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 …
The Central Information Commission has directed the Environment Ministry to explain whether it is revisiting environmental clearance given to a solar park in the habitat of Indian Bustard in Karnataka as per directions of National Green Tribunal. The Commission has directed the Ministry "to publish the policy along with reasons …
Tariffs for solar power could fall to as low as Rs 4.80 per unit compared with the average bids of Rs 5.50-6 per unit in the lest few tenders, reports Sumit Jha in New Delhi. The latest bid is for NTPC tenders under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) …
Renewable energy is making inroads in Argentina. Last week, after much negotiation, the chamber of deputies approved a new law decreeing that, by 2017, the country must generate 8% of its electricity from wind, solar or small-scale hydro power, among other energy sources. The bill also calls for this percentage …
Large solar arrays could have some surprising side effects, according to a new study, including causing changes in the local climate. On a global scale, these changes will be minor compared to what would happen if humans continue to burn fossil fuel for energy instead, but are still worth watching, …
JAISALMER: For the first time in the country, floodlights at dozens of border posts and fencings along the international border adjoining Pakistan will run on solar energy from November 5. The pilot project is being operated by the Union home ministry at the border in Jaisalmer. Work of the 5MW …
Solar and wind power are the sunrise industries CARBON security means ensuring safety of both energy and the environment. They are two sides of the same coin. Natural resources are invaluable, so it is critically important to conserve them for use, not just for us and our children, but for …
Regardless of the harmful effects of burning fossil fuels on global climate other energy sources will become more important in the future because fossil fuels could run out by the early twenty-second century given the present rate of consumption. This implies that sooner or later humanity will rely heavily on …
The Visakhapatnam Port Trust is the first among the major ports in the country to take up a solar power plant and the 10-MW solar power project is likely to be commissioned by March 2016. Adjacent to runway The port issued a letter of intent to Jakson Engineer Ltd of …
It has been cleared by environment department and is currently with the power department After its draft was released in September, the Delhi government is now ready with the final report on the solar policy of the city. According to sources, the Solar Policy is likely to be approved by …
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) is setting up solar power panels to meet its energy requirements. Solar power panels are being set up on roof tops at Balamrai and Karkhana pump houses in the Cantonment area. While the i nstalled capacity of the solar power plant …
The 10,000 Rooftop Solar Power Plants Programme, State government’s pioneering effort in mass solar power generation, is on its last lap with just about two months remaining for its conclusion. The programme, which has substantial subsidy component and was launched in February 2013, has so far received 16,360 registrations and …
Any plausible game plan for capping the rise of Earth's surface temperature depends on replacing fossil fuels with energy sources that generate little or no carbon pollution. That means renewables, especially solar and wind, both of which face fewer constraints to growth than more established clean energy: a river can …
In a first in the country, all 1,517 police stations in Uttar Pradesh will be made self-reliant for electricity through solar power by March 2016. In the first phase, funds have been sanctioned for 250 police stations which will be equipped with 5 KV and 10KV power generation units. Rooftop …
Large scale integration of Renewable Energy (RE) into a power system poses multiple technical and commercial challenges to the stake holders of the system. It is critical to address these challenges for large scale integration of RE into the power system. This section of the report describes the major techno-commercial …
After a Kisan Mandi, UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is all set to gift a non-conventional energy training centre to Kannauj, his wife Dimple Yadav's parliamentary constituency. Proposed to be constructed over an area of around four acre, the centre would essentially provide training to youth in installation of rooftop …
Seeking to present a group of sunshine countries as a block to get a better deal in the rising renewable energy market, India will launch an "alliance of solar-rich countries" in Paris on November 30 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the French capital along with other top world leaders …
The government plans to cut tax reliefs for community energy schemes to build new renewable power capacity such as solar and wind in a move that will deal a further blow to the UK's embattled renewables sector, green campaigners have warned. The Treasury is to remove tax reliefs of 30% …
In a country where only 40% of people have access to grid electricity, the government is looking to sunshine to power health centres and homes Before solar panels were installed at Masaki village’s only health centre, doctors, nurses and midwives had to use dim flashlights or the glow from their …
The rising cost of funding renewable energy means utility EDF and other French power providers face an 11 percent rise next year in a surcharge they pay that is used to subsidise the renewable sector, the energy watchdog said on Thursday. That is less than the 17 percent rise this …
Installation of a 5 kW unit is said to cost Rs. 5.25 lak The Vipra Multipurpose Souharda Credit Cooperative Society, located at Vinobha Nagar here, has not only attained self-sufficiency in its electricity needs by successfully tapping the solar energy, but also planned to project it as a model for …
