s Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will be present at the unveiling of the plant, …
