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 UK has dropped out of the top ten of a respected international league table on renewable energy for the first time since it began 12 years ago. In its quarterly report published on Wednesday, EY said the new Conservative government had sentenced the renewable energy industry to “death by …
KOCHI: Last week chief minister Oommen Chandy said that Kochi has a private SmartCity venture and the city will turn smart with Centre's aid. "The city grabbed the limelight as the fourth-cleanest city in India during the Swachh Bharat mission and is the only city from Kerala to be developed …
The Karnataka Law Society’s Institute of Management Education & Research (IMER) will set up a solar power unit on its campus here to overcome power crisis. Also, the institution will supply surplus power to the Hubballi Electricity Supply Company (Hescom) every year from next year. The Rs.1.25-crore solar power unit …
Aviation history has just been made. Earlier this summer I told you about the record breaking solar plane flight, and now the solar eagle has landed again—this time at an airport in India that just became the first airport in the world to completely operate on solar power. Go India! …
Transport Secretariat says it has concluded plans for the inauguration of 74 solar-powered traffic lights in the territory on Sept. 18. Mr Ifeanyi Ughamadu, Head of Public Relations of the secretariat, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja. Ughamadu said that …
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has launched a 200 MW solar PV tender (on August 30). The tender represents a significant part of the country’s refreshed commitment towards increasing its share of renewable energy, an effort being spearheaded by the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA). Egypt Sunrise The …
EY report says Conservative government has sentenced renewable energy sector to death by a thousand cuts and left investors puzzled at policy changes. The UK has dropped out of the top ten of a respected international league table on renewable energy for the first time since it began 12 years …
In a move that could encourage private solar power developers to sign power supply agreements with state-run NTPC, the government has decided to extend a tripartite agreement that provides payment security to the country’s largest thermal power producer by fifteen years from the current end-date of October 2016. It may …
Making a powerful pitch for energy conservation, Union minister for power, coal and new and renewable energy Piyush Goyal said the government's ambitious programme to replace all electric bulbs in Indian households with energy-saving LED bulbs over the next three years is attracting reputed companies from India and abroad as …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been announced as one of the winners of the highest environmental accolade of the United Nations, in recognition of Bangladesh's far-reaching initiatives to address climate change. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's name as one of the 'Champion of the …
PATNA: 'Raanjhanaa' and 'Tanu Weds Manu' series fame Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar lent some glamour to the state assembly polls on Thursday by releasing a public manifesto for 100% renewable energy in Bihar for consideration by all major political parties here. The nine-point manifesto is a part of an awareness …
After years of delay, a solar policy for Delhi has finally taken shape. Setting a target of generating 2 GW solar power by 2025, the Delhi government has now made it mandatory for all its buildings to install solar panels by 2020. To start with, the Aam Aadmi Party government …
It invites suggestions on its draft solar policy The Delhi Dialogue Commission today sought suggestions from people over its draft of the Solar Energy Policy of the national Capital for which it has proposed 1 GW (1,000 mega watt) solar power capacity in the next five years. The draft policy …
The Cabinet has cleared the policy to generate electricity from offshore windmills. India is already among the world's top producers of electricity from windmills on land, with a capacity of more than 23,000 mw, but extending the success to offshore regions has not made much progress so far. Under the …
Impressed by the solar power policy of India’s national capital of Delhi, the country’s Centre for Science and Environment has urged the central government to implement the same policy across the country. According to the provisions of the Delhi rooftop solar power policy, all buildings constructed after September 1, 2015, …
The US residential solar market grew 70% during the first half of 2015. Thanks to the addition of another 729 MW of utility-scale solar during the second quarter, the nation has installed more than 1 GW of PV for the last 7 quarters. According to the Solar Energy Industry Association’s …
The Knesset is an imposing rectangular building standing at the top of a hill from where it looms over one side of Jerusalem. Despite the blinding summer sun, the tapestries by Marc Chagall decorating the entrance of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, are awash in a far gentler, natural light. The …
This draft solar policy released by Delhi government's advisory body Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) recommends generation of 1,000 MW solar power for the national capital by 2020. It is proposed to double it to 2 GW during the next five years (by 2025) Delhi Power Minister released a Delhi Solar …
Research and technology development in the field of renewable energy sources will be carried out at the institute Odisha may soon have a National Institute of New Energy to carry out research and technology development in the field of renewable energy sources. "The institute will carry out research and development …
As many as 500 weavers in the district have benefited from the solar-powered green house scheme of the State Government. The State Government proposed to subsidise 10,000 weavers across the State for construction of these green houses. Five hundred and seventy five beneficiaries were selected from the villages in the …
