Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
The group will develop 240-Mw geothermal power project A consortium of Tata Power, Australian energy major Orion Energy and PT Supraco Indonesia has won the Sorik Marapi geothermal project in the Northern Sumatra region of Indonesia. The consortium will develop approximately 240 megawatts (Mw) of geothermal generation, a non-conventional form …
New and Renewable Energy Minister Shri Ajay Vishnoi said that geo thermal energy can be produced from the regions of banks of Narmada River. For this purpose proposals on public-private partnership (PPP) basis have been received from some developers. The state government is considering these proposals. Shri Vishnoi was addressing …
The International Geothermal Association (IGA) has reported that 10,715 MW of geothermal power in 24 countries is online, which is expected to generate 67,246 GWh of electricity in 2010. This represents a 20% increase in online capacity since 2005.
IMAP, Inc., an exclusive global merger and acquisition (M&A;) organization, is pleased to announce the availability of its 2010 Alternative Energy Global Report. The report details M&A; activity in the alternative energy industry by country and region for the last 12 months, growth projections for the remainder of 2010 and …
The Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission has proposed to start Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) under a new regulation and has notified a draft Solar Tariff Regulations which will be applicable from the current financial year. It must be mentioned here that the AERC has adopted the terms and conditions of Central …
Smriti Bhargavai, Shrawan Nigam Global warming and climate change influence the choice of energy sources throughout the world. There is a growing emphasis on minimising the use of fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum oil & gas that emit carbon dioxide?the major cause of global warming?and increasing the use …
Subhash Narayan CHATTANOOGA (US) ALSTOM, a global leader in power generation and rail infrastructure, will soon launch several environment-friendly products and services aimed at catering to the needs of country
This report details trends in the renewable energy sector across the world. Finds that investment in renewable energy power capacity (excluding large hydro) in 2009 was comparable to that in fossil-fuel generation, at around $100 billion each. <br> Changes in renewable energy markets, investments, industries, and policies have been so …
Washington: In a novel way to fight global warming, scientists are trying how they could remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store the gas deep under the sea bed where it can cause no trouble. Researchers at the University of Iceland are studying the possibility of sequestration of …
The city will uses geothermal resources for winter heating and summer cooling, as well as employing electric buses and taxis with zero pollutant for public transport a is Beijing, May 12: China is building its first model environment-friendly low carbon city in Turpan, a small town in the country
RASHME SEHGAL Pushing hard for renewable sources of energy, minister of new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah has asked President of Iceland, Dr Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, to assist India in developing geothermal energy. Iceland has been in the forefront of developing geothermal energy and hydro power and is currently generating …
The subject of energy and environment are attracting universal attention now. Though pollution existed even 150 years ago but at that time, the planet could absorb the undesirable emissions. Today, we have crossed the absorption capacity and, the very survival of the planet is at stake. In 1860, all had …
Enormous amount of heat energy at high temperature is locked up inside the earth. It remains confined by the earth's crust, which is a good heat insulator, but escapes at the edges of tectonic plates in the form of volcanic eruptions, hot springs and geysers. The energy coming out in …
Basel (Switzerland): A geologist on trial for causing earthquakes while drilling for hot rocks to produce clean energy has said he was surprised by the strength of the most powerful temblor. Markus Haering, who designed the geothermal project, rejected charges that he deliberately damaged properties and said local people knew …
An enormous offshore wind farm in the North Sea, a large geothermal power plant near Hanover and a 400-billion-euro project to generate solar electricity in the desert
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to make Los Angeles the "cleanest, greenest big city" in the United States, but a key project to bring renewable energy across the desert to the city could change under pressure from environmental groups. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest U.S. municipal utility …
The United States has entered a new energy era, ending a century of rising carbon emissions. As the U.S. delegation prepares for December's international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, it does so from a surprisingly strong position, based on a dramatic 9 percent drop in U.S. carbon emissions over the past …
