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 …
India has 900 GW of commercially exploitable sources of renewable energy if 3 per cent of the country’s wasteland is made available, according to the Ministry for New and Renewable Energy. The renewable sources of energy include wind and solar power, biomass and waste-to-energy apart from small hydro power plants. …
Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC)'s ambitious plan to construct state's first waste to energy (WTE) plant on public private partnership to deal with garbage disposal hit a roadblock owing to high installation cost. To set up a 10MW plant to generate power through municipal solid waste will cost Rs 100 crore, …
JAIPUR: If all goes well according to the plan, the city will not only get rid of its garbage menace but also it will be able to utilize the garbage in generating power. The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) is planning to set up small-scale waste-to-energy plant to generate electricity. In …
From China to Mexico, renewable energy investments are hot, with Australia one notable exception. Global investment in renewable power and fuels reached $US270.2 billion ($355 billion) last year, nearly 17 per cent higher than in 2013, according to a new study on renewable energy investment from the United Nations Environment …
Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem. They may instead end up adding to its air pollution and cost the government a substantial sum. When two such plants in Narela and Ghazipur are about to start operations, experts at a conference organized by Toxics …
The state government has set an ambitious target to generate 14,400 MW from the non-conventional energy sector. A policy in this regard will be unveiled soon. This will be a manifold increase from the 2,500 MW renewable energy target in the previous policy, which was approved in 2008. Energy minister …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has approved Haryana’s proposal to set up 14 solid waste management centres under a centralised scheme instead of allowing each municipality to have its own disposal mechanism. The tribunal has given the go-ahead despite stiff opposition from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) …
Graduate students at Mie University have produced biofuel from the region’s tangerines, saying the technique provides a use for unwanted fruit. They believe it could be promoted as a locally sourced form of renewable energy. The researchers at the university’s Graduate School of Bioresources fermented rotten and unsold fruit, and …
Hainan Airlines announced it finished China's first passenger flight with sustainable biofuel on Saturday, a milestone for the country's commercial aviation industry. The flight, which carried more than 100 passengers from Shanghai to Beijing in a Boeing 737, used biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Almitra H. Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 20/03/2015 regarding the issue of collection, treatment and disposal of the municipal solid waste in various cities of India, particularly where the population exceed …
PANAJI: Goa will soon boast of a state-of-the-art plant that will convert plastic waste into furnace oil used for boilers and ships. Upon further distillation, byproducts such as kerosene, petrol and diesel will be generated. Chairman of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), Jose Manuel Noronha, on Thursday said …
SEVENTY percent of Shanghai’s household waste will be burned to generate electricity once four new waste incineration centers open next year, officials said yesterday. City residents produce 22,000 tons of garbage a day and currently about 40 percent is processed at five waste incineration centers to produce electricity. Incineration will …
A prototype toilet has been launched on a UK university campus to prove that urine can generate electricity, and show its potential for helping to light cubicles in international refugee camps. Students and staff at the Bristol-based University of the West of England are being asked to use the working …
Uniqueness of Indian waste means that technology is yet to be developed A large metropolis is a good place to study the magnitude of the problems of solid waste man agement in Indian cities. In Bengaluru, now often called the garbage city, lorries collect and carry solid waste far out …
Residents of Okhla's Sukhdev Vihar are celebrating an imminent victory over a `polluting' waste-to-energy plant in their neighbourhood. Several of them led by an Aam Aadmi Party worker met chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with a petition to shut down the plant. Residents said Kejriwal agreed to close the plant. If …
In a bid to boost generation of eco-friendly (NCE) power in Andhra Pradesh, the Naidu government has mooted ramping up the installed capacity of non-conventional energy generation sources to 1635MW during fiscal 2015-16 from 1085MW in the current fiscal, a jump of 550MW. The proposals have been submitted by the …
State government has decided to build renewable energy plants having total capacity of 11,500MW. It has set a target of completing the project by 2019. The project is being executed under prime minister's mission to create renewable energy potential of one lakh MW. Energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule told the media …
The western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune is going to hear the Top quarry case on Monday. The case was filed by residents of Top village, 11km away from the city, who were opposing the dumping of garbage in the quarry located near the village …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Village Panchayat of Top VsThe State of Maharashtra dated 09/02/2015 regarding regarding installation of municipal solild waste (MSW) plant at village Top, District Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The order mentions that "The information given in tabular form by …
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) commitee has consented to revive Solid Waste Treatment Plant (SWTP) at Patvi. The project is expected to be revived by next month. Deputy Commissioner (DC) MS Brar today said he had put forth a case in favour of the SWTP’s revival before the EIA committee. …
