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 …
MUMBAI: The Western Railway will go green and instal a 100 KWP solar power system on the rooftop of its Churchgate station building. This will generate cheaper, reliable power for most of the departments in the WR headquarters located in the building. "It is yet another initiative by WR to …
For NTPC, that has often faced barbs for having a fourth of India's coal power generation capacity of 169,118 Mw, venturing into green space is a calculated move NTPC Ltd figures among the world's top 10 coal-based power generators but in less than two years it will have an impressive …
Apple announced that it has struck a deal to power all of its Singapore operations with renewable energy, the latest in a series of steps from the company to turn its operations worldwide green. Starting in January, solar energy developer Sunseap Group will provide Apple with 100% renewable electricity from …
The first aptly-titled SolaRoad made its debut last November in the Netherlands, not far from Amsterdam. The road itself is a unique foray in pollution-free solar energy. Nearly one year later, the SolaRoad’s designers say the high-tech bike path is performing better than they expected. In the first six months …
The world's largest technology company has announced that its entire Singapore operations, including a 2,500-person corporate campus and a forthcoming retail store, will be 100% powered by solar panels. Apple will receive clean energy from Singapore solar developer Sunseap under a long-term contract beginning January 2016. The company said the …
Global investment in activities to reduce planet-warming emissions and vulnerability to climate change grew 18 percent to $391 billion in 2014, as private backing for renewable energy technologies surged, researchers said. More money than ever before was channelled into action to curb climate change and its impacts, after funding levelled …
Coal power plants are not the solution to help billions of people without electricity or clean cooking facilities, aid agencies have warned. Analysis by Cafod, Christian Aid and thinktank the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) suggests that continuing with current energy policies that focus heavily on coal, risks leaving a billion …
PUNE: The wind and solar energy project installed on the premises of Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce, Pashan road, has helped reduce the institute's expense on electricity drastically. The project produces 13 kilowatt (kW) power and the institute has been able to cut its electricity bill by Rs …
Pledging to quadruple India's renewable power capacity to 175 gigawatt by 2022 and cut fossil fuel subsidies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked world's top economies to build support systems focused on nations that have the maximum growth potential. He also asked them to keep infrastructure financing in developing countries …
If all goes as planned then Delhi will soon lead the 55 cities being developed as “solar cities” under the Centre’s Smart City initiative. Central Delhi, which has been identified for the project, is likely to harness as much as 1.8 megawatt (MW) of solar energy by March next year. …
The Net Metering Regulations and the Delhi government coming up with a solar policy for the city, Delhiites are still unable to make green energy a part of their daily lives. Statistics corroborate this fact as a mere 7 megawatt (MW) of the peak power consumption demand of about 5,800 …
India aims to reduce emission intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 per cent by 2030 from 2005 levels, and solar power is likely to contribute 4 per cent towards this target, states this new report released by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, …
City-based Gamesa has successfully commissioned its maiden solar power project with a capacity of 9 megawatt in Tamil Nadu. "By commissioning the 9 mw turnkey solar project near Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Gamesa has successfully entered the solar territory," Gamesa, which has been engaged in wind turbine manufacturing, said in a …
IL&FS; Energy Development Co Ltd, the power generation and infrastructure development arm of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd, proposes to rapidly ramp up its solar power generation capacity. “After having done about 1,004 MW in wind energy, we now want to ramp up in the solar space. The structuring, …
We may be getting a real time glimpse of a world that energy visionaries have long awaited — one featuring a large scale merger between clean energy technologies, like wind and solar, and large batteries that can store power from these sources and make it available at will. Meet Advanced …
KOLKATA: State-run Coal India (CIL) will invest Rs 6,000 crore to set up 1,000 MW of solar power generation capacity over the next five to six years, according to a senior company executive. "We will fund 70% of the project cost through debt, which will come mostly from banks, while …
Investors are 'confused' that leading developers are bidding aggressively for 'small' projects Workers clean photovoltaic panels inside a solar power plant in Gujarat Solar power made history in the country last week by receiving a bid of Rs 4.6 a unit. Policy makers cheered the drop - from Rs 17.91 …
The union cabinet on Thursday approved an agreement between India and Belgium on new and renewable energy at the federal and regional level. "The objective of this Memorandum of Understanding is to establish the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and …
Austria’s largest state said Thursday that 100 percent of its electricity is now generated using renewable sources of energy. “We have invested heavily to boost energy efficiency and to expand renewables,” said Erwin Proell, premier of 1.65m-strong Lower Austria. Analysis Argentina to generate 8% of energy from renewable sources by …
PANJIM: The Goa government has a major challenge of generating 150 MW of grid-connected solar power capacity by 2022, of which it has to produce at least one MW by the end of the current financial year, under the National Solar Mission launched by the Union Ministry for New and …
