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 …
Delhi-based solar power producer Azure Power said it has won a contract to build solar power plants of a total 100 MW capacity from state-run NTPCBSE 0.22 % Ltd. NTPC had recently auctioned 150 MW of solar power capacity to be built at the Andhra Pradesh Solar Park It has …
Keltron will implement the estimated Rs.70-lakh solar project on the main campus of the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit at Kalady, near here. The varsity Syndicate has included the project among the various initiatives to be undertaken utilising the Rs.2.5-crore assistance, received under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) of …
Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Corporation Limited has achieved the distinction of sanctioning 4,000 MW of solar power generation parks under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. In doing so, it has been chosen as the best government nodal agency for solar energy push. Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Corporation is …
Non-fossil fuels accounted for 12 percent of China's primary energy mix at the end of 2015, exceeding an earlier target of 11.4 percent, Xie Zhenhua, China's senior envoy on climate change, told reporters on Wednesday. China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases but has pledged to cap CO2 …
MUMBAI: India's green energy goals are in line with the UN climate change pact, but the country may not meet its target of having 100 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022 as long term investment to the sector may dry up as aggressive bids threaten the profitability of …
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will now jointly collaborate on taking up an ‘off site’ solar power project, to maximise the use of renewable energy, mitigate the impact of regular increase in grid tariffs and to reduce the carbon …
Terming the negative impact of environment pollution as a challenge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said there is a need to harness solar energy. “Discussions of environment have been taking for long, but for the last few years, its negative impact has been felt on normal human lives… There is …
The Telangana State is poised to take off in a big way in solar power and is determined to generate a whopping 2,000 MW of power through this source, said Vice-Chairman & Managing Director of Telangana State New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation (TNREDCL), C. Srinivas Rao. The government has …
The Intertubes have been buzzing with news of the new US federal budget deal, which basically gave away the store to the domestic clean power industry by including a 5-year extension of key tax credits for wind and solar electricity production. This guarantee of a predictable federal policy comes at …
AMMAN — Jordan on Sunday signed an agreement to build a $128 million solar-run power plant with a total capacity of 100 megawatts. The plant, which will be located in Al Qweira in the south of the country, will be owned by the government and financed by a grant from …
Some 2.5% of Rwanda’s land will be planted with trees while the public is also be advised to use less charcoal. This was in an effort to protect the environment and avail forest resources needed for economic development and the improvement of livelihoods of Rwandans. The launch of the 2015/16 …
KOLKATA: With the world turning against coal because of pollution concerns, Coal India, the world's largest producer has embarked on an exercise to go beyond mandatory environment norms and improve quality as it seeks to almost double its production to a billion tonnes by 2020. "We have tied up with …
MANGALURU: Karnataka is aggressively seeking to meet PM Narendra Modi's national target of solar power generation of 100 gigawatt (GW) by 2022. With target of 1000 megawatt (MW) allotted to Karnataka, the state through Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) has invited tenders for targeted power generation and commissioned projects …
To promote non-conventional energy sources, especially in the local rural area, the Punjab Energy Development Authority (PEDA), has installed 1,400 subsidised solar lights installed in various villages of the district, here. Apart from that, 16 home-based biogas plants on subsidy rates have also been installed for the purpose. Giving details, …
India's total installed solar power generation capacity is 4,878.88 MW, led by Rajasthan and Gujarat, Parliament was informed today. The total installed solar power generation capacity of the country was 4,878.88 MW as on December 11, 2015, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the …
Britain cut more renewable energy subsidies on Thursday, putting jobs at risk and drawing criticism for losing credibility in tackling climate change, a week after the landmark deal in Paris. Britain's Conservative government has been reining in spending on all renewables subsidies since it took power in May, saying the …
Australian company races to be first to develop perovskite solar and make technology available for more businesses With over 200 mostly sunny days a year, Australia’s nickname of the sunburnt country is well–earned. It’s therefore unsurprising that we lead the world in household solar, with 1.4m photovoltaic (PV) systems running …
Mobisol, a Germany-based provider of smart solar solutions in Rwanda, has been awarded the Momentum for Change Award by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The firm was named among 16 inspiring "lighthouse activities" during the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, the firm …
The British government reduced financial support for domestic-scale solar power to 4.39 pence per kilowatt hour on Thursday and limited new spending on its feed-in-tariff (FiT) scheme at 100 million pounds. Under the scheme, households, businesses or farms which install low-carbon energy sources such as solar panels or small wind …
This paper analyzes the success of the solar home system program in Bangladesh, which today provides clean, reliable electricity to more than 16 million rural households in off-grid areas. It describes the impact and benefits of the program; various components of the adopted technology, warranties, and disposal aspects; and highlights …
