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 …
Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) will construct a two-acre renewable energy park and green building for its corporate office at Nagarabhavi. The park will have all types of renewable energy models. Assistant General Manager, Solar Energy, KREDL, Hanumantharayappa said, “KPTCL has six acres of land at Nagarabhavi, of which …
Brazil will increase the use of renewable energy, target zero net deforestation and push for low-carbon agriculture as part of its climate proposal, Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said in an interview. In its proposal to the United Nations climate conference in Paris this year, Latin America’s largest nation will propose …
India has ambitious targets for renewable energy growth. As part of its Union Budget 2015-2016, India aims to install 60 GW of wind power capacity and 100 GW of solar power capacity by 2022, which is more than six times the current installed capacities of approximately 22GW and 3GW, respectively. …
JAISALMER: Indian Railways is exploring solar and windmill power generation through public-private partnership (PPP) for the proposed electrification of routes in Marwar region. "Railways has developed an action plan for power supply in next five years with private partnership for setting up 1,000 Mw solar power project and 25 Mw …
Gamesa, Suzlon & Mytrah to infuse huge funds in sector buoyed by govt's focus on solar energy Big wind energy companies in India such as Gamesa, Mytrah and Suzlon are all diversifying into solar space this year with plans to invest several hundred million dollars in the next five years …
Think tank is in talks with stakeholder ministries to draft a blueprint for India's energy road map The government's National Energy Policy will bear a strong imprint of its think tank NITI Aayog, which has already started preliminary discussions with stakeholder ministries to draft a blueprint for India's energy road …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has notified an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) up to 12 sq km around the Vidarbha Tiger Reserve but has not given the final notification for expansion of the zones around Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Karnala Bird Sanctuary. Currently, a 10-sqkm radius around …
About 100 consumers in the city have submitted applications in the last six months to the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency for installation of rooftop solar systems. Almost 90 per cent of them are domestic consumers. Sanction Officials in the agency and Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) told …
WHAT is the equipment cost for this massive over-abundance of solar and wind we talked about last week? The 700MW of solar energy would cost some US$1,400 million, give or take, or about 14 months of imported electricity fuel savings. Another 700MW of large-scale wind would be a little cheaper, …
The industry ministry have decided to draft guidelines on how to dispose of and recycle decommissioned solar and wind power facilities. Illegal dumping has been increasing as the machines age and break and frustrated operators get out of the business. Sources said on Saturday that the ministry will explain its …
The government has initiated a move to fix a benchmark tariff for electricity that can be added to the national grid from solar-based independent power producer (IPP) plants and rooftop solar systems. “We are trying to fix a benchmark tariff considering expenditure of technology cost of renewable energy, its international …
Sitting in a control center that helps ensure uninterrupted power for 82 million Germans, Gunter Scheibner is proving that renewable energy from the sun and wind can be just as reliable as fossil fuels. Scheibner, in charge of keeping flows stable over 6,200 miles (9,976 kilometers) of transmission lines in …
Morocco is in the midst of a renewable energy boom. After years of planning and commitment to the 2009 National Energy Strategy, which plans to draw 42 percent of the country's energy needs from local renewables by 2020, more and more wind and solar projects are coming online, while investments …
The renewables revolution appears to be making waves across the globe as a new report released today has revealed that solar and wind may now be the cheapest sources of new energy supply in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The report, developed by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International …
Egypt lies in the world's "sun belt" and receives abundant sunshine. But until now the nation has neglected one of its most plentiful resources, relying on renewable energy for less than one percent of its energy needs. That could be about to change. With new political impetus for energy diversification, …
The UAE could realise billions of dirhams in potential savings if it develops solar energy projects ahead of other sources including natural gas, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency. If the UAE can boost its renewable energy capacity to 10 per cent of its total power …
The speed of implementation of solar-PV projects surpasses all other competing power technologies, bar none. (Inset) David Cooke. THE simple answer: solar-photovoltaic (solar-PV) is now the least expensive way of providing electricity for your home or business. It's cheaper than the fossil-fuel based energy supplied by Jamaica Public Service (JPS), …
No large-scale solar farms are scheduled to be built in the UK this financial year, as the two solar projects that won funding in the recent Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction will not go ahead. The auction administrator, the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) published the CfD register for the …
China’s efforts to combat pollution are gaining momentum after President Xi Jinping pledged in March at the annual session of the National People’s Congress to punish violators of the nation’s environmental laws with an “iron hand.” Here’s what’s happening and what to expect. 1. Environmental Protection Laws Tightening Amendments to …
Harness solar energy on your rooftops and sell the power generated to the Energy department at Rs 9.56 per unit. If you have a commercial or an industrial installation, you not only enjoy a substantive tax rebate, your solar earnings will also not be taxed. Already 20 consumers in Bengaluru …
