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 …
KOLKATA: Once a pioneer in the sector of renewable energy, West Bengal now does not even figure among the top ten states in the country in terms of developing renewable energy, say latest figures available with the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE). Taking note of this, the state …
BENGALURU: This building in Jayanagar hasn't paid an electricity bill for the past few months. No, it's not a defaulter. The 10,000sqft commercial complex is 100% energy efficient - all lights, electrical equipment, air-conditioners and lifts run on solar power. The building owner MA Jayaprakash said generator back-up would have …
A new study has concluded that utility-scale solar PV systems across the US are “significantly” more cost effective than rooftop solar PV systems. Specifically, the study, conducted by economists at global consulting firm The Brattle Group, found that utility-scale solar PV systems were more cost effective at achieving the economic …
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hostility to "visually awful" wind farms has sent a chill through the industry and could jeopardize the country's biggest renewable energy project, a $2 billion-plus wind and solar plant in the country's north. In an early sign that a new Federal policy could curtail major …
Israel signed a deal to build a 4 billion shekel ($1.05 billion) thermo-solar power plant in the country's south, aimed at boosting electricity production from renewable energy sources, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday. The 121 megawatt plant, which will also be able to store electricity, will be built by …
A Dubai-based power company is developing a hybrid diesel and solar power plant in Saudi Arabia amid declining fuel subsidies. SES Smart Energy Solutions, based in Jebel Ali free zone, will develop what it says is the first on-field temporary hybrid plant that uses diesel and solar power in the …
Japan's renewable energy revolution is gathering pace, with one company recently initiating plans to cover some of the country's old abandoned golf courses with solar panels. Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, all of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors were shut down as part of a safety drive. The country, …
THE Philippine Solar Producers Association (PSPA) has expressed strong opposition to the move to impose installation caps on solar and wind projects. PSPA president Tetchie Capellan said the move by the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) has no basis and would just dissuade investors. “Putting a cap, I think, doesn’t …
For the development of new and renewable sources of energy in the State, various incentive have been declared from time to time to create installed capacity through projects of different sources of renewable energy. There are abundant new and renewable energy sources available in the state. Apart from the wind …
SANGRUR: Punjab on Thursday became the first state to operationalize 117-megawatt solar power projects following inauguration of 10.50-MW solar power plant at Sangatpura village near Lehragaga town of Sangrur district. Set up by Omega Solar Projects Private Limited, the 10.50-MW plant has been developed at the cost of Rs 84 …
Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world’s population, a nuclear industry report shows. While nuclear stations on average produce about twice as much electricity as …
KOLKATA: Total global corporate funding in the solar power sector, including venture capital, private equity, debt financing, and public market financing raised by public companies, stood at $5.9 billion in the second quarter of 2015, about 8% less than the previous quarter's $6.4 billion, says a report by Mercom Capital …
Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world's population, an atomic industry report shows. While nuclear stations on average produce about twice as much electricity as …
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said power would be provided through solar energy in the Spiti valley in the next four years. On his visit to the valley, local residents accorded a traditional welcome to the minister. The minister also attended a fair at Kye Monastery, …
Mauritius-based Sky Power beats sector majors in Madhya Pradesh Jyoti Mukul & Shreya Jai Mauritius-based SkyPower Southeast Asia Holdings has offered a tariff of Rs 5.051 a unit to the state government-owned MP Power Management Company, setting a new record low price in solar power generation. The offered price is …
Grid-charged inverters on the way out set of directives for “rationalising the use of electrical energy” make it compulsory for new housing units to have solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants and new inverter installations to use solar PV charging system. Energy Conservation (Energy Consumption Standards for Equipment and Appliances) Directions …
Sky-high power prices in Brazil following the worst energy crisis in 15 years will favor quick expansion of distributed solar generation in the country, according to investors and consultants. Startup companies are already offering packages that include financing for installation, embarking on a generation model that has caught the government's …
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency, the $1.1 billion federal body devoted to supporting new clean energy technologies, plans to pour a further $80-$100 million to support a near-doubling of large-scale solar energy capacity in the country. ARENA, which the Abbott government sought to abolish but was blocked in the Senate, …
The UK has doubled its installed utility-scale solar capacity in 2015, taking it to more than 4GW, according to new figures released today (14 July). New statistics from solar market analysts Wiki-Solar put the UK behind the USA and China in its installed large-scale solar capacity, having moved to third …
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015 provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on operation, production and construction. The WNISR assesses the status of new‐build programs in current nuclear countries as well as in potential newcomer countries. This edition provides an analysis of the evolution …
