Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
According to IEA, over 40 per cent of the 25 energy efficiency policy recommen-dations it made a couple of years ago have remained unimplemented. G. Srinivasan The International Energy Agency (IEA) has come out with
Chandigarh: As a part of the Energy Conservation Action Plan, the Haryana department of renewable energy has launched a scheme to incentivise energy audit in various industrial sectors, especially for small and medium sector enterprises during 2010-11. The renewable energy department and HAREDA director Sumita Misra said under this scheme, …
Bank To Fund Energy-Saving Efforts, Institute To Give Guarantee IDBI Bank has tied up with US-based environmental research organisation, World Resources Institute (WRI), for providing consultancy services to its borrowers on energy cost reduction. The cost of implementing the energy-saving initiatives will be funded by IDBI Bank and WRI will …
Sudheer Pal Singh In order to prevent erosion of their bottom lines, Indian companies would have to take serious action to maximise energy efficiency in the wake of the new energy-conservation legislation passed by Parliament recently. The new legislation
This new report released by GWEC finds that wind power could play a key role in satisfying the world's increasing power demand, while at the same time achieving major greenhouse gas emissions reductions. By providing detailed wind power trajectories for all the world’s regions, it shows how global wind power …
This paper attempts to formulate Overall Thermal Transfer Value (OTTV) coefficients for Composite, Hot-Dry and Warm-Humid climates, the three main tropical climates in India. Four existing air-conditioned office buildings – two mid-rise and two high-rise were modeled as case studies using eQuest v.3.6, which is a DoE2.2, based building energy …
The draft of Green India Mission submitted to PM's Council on Climate Change aims at addressing climate change by enhancing carbon sinks in sustainably managed forests, adaptation of vulnerable ecosystems and adaptation of forest-dependant communities. This Mission document envisages an approach that is innovative in several ways: First, it proposes …
This report, produced by Trucost with support from IFC, analyzes how equity portfolios following different regional strategies could be exposed to carbon costs, with a focus on emerging markets. Carbon-intensive companies will increasingly pay to reduce or emit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under government policies and mechanisms such as performance …
The Indian Green Building Council along with Ministry of Commerce & Industry has prepared the Green SEZ guidelines. The feedback and suggestions of several stakeholders were sought during interactions held at various major cities - New Delhi, Cochin, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Noida. The IGBC Green SEZ Rating System is an …
Many countries are facing serious challenges as a result of the lingering global economic crisis. At the same time, all nations share a responsibility to ensure their energy sectors become more sustainable and more secure to manage the risks and impacts of climate change. Over the coming decades, energy efficiency, …
The IEA estimates that, if implemented globally without delay, the 25 IEA Energy Efficiency recommendations could save 8.2 Gt CO2 per year by 2030. Yet many governments struggle with their implementation and thus miss a great part of the energy efficiency potential. The new IEA series Policy Pathways: Showing the …
The International Energy Agency (IEA) considers carbon capture and storage (CCS) a crucial part of worldwide efforts to limit global warming by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. The IEA has estimated that the broad deployment of low-carbon energy technologies could reduce projected 2050 emissions to half 2005 levels
Coal is the biggest single source of energy for electricity production and its share is growing. The efficiency of converting coal into electricity matters: more efficient power plants use less fuel and emit less climate-damaging carbon dioxide. This report explores how efficiency is measured and reported at coal-fired power plants. …
India and the United States have tremendous opportunity for cooperation in the domain of clean technologies to ensure sustainable energy security for both countries. A joint report by the Atlantic Council and CII, suggests that expanding cooperation will be essential to overcoming energy shortages in the coming decades. Numerous opportunities …
Improving energy efficiency is one of the most effective measures to address energy security, climate change and economic objectives. The Policy Pathways series can help countries capture this potential by assisting with the implementation of the 25 energy efficiency policy recommendations that were published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) …
