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 …
Given the increasingly prominent role and scope for off-grid solutions in complementing grid-based electrification in India, especially to electrify habitations where grid electricity is yet to reach, it would be crucial to set up appropriate regulatory arrangements for the scaling up of off-grid interventions in India. In view of this, …
Groundwater ha s emerged as the mainstay of irrigated agriculture in India. However, ineffective institutional arrangements for its management have resulted in both groundwater over-exploitation and wasteful use of energy. To address the dependence of groundwater use on energy, suggestions have been made to adopt solar-powered irrigation pumps. It is …
The Haryana Renewable Energy Department (HAREDA) has fixed a target to generate 450 MW solar power by using rooftops of various buildings in the next four years. The government has already made it mandatory for all buildings having 500 sq ft and above rooftop space to go for solar power …
China will boost efforts this year to rid itself of a strong addiction to coal in a bid to reduce damaging pollution as well as cut the energy intensity of its economy, which is expected to grow at its lowest rate in 25 years. The National Development and Reform Commission …
The State government is trying to procure 3000 MW of solar power by the end of 2015 and more than 200 firms have shown interest in signing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for 2000 MW so far, says the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited, …
The Nigeria-Germany Energy partnership under the Nigeria Energy Support Programme (NESP), an initiative signed between President Goodluck Jonathan and his German counterpart, Chancellor Angela Merkel, recorded a sound achievement as the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo commissioned a 25KW Hybrid solar PV/ wind demonstration power plant. The plant is …
The state has not been able to showcase concrete work on Centre's ambitious plan to convert select five Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa into solar cities in three years of time. The plan, aiming at reducing conventional energy use by 10% by switching to non-conventional sources of power and …
In order to fulfill the ever-increasing demand for power in the state, the Punjab Government plans to give a boost to the renewable energy sector. For this, it targets to increase the solar energy production at least by 10 per cent till 2020. In a press note issued here today, …
Marks & Spencer (M&S;) has completed the installation of the UK's largest single-roof-mounted solar panel array at its East Midlands distribution centre. The 24,272 PV panel system, which covers the site's 900,000sq.ft roof, will generate over 5,000MWh of electricity per year - the equivalent amount of energy to power 1,190 …
Japan’s push to keep power flowing after it shuttered its nuclear program may best be illustrated by 73 million light bulbs. That’s the number of LED bulbs sold in Japan since the start of 2012, representing about 30 percent of the total. The LEDs, which consume a fifth of the …
In contrast to the downcast mood of the general public, the industry in the state rejoiced the roadmap finance minister presented in the budget for the growth of the industry and economy. Businessmen, and industry bodies said the emphasis on infrastructure funding, plug-and-play facility for setting up projects, and plan …
In a bid to make quick progress on its objectives under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, the civic body is set to experiment with solar- powered bio-toilets that make use of a special strain of bacteria to decompose human waste. These toilets would recycle waste into clean, odourless water back for …
As India sets ambitious targets and turns the handle on market reform to attract foreign investment, opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa are being unlocked as public and private sectors work together to break down barriers. This issue’s special features explore the dynamics of the energy revolutions currently underway in India and …
One of the key proponents of renewable energy in the country, the Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday proposed a slew of measures in his maiden rail budget to make Indian railway environment friendly through promotion of solar power and taking up energy efficient steps. These measures include setting …
To deal with lighting problems on high Himalayan track routes and security posts on the China and Nepal borders in this district, three solar plants with a total 9 KW generation capacity will be installed at Chiyalekh, Gunji and Kalpani villages on the Kailash-Mansarovar route before June this year, Uttarakhand …
A Czech tax imposed in 2011 and 2012 on carbon emission allowances granted to companies for free breached a European Union directive, the European Union's Court of Justice ruled on Thursday. The ruling was made at the request of a Czech court which is considering an appeal of an electricity …
Indian Railways plans to tap the sun for energy needs so that it can reduce its dependence on electricity generated by fossil fuels. The rail network plans 1,000 megawatts of solar-power projects in the next five years, Minister Suresh Prabhu said in parliament on Thursday. Developers can use the railway …
Low-carbon energy sources supplied at least 35% of the UK's electricity in 2014, according to figures released by Decc today. That's up by around 3% over 2013; an increase driven by an 11% uptick in wind output. And that estimate could be on the low side, as these provisional Government …
More than a dozen windfarms and five solar farms are among first projects to receive financial support under contracts for difference More than a dozen new onshore wind farms are to receive financial backing through the coalition government’s reformed renewable incentive scheme, along with two offshore wind projects and five …
