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 …
A British university is conducting a research into sustainable energy to help a remote village in West Bengal to access electricity for the first time by installing a sustainable system from biological waste and novel solar photovoltaic technology. Dr Mark Walker, Research Associate at Sheffield University's Energy 2050 research institute, …
Finnish companies are looking at India's renewable energy market to offer power from municipal waste, a technology in which the European country has excelled. At several locations in Finland, companies, including Vantaa Energy and Ekokem, have set up medium-sized plants that burn municipal waste to generate power. Both companies are …
The Delhi government has begun a pilot project for controlled burning at east Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill, which will be followed by the implementation of similar steps at Bhalswa and Okhla, as part of a long-term project simultaneously aimed at maximum utilisation of the sites and pre-emption of fires. Underlined by …
THE monsoon season has barely passed and there have already been two incidents of fires at the Deonar dumping ground within a week, raising concerns over the condition of the city’s three landfill sites once again. A report prepared by the solid waste management department on the status of the …
Corpn. not to have any financial liability; industrialist to invest Rs.10 crore The waste-to-energy plant to be set up for the Kochi Corporation by GJ Eco Power Limited is likely to be ready for commissioning by December 2018 with the State government assuring full support for the project. The project …
The transition to renewables cuts across the entire urban energy landscape, from buildings to transport, to industry and power. Renewables can bring tremendous benefits to cities, including cleaner air, modern services and improved living spaces. At the same time, cities are crucial to the world’s transition to a low-carbon economy, …
It has been almost a year that residents of Sukhdev Vihar in southeast Delhi have been waiting for the the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to fulfill his promise to them. The long battle of residents of Sukhdev Vihar in southeast Delhi for their right to clean air goes on, even …
The energy landscape has changed with most countries achieving a more diversified energy mix as well as a growth in community ownerships and an evolution of micro grids. The new World Energy Resources report launched at the 23rd World Energy Congress on 12 October reveals that the unexpectedly high growth …
A four-member MC team, which had gone to Chennai to study the technicalities and feasibility of a plastic-to-fuel plant, returned today and has proposed to set up such an environment-friendly plant in the city. A detailed study tour report will come up in the MC House meeting where the final …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Almitra H. Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 22/09/2016 regarding the issue of collection, treatment and disposal of the municipal solid waste in various cities of India. NGT directs Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 22/09/2016 regarding operationalization of waste to RDF plant in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Director of Waste to RDF plant Vinod Fotedar submitted before the Tribunal that plant would be …
New Delhi: Residents of Sukhdev Vihar recently filed an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) alleging that the Okhla waste-to-energy plant violates the Delhi Master Plan 2021 and needs be shut down. The area was marked to be a district or city park in the master plan and not …
A team of researchers at Jadavpur University here has developed a biodegradable energy harvester from raw fish scales that could in future replace pacemaker devices for the heart. The energy harvester thus could be tapped as a sustainable green power source for next generation self-powered implantable medical devices. It also …
In talks with PE funds and strategic investors Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt Ltd (PRESPL), a Mumbai-based biomass supply chain management company, is looking to raise about $6-7 million for expansion in India. The company is looking at opportunities arising out of bio-refinery plants of national oil marketing companies. Today, …
Waste-to-energy plants in 10 urban local bodies in the State are likely to function from next year. While detailed project reports (DPRs) are ready for 63 ULBs, 10 of them will start producing power by combustion of municipal solid waste, according to Managing Director of Swachha Andhra Corporation D. Muralidhar …
Against the backdrop of extreme weather events disrupting economic activity and causing hazards across the Asia Pacific, the Paris Climate Agreement was a landmark deal in the fight against climate change. The nations of the world came together to state their commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These two forces …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association & Ors. Vs. State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 01/09/2016 regarding waste to energy plants in Delhi. National Green Tribunal directs authorities to "take clear instructions as to the availability of the sites, …
Rubbish from this weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival in London is expected to generate 97,200 kWh of electricity As revellers recover from Notting Hill Carnival, which took place this bank holiday weekend, rubbish from the street party is making its way to waste recovery sites across London to be recycled or …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Irfan Ahmad & Ors. Vs. Nawang Rigzin Jora & Ors. dated 22/08/2016 regarding installation of waste to energy plant, Achan, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. NGT takes strong exception to the fact that the matter is pending before the Tribunal …
Egg producer has commissioned German firm Weltec Biopower to build a pioneering 800kW biogas plant Colombia's largest egg producer has announced plans to power its farms using waste manure provided by its own chickens. Incubadora Santander, which produces around 3.5 million eggs a day from several poultry farms close to …
