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 …
To reach the level of investment in new renewable power generation needed to avert dangerous climate change, $12.1 trillion of investment will be needed over the next 25 years, which is $5.2 trillion above business-as-usual projections, a new report by Ceres and Bloomberg New Energy Finance concludes. Clean energy investment …
Carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation are a major cause of anthropogenic climate change. The deployment of wind and solar power reduces these emissions, but is subject to the variability of the weather. In the present study, we calculate the cost-optimized configuration of variable electrical power generators using weather data …
$200 billion is needed for 100 GW solar and 60 GW wind power installation by 2022 The climate change talks of the 21st Conference of Parties at Paris in December, though seemingly promising, are not legally binding. The meet has only culminated in discussions on financing climate change initiatives, especially …
Past auctions have seen low bids only by unknown names or not-so-serious players Foreign firms are pushing down solar tariffs in India, with the lowest bid in the last auction at Rs 4.34/kWh. While the low prices have evoked mixed reactions as to the sustainability of such aggressive bids, what …
Cabinet unveils policy focuses on solving power woes in tribal areas Tapping solar energy could prove to be the answer to power woes in remote and tribal areas of the state as unemployed youth and farmers will be given preference in allotment of projects up to five MW with a …
PUNE: The decision on generating about 1MW electricity from solar energy for 19 of the 100 odd civic buildings in the city has been postponed. The standing committee of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) decided to postpone the call on this proposal. "The commissioner office has given the proposal and it …
As part of efforts to boost the solar sector, the government will soon come out with a new policy for setting up solar zones in the country to give a fillip to renewable energy projects and manufacturing of equipment. Each solar zone will be spread over 100 sq kms and …
HYDERABAD: A significant drop in global commodity prices and fierce competition among domestic cash-strapped power project contractors have led to a steep fall in prices of solar EPC ( engineering, procurement and construction) contracts, benefiting power asset owners and consumers. EPC contractors are learnt to have quoted the lowest ever …
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquarters in Gurgaon will be a new beginning for solar power development in the country, the government said on Thursday. Prime Ministe Narendra Modi and visiting French President Francois Hollande will jointly lay the foundation stone of the ISA headquarters next week. Both the leaders …
ZIMBABWE has received massive endorsement as a prime destination for solar power projects after Chinese firm, Shanghai Electric Power Design Institute, completed a bankable feasibility study that okayed the Gwanda Solar plant. SEPD, unit of multi-trillion dollar Chinese electrical engineering giant, Power China, completed the first ever solar project feasibility …
Enviromena Power Systems, builder of solar power plants, sees contracts rising tenfold in 2016 as countries from Oman to Morocco push ahead with renewable energy projects, its chief executive said on Thursday. Abu Dhabi-based Enviromena, set up in 2007 with local and international investors including venture capital firms, has built …
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday approved a 'viability gap funding' (VGF) of Rs 5,050 crore for setting up over 5,000 MW of grid linked solar power projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for setting up over 5,000 …
International Solar Alliance, pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, forged on the sidelines of the recently-concluded Paris climate change summit will unlock opportunities for the private sector in clean energy, the government today said. It also asserted that the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) or climate action plan of …
Nuclear Power plant Power plants will be allowed to sell their un-requisitioned capacity– which has been abandoned by the procurer despite existing power purchase agreements– in the open market through power exchanges. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved several changes to the tariff policy for the power sector, with the broad …
KOLHAPUR: The solar and wind power generating equipment on the hillock near Jotiba temple has gone missing, showing the apathy of the local administration. The plant was set up about 10 years ago by then state minister Vinay Kore to generate power through the two non-conventional sources of energy. The …
ONergy Solar, a leading award winning solar energy enterprise has partnered with Belghoria Janakalyan Samity (BJS), a renowned NGO and micro-finance institution having active presence across West Bengal. The initiative is to promote solar as a clean and reliable source of energy by ONergy and provision of solar financing by …
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) plans to generate about 1MW electricity from solar energy for 19 of its roughly 100 buildings in the city. The project will be carried out in association with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), which has identified vendors to install solar plants at …
But government benchmarking of solar tariff at Rs 4.43 per unit restricts players in Maharashtra Rajasthan witnesses solar bids spiraling down to Rs 4.3/unit In the bidding for solar projects totalling 420 megawatt (Mw) in Rajasthan, under the National Solar Mission, the winning bid touched a new low of Rs …
A narrow focus on cost alone may be leading to misconceptions about the real value of energy storage according to a new report by the World Energy Council ‘E-storage – shifting from cost to value’. The report, which focusses on solar and wind applications, says that the focus only on …
BENGALURU: The government’s plan to encourage rooftop solar electricity generation in Bengaluru has fallen way behind its target in the current year. Bescom, the nodal agency for installing grid-connected rooftop solar units, has achieved an installed capacity of just 3.4MW of 10MW it was to achieve for 2015-16. It received …
