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 …
Singapore is taking steps to reduce its almost total reliance on fossil fuels in power generation by offering commercial customers the city-state's first dual solar and conventional electricity contract. Singapore generates 95 percent of its power from natural gas and currently has only 25-30 megawatt-peak (MW) of photovoltaic capacity installed, …
Building solar systems into the infrastructure of cities could be the most efficient way to provide clean energy according to a new study by Stanford University. Using California as an example, researchers found that solar equipment constructed on and around urban infrastructure would exceed the state's energy demands by up …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has asked all states to come out with a solar policy, a move that will help the Centre meet its clean energy target. "The Ministry has requested all states to come out with solar policy. A draft model solar energy policy has …
Himachal Pradesh will try to light up three non-electrified villages located in the deep forests of the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, India's richest biodiversity spot in the western Himalayas, through solar energy, Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania said here on Thursday. "We are planning to install a solar …
LUCKNOW: At a primary school in Saraidand village of Sonbhadra district, dozens of students rush to queue up before a tap to quench their thirst from pure RO water. This is a new phenomenon. Not very long ago, water of any kind, let alone RO water, was a distant dream …
Rooftops on new buildings built in commercial zones in France must either be partially covered in plants or solar panels, under a law approved on Thursday. Green roofs have an isolating effect, helping reduce the amount of energy needed to heat a building in winter and cool it in summer. …
Singapore is taking steps to reduce its almost total reliance on fossil fuels in power generation by offering commercial customers the city-state's first dual solar and conventional electricity contract. Singapore generates 95 per cent of its power from natural gas and currently has only 25-30 megawatt-peak (MW) of photovoltaic capacity …
The Punjab Government would soon launch a unique ‘farm level solar power generation scheme’ to offer land-owing farmers solar power projects ranging from 1 MW to 2.5 MW with the multiple purpose of generating clean energy, meeting the challenge of land scarcity as well as developing the entrepreneurial skill among …
Indian Environmentalists have ex pressed alarm over the new budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's govern ment, which they say heralds substantial cuts in environermental programmes and fails to address the country's worswbility ening pollution and vulnera to climate change. The budget for the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate …
Lagos — Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday said the state government had commenced a process to connect 172 public schools in the state to the solar power. Fashola made the remark at the presentation of corporate social responsibility awards to 424 individuals, civil society groups and corporate …
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging irregularities in the acquisition of land for the solar park project at Charanka village in Santalpur block of Patan district in north Gujarat. The division bench of acting chief justice VM Sahai and justice RP Dholaria rejected …
Japanese scientists have succeeded in transmitting energy wirelessly, in a key step that could one day make solar power generation in space a possibility, an official said Thursday. Researchers used microwaves to deliver 1.8 kilowatts of power — enough to run an electric kettle — through the air with pinpoint …
One third of all current US solar PV capacity came online in 2014, representing a record breaking year for the industry but the growth could be unsustainable. In total, more than 6.2GW of PV capacity was added, a year-on-year increase of 30%, according to a state-of-the-sector report from the Solar …
Presentation by Anurag Bhatnagar of Grassroots Trading Network for Women at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
The UK's 'buoyant' utility-scale solar market could soon be the third largest in the world, according to industry experts. In a new report, Wiki-Solar - an international commentator on utility-scale solar - found that the UK is currently the fifth-largest market in the world when it comes to utility-scale solar, …
The Scope of these Guidelines is to provide the necessary policy framework and mechanism for selection and implementation of 2000 MW Grid-connected solar PV power projects with Viability Gap Funding under Phase-II, Batch-III of JNNSM. These guidelines are independent and will have no bearing on the projects already selected under …
Byron Bay has become the first place in Australia outside the major cities to commit to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions to zero over the next 10 years. Byron shire, which encompasses Byron Bay and parts of the New South Wales north coast hinterland, said it aimed to be a …
BENGALURU: The Solar Impulse aircraft will leave Abu Dhabi officially kick-starting the round-the-world tour. It will land in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. An official press note issued by the team read: "Ahead of the departure of the First Round-The-World Solar Flight, starting Monday, Solar Impulse launched the #FutureIsClean movement to gather …
The winners of the TOI Social Impact Awards make India a kinder, better place. A doctor couple who have revolutionized the delivery of healthcare to tribals in Naxal-hit Gadchiroli district, a civil hospital in Ahmedabad which defies stereotypes about state-run institutions, a government programme to take science to children who …
