Compliance affidavit by Tahasildar, Jaleswar, District Balasore dated April 22, 2025 in the matter of news item titled "Odisha erection of sand walls in Subarnarekha worries villagers in Jaleswar" which appeared in the New Indian Express dated May 16, 2024. The matter related to erecting of walls in the Subarnarekha …
State-run Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is targeting to increase the exposure to the renewable energy segment in its total loan book to 4-5 per cent by 2022, a top company official said. As of March 31, 2018, its total outstanding loan book stood at Rs 2.39 lakh crore, out of …
The number of electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads exceeded 3 million in 2017, a 54% increase compared with 2016, according to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s Global Electric Vehicles Outlook. China remained by far the largest electric car market in the world, accounting …
European Union consumers may do as much as regulators to propel the the region’s car sector into the electricity-powered age foreseen by Tesla Inc., according to the EU’s industrial-policy chief. European Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska said the EU has had a “breakthrough moment” since Germany-based Volkswagen AG admitted in 2015 that …
In March, electric vehicles captured 37 percent of new car sales in Norway. The government was instrumental in helping with sales, as it reduced subsidies and taxes to encourage a switch to e-cars. Last year, sales of most fuels in Norway had witnessed a fall. It is astonishing because, in …
India lauded for making headway Only four industries were on track in 2017 to meet long-term climate goals, the International Energy Agency has said. The Paris-based global body surveyed technologies or areas that need to go green, such as chemicals or aluminium industries, and found that only four passed muster …
Clean-air campaigners have written to the government calling for a ban on parents driving their children to school in an attempt to cut down on toxic levels of air pollution. Environmental groups and medics warn that pollution from the school run is having a serious impact on young people’s health. …
The government’s ambition to clean up motor vehicles by 2040 is not ambitious enough a leading energy expert says. Professor Jim Watson, head of the prestigious UK Energy Research Centre, said the target should be at least five years earlier, as in Scotland. The government is currently considering obliging new …
This white paper provides a detailed assessment of light-duty electric vehicle sales and manufacturing, including the associated battery production and its suppliers. Analyze where electric vehicle models are being assembled and where their battery cells are being produced, and compare that to where the consumer markets are developing. Also investigate …
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said electric vehicles will be introduced in road transport corporation buses and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) vehicles in a phased manner. Private vehicles, too, will be encouraged to turn electric to reduce vehicular pollution. The CM inspected the electric vehicles being manufactured by …
While the government is in talks with several firms to get electric vehicles on lease, representatives from Chinese firm BYD (Build Your Dreams) Auto Industries Company Limited, which makes electric vehicles, met Rao on Wednesday In order to curb pollution, the Telangana government announced that it will soon introduce electric …
The government's National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 envisages achieving 6-7 million sales of hybrid and e-vehicles by 2020 The electric vehicles (EV) market in India is set to see the entry of a flurry of new players of foreign origin and home-grown start-ups in the two- and three-wheeler segments, …
Plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) are well equipped to significantly increase the pace towards greater fuel efficiency, according to the latest Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) working paper. PEVs also present significant benefits in terms diversification of the transport energy mix, the reduction of local pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, as …
India and Japan have agreed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in energy development space as well as contribute to worldwide energy security and solutions to climate change issues. Also, both countries agreed to initiate a discussion on electric vehicles (EVs) and work together in promoting well-functioning energy markets, according to …
Electrification, and renewable power are key drivers outlined in the report, with solar and wind capacity leading the energy transformation Increasing the speed of global renewable energy adoption by at least a factor of six — critical to meeting energy-related emission reduction needs of the Paris Climate Agreement — can …
Last year, Karnataka announced a landmark policy on electric vehicles, becoming the first Indian state to do so. Now, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is in the process of procuring its first fleet of 40 electric buses. This study identifies the key barriers in the large-scale penetration of electric …
Calls for sustainable approach to derive social and economic benefits India is poised to derive social and economic benefits from the convergence of various disruptive technologies for sustainable production and consumption, according to V.K. Saraswat, member, NITI-Aayog, and noted defence technologist. Delivering the first A.P.J. Abdul Kalam lecture instituted by …
Britain is falling behind in the global shift to electric vehicles (EVs). If the government wants to, as it says, “cement the UK’s position as a world leader in the low emission and electric vehicle industry”, its forthcoming ‘Road to zero’ strategy is a prime opportunity to shift gear. This …
NAIROBI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official on Wednesday called on African governments to put policies and finances in place to start adopting electric vehicles to cut air pollution. Erik Solheim, Executive Director of the UN Environment, told a conference in Nairobi that the rate of rapid urbanization …
Electric vehicles now exceed 2 million globally, just 0.2 percent of the more than 1 billion vehicles on highways worldwide. The global electric vehicle (EV) market is on the cusp of exponential growth as it aligns with government mandates to reduce CO2 emissions by replacing combustion engine vehicles with cleaner …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file an affidavit on a plea on the issue of air pollution and questioned the subsidy on diesel and imposition of 150 per cent import duty on electric cars in India. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and …
