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 …
It's not just ease of commuting that Delhi Metro is offering. According to the Delhi Metro chief, Metro is also contributing to the environment by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. At the launch of the first solar plant in a parking lot in the HUDA City Centre station, Delhi Metro Rail …
The Zambian Government is in the final stages in the development of a comprehensive feed-in tariff regime for renewable energy projects. The Zambian Ministry of Mines, Energy, and Water Development has been working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for over a year to develop the feed-in …
Commission proposes to amend the existing regulations The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) is in the process of evolving a solar – wind hybrid policy facilitating co-development of solar and wind energy projects. The Commission has embarked upon the hybrid policy in view of the ‘great synergy’ between the …
US-based finance firm SAM Consultant today said it has facilitated Azure Sunlight's borrowing of USD 20 million for a 19-MW rooftop solar power systems project. "SAM Consultant, the only Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) fund facilitator in India, helped Azure Sunlight Pvt of India in borrowing USD 20 million," SAM …
To promote solar water heating systems in Haryana, budgetary provision of Rs90 lakh has been made in the State annual plan for the installation of these systems in residential buildings and socially-oriented institutions in fiscal year 2015-16. Haryana Minister of State for Renewable Energy, Nayab Singh Saini said that under …
The country's climate change target for Paris to be set at 35% emission intensity reduction below 2005 levels At least 40 per cent of India's total power capacity will come from renewable sources by 2030. The decision to substantially alter the energy mix that powers India in future is likely …
NEW DELHI: New Zealand can provide innovative assistance and advanced technologies to India in promoting the growth of renewable energy sector, country's trade body NZTE said in a statement today. A delegation of clean-tech and renewable energy companies from New Zealand is coming to participate in the ninth Renewable Energy …
Goyal expected to discuss green energy issues with US India is looking at offering better subsidies to manufacturers – both local and foreign – of solar cells and modules so that the benefits cannot be challenged at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This idea is gaining ground as it’s a …
Power producers to sell solar power through long-term open access On July 28, when the Rajasthan government cleared investment proposals worth Rs 1.65 lakh crore for setting up solar parks in the state with a combined capacity of 26,000 Mw, the question that remained unanswered was how this clean energy …
Additional Deputy Commissioner (Gurgaon) Vinay Pratap Singh, who is also the nodal officer of the Haryana Renewable Development Agency (HAREDA), has said that a single window “solar facilitation centre” would be opened at the Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Park near Leisure Valley here to promote solar energy. Mr. Singh was speaking …
सेक्टर-24 स्थित ईएसआई अस्पताल की दीवारों में दरारों के बाद अब सोलर पैनल के बर्बाद होने का मामला सामने आया है। अस्पताल को बिजली संकट से उबारने में सक्षम 50 लाख के सोलर पैनल की फिल्म सड़ गई है। ये पैनल अस्पताल की छत पर लगे हुए हैं। वर्ष 2011 …
Cements role of Like-Minded Developing Countries block in Paris talks Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with climate change negotiators from 12 ‘Like Minded Developing Countries (LMDC)’ cemented relations within the group and placed India as a key member of the block, ahead of the final round of negotiations for the …
The government’s attempts to use renewable sources of energy for domestic purposes serve as a blessing in this era of global warming and climate change. Compared to developed countries like Germany, the average per capita consumption of energy in India is quite low. No industry is free from causing pollution …
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the single largest Central force deployed in the States affected by Left-wing extremism, has been asked to install 170 mobile towers in its camps. Of these camps, the process for installation has been initiated on 107 sites, and 49 are fully functional. Though Jharkhand …
The Myuru Zilla Panchayat plans to install solar lighting systems in rural areas so that students are not inconvenienced when there are long hours of power cuts. According to ZP president Pushpavathi Amaranath, the ZP has already installed solar lighting systems in over 75 houses in Rangaiahnahalli Hadi in Hunsur …
CHENNAI: In yet another green initiative, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to make it mandatory for all new multistorey (more than four floors) buildings in the state to have solar power generation facility. Announcing this in the assembly on Tuesday, chief minister J Jayalalithaa said the rule would be …
GREATER NOIDA: The city will host the 9th edition of the Renewable Energy India (REI) Exhibition and Conference from September 23 to 25. Gadgets from Japanese hydrogen- fuelled cars to wind-powered Taiwanese invertors will be out on exhibition at the India Expo Centre in Greater Noida. The three-day show, regarded …
MUMBAI: CLP India's wind energy arm has raised Rs 600 crore via issue of green bonds. CLP Wind Farms India issued unlisted, redeemable non-convertible debentures with tenures of three, four and five years at a coupon of 9.15 per cent. Green bonds are designed to raise money for energy efficiency-related …
Argentina, whose energy trade deficit stands at 8 billion U.S. dollars per year, has joined hands with China to develop renewable energy ranging from hydro and nuclear power to wind and solar power. If renewable energy takes one more percentage point in the country's total energy supply, 500 million U.S. …
For the past year, a steady stream of villagers has been visiting Muhammad Naeem's home in this quaint mountain town in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. They come for one reason: to see for themselves the benefits of his solar water heater. "A solar geyser does not cause respiratory diseases, it …
