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 …
A ground-breaking study from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the US-based Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) identifies zones for cost-effective, equitable and environmentally sustainable energy development with wind, solar photovoltaic, and concentrating solar power in the countries of the Eastern and Southern African power pools. Combined electricity demand …
First renewable energy project of the Corporation A 10-MW solar photo voltaic power plant was commissioned in Neyveli on Monday, making it the first renewable energy project of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC). The plant located on 54 acres was installed by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited at a cost of Rs. …
Under a blistering sun, workers install a sea of solar panels in a north Indian desert as part of the government's clean energy push --- and its trump card at upcoming climate change talks in Paris. After years of betting big on highly polluting coal, India is under huge pressure …
The Madras High Court Bench, often referred to as the Green Bench of the country for the rich fauna and flora on its campus, here has planned to make even the buildings eco-friendly by tapping solar power for its electricity requirements. A Division Bench of Justices R. Sudhakar and V.M. …
The Indian Solar Manufacturers’ Association has revived its demand for safeguard and anti-dumping duties on imported solar cells and modules. The association, a body of companies that produce cells and modules, sent a formal petition to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on September 18, it is reliably learnt. …
Investments of up to Rs 40,000 crore expected in next 2 years; however, implementation challenges need to be addressed, caution many Rush of foreign investments into renewable sector is turning industry cautious There seems a rush of foreign investors in India’s renewable energy (RE) sector, following the government’s stated ambition …
Clean technologies central to possible bilateral pact Days before the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the US began a serious attempt to seal a bilateral climate change agreement with India. The US President Barack Obama’s senior advisor in the White House, Brian Deese, was sent on a special one-day …
Neyveli Lignite Corporaration (NLC) is planning to establish 4000 mw of solar power projects in southern states, in line with the National Solar Mission announced by the Centre, said B Surender Mohan, CMD of the company on Monday. He said this while inaugurating the 10 mw solar power project at …
TOWARDS supporting sustainable private-sector led economic growth, the African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF), a dedicated renewable energy fund focused on sub-Saharan Africa, announced that it successfully reached its final close at its hard cap, with US $200 million of committed capital to support small- to medium-scale projects. Among other investors …
Fitting a solar panel module on the roof of a railway coach can yield more than 7,200 units of electricity every year. If implemented on all 63,511 coaches in the Railways, 450 million units of power can be harnessed resulting in savings of 10.8 crore litres of diesel and reduction …
NAGPUR: The central government has set a target of 33,000MW renewable energy in the coming years and has decided to lay two separate power transmission corridors for carrying this energy. Nine states have been identified for this project, including Maharashtra. A source in renewable energy sector said that these corridors …
The government of Madhya Pradesh seems no more interested in coal-run power projects. Its focus is on non-conventional power projects using solar and wind energy sources. Five thermal power plants in the state with a combined capacity of 8,500 megawatt (Mw) have been awaiting coal linkage for the past five …
KOLKATA: Power producers have said the fees levied by the government on solar parks under various heads has forced them to increase prices by at least 10 per cent at a time when the trend is towards declining cost of clean energy. The fees levied by the government on the …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a roundtable on renewable energy with top energy CEOs and experts during which he emphasised India`s commitment to realize the vision of 175 GigaWatts of clean energy by 2022. At the roundtable, which was also attended by US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Modi …
A 40 MW solar plant was commissioned on Wednesday near Sengottai in Virudhunagar district, making it the largest solar plant in Tamil Nadu to go on stream so far. The plant, which has come up at an investment of about Rs. 250 crore, was installed by Sterling and Wilson Pvt. …
The clean energy arm of Hindustan Powerprojects Ltd has become the first and largest Indian solar power player to enter the credit enhanced bond market having the issue fully underwritten by Yes Bank Ltd. With this, the clean energy arm is set to issue secured, rated, listed, and partially guaranteed …
Corporate honchos from 16 Chinese firms have offered to set up solar energy plants in India and are holding discussions in this regard with authorities in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. "The Chinese offered to set up solar energy plants with their own plant and machinery including funding facilities in …
We examine the potential for geographic smoothing of solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation using 13 months of observed power production from utility-scale plants in Gujarat, India. To our knowledge, this is the first published analysis of geographic smoothing of solar PV using actual generation data at high time resolution from …
Ahead of the climate change summit in Paris in December, India today said green technology needs of emerging economies are "crucial" to fight greenhouse gas emissions and sought financial as well as technological support from developed nations. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar also rued that the finance and technology mechanism under …
PUNE: People who have installed solar rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system can now sell power to distribution companies. Today, anyone can set up a solar system with a capacity of 1KW to 1MW on a rooftop space, but not sell it. The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission's (MERC) latest guidelines state that …
