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 …
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This article analyzes the challenges to effective environmental protection in the power sectors of China and India. Its analytical framework consists of identification of environmental policies and regulations affecting electricity generation, assessment of problems faced when implementing these policies and regulations, and finally recommendations for surmounting the barriers encountered.
Many years ago, Stephen Jay Gould wrote an essay titled "What, if anything, is a zebra?' In this piece, he tried to explore whether some zebras were more closely related by descent to horses than they were to other zebras? He argued that since the three species of zebras did …
The Indian media has a penchant for the sensational. Caught up in the scandals over former minister K Natwar Singh's Iraq liaisons and the surrender of Abu Salem, it paid short shrift to a landmark memorandum of understanding (mou) that was signed between India and the us on November 12, …
serious controversies dog Cape Wind, the first offshore wind energy project proposed in the us. The project involves a wind park with 130 wind turbines, which at its peak could 420 megawatts, annually
In this day of television grabs, policies are about slugfests. The logic of the grab is that any discussion must be heated, with sharply divided positions - clear proponents and opponents. It is a caricature of the world; in it, for instance, if one is an environmentalist then s/he must …
The opportunities in biodiesel are manifold. A renewable, environment-friendly source of energy is something India desperately needs. There is no question about that. But that doesn't mean the questions aren't there. There is already a strong realisation that the economic reforms of the 1990s haven't helped improve the rural economy. …
what is more important, producing clean energy or protecting an area's ecosystem? The choice has to be made in Karnataka in a case instantiating the complexities of sustainable development. A local court in Chikmagalur district recently granted a stay on a 93 megawatt (mw) windfarm project at Bababudangiri Hills on …
The European Commission (ec) recently warned it is planning legal action against many eu states that have failed to implement rules to promote biofuels. The 25 eu nations had to turn eu rules on biofuel usage into national laws in 2004. They also had to send a report to the …
The Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (sscp) has been cleared by the Union ministry of environment and forests and the cabinet committee. Despite this, the crucial project, which will cut through a natural chain of shoals to link the Gulf of Mannar with the Palk Bay, needs the attention of the …
in june-end the United States Senate passed a somewhat "green' energy bill one drastically different from the version passed earlier by the House of Representatives. The Senate favours renewable and new sources of energy. The House had strongly backing fossil fuels. Thus, there is bound to be a confrontation between …
Where do our renewables stand and how was the market earlier? With its wide network and resource availability, India is currently well-placed. Wind energy has emerged as the best option for grid-connected power. The private sector accounts for almost 97 per cent of the total installed wind power capacity of …
the United Nations Environment Programme (unep) has come out with a detailed map of wind and solar energy resources in 13 developing nations to pinpoint the best locations for renewable energy projects. The move is part of the first results of the project "Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (swera)', …
In a remarkable move, China passed a Renewable Energy Promotion Law on February 28, 2005, setting targets for developing renewable energy sources. China is the world's second largest emitter of carbon dioxide. But it has no binding obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, the global treaty to fight climate change, to …
Geoff Gallop, premier of Australia's Western Australia state, announced on February 9, 2005, that six per cent of the power generated in the state by 2010 will be through renewable energy sources. Earlier, the target was one per cent. The aim is to save one million tonnes of greenhouse gas …
The potential of non-conventional resources may be limited, but the Rajasthan government is keen to tap all avenues at the earliest. It has come up with a policy document for promoting generation of electricity through non-conventional sources. In the past, three such policy frameworks had been issued, but not much …
What happens when being off-grid is a necessity and not an option? India has nearly 25,000 villages where extension of power from the main grid line is neither technologically feasible nor affordable. These villages are either located in remote areas or are inhabited by people whose capacity to pay for …
Rural areas of India are characterised by very low per capita energy consumption and in most places commercial energy like electricity is not available. Thus, it is a matter of concern that 60% of rural households still use kerosene for lighting. Besides, 180 million tons of biomass is used in …
This study uses optimization modeling to study efficient ways to integrate renewable energy systems to provide electricity and heat in rural Japan. The model provides minimum cost system configuration and operation taking into account hour-by-hour energy availability and demand. Grid electricity is available to rural areas of Japan, but it …
