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 Akhilesh Yadav Government is planning to set up a 1,000 MW solar energy park at Jalaun in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. "The Government has already acquired 250 acres of land in Jalaun for this purpose. If everything goes well the area will soon have many small solar power …
Punjab Minister for New and Renewable Energy said the environment of ‘Ease of Doing Business' combined with the strong facilitation attracted Rs 7,500crore investment in the state in this sector. Punjab New and Renewable Energy Department has been conferred five awards for outstanding performance in the various fields of renewable …
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 …
Against a target of 1,400 MW for FY16, the achievement in first four months was 358 MW Grid-connected solar power installed capacity has crossed the 4 GW-mark, according to data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Against a target of 1,400 MW for 2015-16, the achievement in …
The Delhi government's draft solar policy, to be placed for cabinet approval soon, mandates all Delhi government buildings to install solar rooftop systems within three years of the policy's notification. The draft has also proposed that all new commercial buildings with plot size greater than 500 sq m and 50% …
Agra: A day after police allegedly thrashed farmers who were staging a "peaceful" protest outside National Thermal Power Corporation Limited office in the city, residents of more than a dozen villages held a mahapanchyat on Tuesday and announced they would stage a massive demonstration against the country's largest power utility …
India has closed bids for a third of its target of tendering 15,000 megawatts (MW) of solar projects this fiscal year, a government official said, and is expecting interest from investors such as SoftBank to lift the industry. The tenders are part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plans to …
Excelling in the field of green energy, Punjab was fêted with five awards for its performance in various fields of renewable energy power generation. This includes the first award for highest capacity addition in grid connected solar rooftop power in the country during the financial year of 2014-15. The other …
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After oil prices hit a record high in July 2008, the tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands was forced to declare an economic emergency since around 90 percent of its energy needs were met by imported petroleum products. The fuel price shock was a …
Dubai Municipality has inaugurated its first experimental solar-powered park in the emirate that will run independently from the power network operated by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, as part of a community power-saving initiative. Engineer Mohammed Mashroom, head of the Public Projects Department at the Municipality, said the idea …
Man’s harvesting of photovoltaic energy requires the deployment of extensive arrays of solar panels. To improve both the gathering of thermal and photovoltaic energy from the sun we have examined the concept of biomimicry in white butterflies of the family Pieridae. We tested the hypothesis that the V-shaped posture of …
DEOGHAR: The temple town of Deoghar has reduced usage of coal-based power and resorted to solar energy to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply to Baba Baidyanath Dham and its adjacent areas, especially during the month-long celebrations in the holy month of shravan. The district administration, to tide over power crisis in …
Sops may include capital, interest subsidies & customs duty relief The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has proposed a policy replete with incentives for ultra mega solar power projects (UMSPPs) of 3,000 MW and above. According to official sources, the sops could include capital and interest subsidies, greater …
KORAPUT: The Koraput district administration has decided to introduce solar energy-powered hand pumps in 151 sevashrams (residential schools meant for SC and ST students) and 50 high schools in the district to help students draw water from tubewells without manually operating them. Officials said the pumps will save time and …
It produces nearly 4,500 units of power every day A production unit in SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre at Perundurai that sources one-third of its power requirements from a captive solar plant is being cited by official circles as a model worthy of emulation by manufacturing industries. On an average, the …
To meet Delhi’s ever-increasing power demand, the AAP government plans to install solar panel on roofs of bus shelters of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to generate more electricity. Meanwhile, the one-time bill settlement scheme for defaulting power consumers was successfully launched in East Delhi by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on …
The cost of producing electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind has dropped significantly during the past five years, while rising for power generated from natural gas, coal and nuclear, according to the International Energy Agency “The cost of renewable technologies -- in particular solar photovoltaic -- have declined …
Barnsley residents are being invited to invest in a £10m solar rooftop community energy scheme - the largest of its kind in the UK The scheme, known as Energise Barnsley, will see solar panels installed onto approximately 5,000 council houses and council-owned buildings. Residents and the wider community will be …
Construction of Viet Nam's first solar power plant started in the central province of Quang Ngai on Saturday. Located in Mo Duc District, the 19.2 megawatt project has a total investment of nearly VND900 billion (US$41 million). It will be the first ‘green' power source connected to the national grid …
The 180-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing facility in Valinhos, São Paulo — now the largest such facility in the whole of Brazil — was recently inaugurated in a service put on by Globo Brazil. With the completion of the quite large PV manufacturing facility, the country’s domestic solar PV project …
