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 …
This report examines why and where clean energy is expanding in key markets of developing countries. It includes projections for investment and deployment of electric generating capacity through 2030 in both developed and developing markets. Finally, examining the five-year period from 2009 to 2013, this analysis identifies the top 10 …
LAHORE: Pakistanis spent an estimated $2.3 billion a year on everything from candles, to kerosene lamps, to battery-powered torches. They use this mix of technologies to light their homes and businesses to compensate for the intense power shortage in the country. The power shortfall has greatly upset the routine life …
Melbourne's entire tram network could be powered by solar if the state government gave a bold renewable energy proposal the green light. While the pitch may conjure up images of trams with rooftop panels on them like the family home, the power would instead be generated at two new solar …
To add 150 MWof wind power capacity this year Tata Power Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of Tata Power Ltd, is set to expand its wind power generation capacity by 150 MW this fiscal. This will take the company’s installed capacity to more than 700 MW. The company is looking to …
Can help achieve grid parity fromday one, says Goyal The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) is looking at a dollar-denominated tariff mechanism for solar power at grid parity (where the price is equal to or cheaper than grid power) as it gears up to reset the country’s solar …
Soon your khadi kurta will be solar-powered.The traditional handloom technique is set for major makeover, with the Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (Atira) developing solarpowered handloom which will not only put less strain on weavers but will also help in increasing the production manifold.The association is also developing solar electric …
KOLKATA: When the power tariff is touching the roof, it is time to go solar. A government housing complex towering over Dhakuria Lake is showing the way to have immunity against power tariff fluctuations. Avijit Ghosh, an energy technologist with Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), who conceived the …
Creating favourable conditions for modern solar lighting markets can provide a low-cost solution to reducing carbon emissions, indoor air pollution and health risks, while bringing electricity to an estimated 600 million people in Africa who lack access to the power grid, says new report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). …
Telangana has a vast solar potential with average solar insolation of nearly 5.5 kWh/m2 for more 300 sunshine days. Government of Telangana (GoTS), intends to make use of the positive environment in solar market and push given by GoI for substantially harnessing the solar potential in the state of Telangana. …
LAHORE, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Punjab province is set to launch an innovation for water-short Pakistan: Solar-powered ATMs that dispense clean water when a smart card is scanned. The two-foot-square prototype machine looks and functions like an ATM, but dispenses water instead of cash. Users are issued a card …
Victoria wants to establish its own target to boost renewable energy the Andrews government has declared, but it first needs Canberra to lift legal barriers preventing it from doing so. Following moves to cut back the national goal for clean energy, the Victorian government has urged its federal counterparts to …
Cape Town — Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom says Robben Island, one of the world's top tourist attraction spots, will soon generate its power from solar panels. The island, which once held the likes of former President Nelson Mandela and struggle stalwarts Walter Sisulu and Ahmed Kathrada, amongst others, will be …
India's policy-makers have three big energy goals: providing everyone with access to energy, securing energy supply and trying to limit carbon emissions without encumbering the nation's growth. These important concerns miss the point.
In a setback to a clutch of firms, including DCM Shriram, Binani Cements, JK Lakshmi Cement, Ultra Tech Cement and Hindustan Zinc, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission’s decision forcing them to procure stipulated amounts of expensive enegry from renewable sources or pay surcharge on …
A week at the American Academy in Berlin leaves me with two contradictory feelings: One is that Germany today deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, and the other is that Germany tomorrow will have to overcome its deeply ingrained post-World War II pacifism and become a more serious, activist global power. …
German development bank KFW could lend India $1.1 billion for rooftop solar projects, on top of another loan it has extended to help the Asian country fund its ambitious green energy plans, India's top renewable energy bureaucrat told Reuters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to quintuple India's renewable energy capacity …
For 12 hours a day, Muhammad Islam serves up spicy South Asian cuisine from a metal food cart near New York City’s Wall Street. A diesel-powered generator powers the lights and refrigerator, while a tank of propane keeps the grill warm. Around the city, some 8,000 food trucks and carts …
Bengaluru-based co sees a potential market in India's villages having no regular power supply Enzen Global Solutions, an energy-utility systems integrator and advisory , has acquired Pune-based wind turbine manufacturer Luminous Renewable Energy Solutions for about `. 12.6 crore ($2 million), eyeing a huge potential market in India's many villages …
The UK Government has launched a new project to cope with unprecedented fluctuations in energy consumption, generation and distribution caused by a greening of the nation's energy infrastructure. The £9.5m project, overseen by Innovate UK, will look to increase the UK’s energy network capacity to tackle both residential and commercial …
