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 …
Up to 10 new large-scale solar farms are to be built across Australia through $350m in funding from two government renewable energy bodies, following the creation of the southern hemisphere’s largest solar farm in New South Wales. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) …
Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, researchers at the University of Michigan have created a lattice-like cell that can stretch like an accordion, allowing it to tilt along the sun's trajectory and capture more energy. They detail the idea in a paper published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. …
More than three quarters of UK households would support renewable energy projects such as wind turbines and solar farms if the profits generated benefitted the local community, a poll has found. Co-operative Energy polled 2000 UK adults in order to reveal public attitudes on community projects in the wake of …
The expert panel on solar cities under the central ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), which is meeting next month, is likely to hear the presentation of Kochi Solar City project. The Kochi corporation sent the final master plan to the ministry last month after making changes to the …
Telangana Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy said he would make efforts to introduce solar energy in all police stations and other buildings of the Home Department. Responding to a request by the organisers of the Eco Sure Solar Conference here on Monday, he said it would be discussed and decided …
A 100 kw grid-connected solar power plant was inaugurated at V.O. Chidambaranar Port here by S. Anantha Chandra Bose, Chairman, on Friday. Solar power generated from the plant installed at the roof top of the administration building of the port would be directly fed to Port Low Tension grid at …
Researchers from Rice University have a new way of harvesting sunlight for energy, and it involves using light-activated gold nanoparticles. These absorb the light and transfer energy to excited electrons known as "hot electrons." Essentially, they have to capture the high-energy electrons before they cool. Scientists developed an artificial leaf …
Green MP Gareth Highes had one of his Member's Bills pulled from the ballot in mid-August. The Electricity Industry (Small-Scale Renewable Distributed Generation) Amendment Bill is now set to be voted on by Parliament in the near future. MPs will decide whether to support an amendment to the Electricity Industry …
TANZANIA Bureau of Standards (TBS) will carry out a man-hunt to establish who is engaged in the sale of fake solar power panels, TBS Public Relations Manager, Ms Roida Andusamile, has announced. Ms Andusamile made the revelation on Saturday in Dar es Salaam while addressing a news conference on the …
PUNE: The city has failed to secure a spot in the Centre's 'Solar City' list, which was released last week. However, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is keeping its fingers crossed as it is hopeful that Pune may find a place in the subsequent lists, expected to be released within …
Welcoming the draft solar policy for Delhi which makes installation of solar panels on rooftops of buildings mandatory, a green body today urged the Union New and Renewable Energy Ministry to promote a similar policy across the country. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said the Delhi Dialogue Commission …
India is gearing up to flex its solar muscles by hosting energy ministers from 107 countries for bringing to life PM Narendra Modi's vision of creating a global platform for "sunshine countries" ahead of the global climate talks in Paris. The conclave will formally kick off the sunshine grouping, christened …
There is need for a holistic approach while planning to increase the power generation capacity in India, a senior power systems company official said. M. Rajagopalan, market development director-Middle East and Asia at Wartsila India, said such an approach is needed so that power cuts do not continue to plague …
RANCHI: Adani Group is planning to set up a 1000MW capacity solar plant in the state at a net investment worth Rs 7000 crore. This comes after the global conglomerate announced an Rs 50,000-crore investment in June for urea, methane, power and substitute natural gas (SNG) in the state. The …
Welcoming the draft solar policy for Delhi which makes installation of solar panels on rooftops of buildings mandatory, a green body today urged the Union New and Renewable Energy Ministry to promote a similar policy across the country. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said the Delhi Dialogue Commission …
The recent renewable energy roadmap released by WWF-India and World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) for the Palakkad District shows that it is both feasible and practical for the district to meet 50 per cent of its energy demand with renewable sources by 2030. The district of Palakkad can make …
As solar panels get cheaper, they are being bought for use in houses also. Until last year, industries and institutions like schools and hospitals bought most of the rooftop solar systems to save on power bills and taxes. Free power from solar panels offset the high rate of electricity for …
Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday said the government has equal focus on all forms of renewable energy, including solar and wind. "The Union Government has equal focus on various forms of renewable power and does not discriminate between solar, wind or biogas power in terms of providing support …
Solar power generation contributed to about 10 percent of peak summer power supplies of Japan's nine major utilities, equivalent to more than 10 nuclear reactors, the Asahi newspaper reported on Thursday. Though solar power accounts for about 2 percent of annual generation of all power sources, summer's favorable sunlight conditions …
The US strongly supports rapid deployment of solar energy around the world, including in India and will continue to work to ensure that the best products and technologies are available to global consumers, an American Trade Representative official has said. "In line with the numerous actions President Obama has taken …
