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 …
IWTMA seeks changes in the Generation Based Incentive to attract fresh investments into the wind energy sector Everyone is for it. The investors want it for viability. Turbine manufacturers want it to expand market. The government too wants it for augmenting power supply. To grow and flourish, the wind energy …
A UNDP sponsored windmill-run water desalination plant has been installed in Badin coastal area, which provides one thousand gallons pure water per day, it was learnt on Thursday. Badin Rural Development Society, an allied NGO of Nice Link, undertook the project costing Rs 3 million. According to details, a 5KV …
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered notice on a writ petition by a panchayat ward member in Coimbatore district, seeking a direction to authorities for collecting taxes and other revenues from 10 companies that had set up a windmill project in his village. Rathinavadivel of Pongallur post in …
HOUSTON: For all the support that the U.S. presidential candidates are expressing for renewable energy, alternative energies like wind and solar are facing big new challenges because of the credit freeze and the plunge in oil and natural gas prices. Shares of alternative energy companies in the United States have …
BS Reporter / Chennai October 16, 2008, 17:44 IST The central government is planning to remove the incentive cap in wind energy which is currently restricted to projects up to 49mw. The government decision is to encourage more foreign investors to invest in various wind energy projects, according to a …
Britain will fall woefully short of its own renewable energy targets unless the government allows wind farms to be built closer to shore, the Carbon Trust said in a report on Tuesday. Only a quarter of the wind power capacity Britain needs to meet its target of getting 15 percent …
Human-induced emissions are on the rise, says a new study In a recent study, the Global Carbon Project stated that carbon emissions from human activity have grown nearly four times faster than in the 1990s. The emissions grew at 3.5 per cent per year between 2000 and 2007 as against …
Several environmental and social impact reports pertaining to the installation of windmills in the Gharo-Keti Bander-Hyderabad Wind Corridor have been gathering dust at the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency offices due to a lack of interest of the officials and the authorities concerned. Sources in the Sindh environmental watchdog said that …
The time and money being spent on wind power is perhaps not surprising when you consider that, based on global average annual wind speeds, worldwide there is the potential to generate 106 million gigawatt-hours of electricity per year from wind - five times the total amount of electricity generated globally …
At first glance, clean technology, which either improves the efficiency or reduces the environmental impact of energy-related products, appears to be a booming industry. It is estimated to be worth $150bn now but will reach $600bn by 2020, a United Nations report says. Investments are being made in a huge …
World Bank funding for efficient and renewable energy rose 87 this year to nearly US$2.7 billion, reflecting the importance of moving to a low-carbon economy, the bank's energy chief said on Thursday. Investment in "green" energy projects is essential for poor countries hit hard by soaring oil prices, said Jamal …
Wind developers in the United States could be the first among the energy sector to fall victim to the global financial meltdown emanating from Wall Street. The banking crisis that began with bad loans in the US housing sector has now brought down several commercial banks, one of the world's …
With the world economies painting a gloomy financial scenario, time couldn't have been more opportune to take stock of financing in the renewable energy sector in India. The 3rd Renewable Energy Finance Forum, which kicked off to a good start in Mumbai proved to be more than just an eye …
Mr Debashish Majumdar's experience spans over 30 years in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency. An engineer from IIT Delhi, he has been with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) for over eleven years. Inwind Chronicle interviewed Mr Debashish Majumdar for his views on financing in the …
With the average price of a gallon of gasoline hovering somewhere around $4 in the U.S. and oil prices continuing to rise the whole world is refocusing their attention on the viability of alternative energy sources. A window seems to be opening for genuine progress in lessening our dependence on …
