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 …
To rope in PE, institutional investors to fund Rs 1,100-cr expansion Chennai-based Rajalakshmi Group, which runs engineering and technology colleges, has acquired a majority stake in Ashok Leyland Wind Energy. The Group has also lined up new projects worth Rs 1,100 crore and is in talks with private equity firms …
Japan has the potential by 2030 to triple the amount of electricity it gets from renewable sources such as solar and wind, a Ministry of the Environment study showed. Clean energy -- solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass and ocean energy -- could account for 241.4 terawatt hours to 356.6 terawatt …
DUBAI // Solar power plants with a combined capacity of 100 megawatts are being planned for the Northern Emirates in a Dh500 million project that aims to cut the cost of energy production and lower carbon emissions. Mohammed Saleh, director general of the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa), told …
The state government is set to introduce a policy that will encourage households and other buildings—institutional and commercial—to install rooftop solar plants and do their bit in reducing carbon footprint. Speaking to TOI on Thursday, state power and non-conventional energy sources minister Manish Gupta said a draft document on net …
NAGPUR: Despite energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule's enthusiasm for solar agricultural pumps, which he believes is a permanent solution to meet the power requirements of farmers, experts say it is more economical to set up small solar power plants to serve individual power needs. The centre too favours solar pumps over …
From China to Mexico, renewable energy investments are hot, with Australia one notable exception. Global investment in renewable power and fuels reached $US270.2 billion ($355 billion) last year, nearly 17 per cent higher than in 2013, according to a new study on renewable energy investment from the United Nations Environment …
Plans to install 15,000 MW of solar power in next five years may become unviable with states being reluctant to buy costlier clean energy Reluctance on part of states to buy expensive clean energy has put a question mark on the feasibility of the country's biggest power generator NTPC's plans …
Solar Impulse 2 landed early Tuesday in China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, as it completed the fifth leg of its landmark circumnavigation of the globe powered solely by the sun. With pilot Bertrand Piccard at the controls, the revolutionary plane landed in Chongqing airport at 1:35 am (1735 GMT …
Global green energy investment surged in 2014, after two years of decline, due to a solar boom in China and Japan and record offshore wind investment in Europe, a U.N.-backed report showed. Renewables investment reached $270.2 billion last year, 16.6 percent above 2013 investment of $231.8 billion, said the report …
OTTAWA -- A United Nations-sponsored report says Canada remained among the top 10 countries in the world for investment in renewable energy last year. The annual report released this morning found global investment in renewable energies, not including hydro-electric power, climbed 17 per cent in 2014 to around $270 billion. …
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. …
Global investments in renewable energy rebounded strongly last year, registering a solid 17% increase after two years of declines and brushing aside the challenge from sharply lower crude oil prices. Major expansion of solar installations in China and Japan and record investments in offshore wind projects in Europe helped propel …
The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission hereby publishes under sub-section (3) of Section 181 of the Electricity Act, 2003, the following draft of the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2015.
MINDIF, Cameroon - A pioneering solar-powered water distribution system is improving access to potable water in a region of Far North Cameroon beset by drought, water-related illness and an influx of refugees fleeing Boko Haram attacks. The system, in which water is collected in a large dam built amid the …
Georgetown, Texas decision not about going green: ‘I’m probably the furthest thing from an Al Gore clone you could find,’ says city official News that a Texas city is to be powered by 100% renewable energy sparked surprise in an oil-obsessed, Republican-dominated state where fossil fuels are king and climate …
A solar panel put up with the money sanctioned from constituency development fund of DMDK MLA V.C. Chandrakumar was commissioned on the premises of Government Headquarters Hospital recently. The panel worth Rs. 5 lakh was sanctioned two months ago by Mr. Chandrakumar. Power generated from the panel would meet the …
Big cities across the world struggle with crime, and Zimbabwe's Harare is no exception. Naison Gumpo, a journalism student studying in the capital, knows this only too well. "I was mugged right in the central business district and lost my jacket, wallet and passport. I long ago stopped walking in …
The battle to dispel smog, cut greenhouse gases and solve the energy crisis is moving to space. Chinese scientists are mulling the construction of a solar power station 36,000 kilometers above ground. If realized, it will surpass the scale of the Apollo project and the International Space Station, and be …
The state may soon be the largest rooftop solar power generator in the country. It is looking at generating 100 MW of rooftop solar power in the next one year. Last week, the state government through its nodal agency Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) allotted rooftop solar power projects to …
Solar electric power would become far more accessible to Georgia homeowners under a bill approved by state lawmakers on Friday, making it easier to lease solar equipment and then sell the power generated back to electric companies. Georgia lawmakers loosened up rules that had been designed to prevent neighborhoods from …
