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 …
Abengoa SA (ABG), a Spanish energy and environment company, will develop the world’s largest solar-powered desalination plant in Saudi Arabia with a local water firm. The $130 million facility at Al Khafji City in the desert kingdom’s northeast will desalinate 60,000 cubic meters of seawater each day, ensuring a stable …
Europe could have saved itself $100 billion by installing solar power panels in sunnier countries and wind turbines in windier places, the World Economic Forum's "Future of Electricity" platform said in a report released on Tuesday. The report, written with consultancy Bain, added that another $40 billion could have been …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who chaired the first meeting of the PM’s Council on Climate Change on Monday, has suggested that nations that have the greatest solar energy potential form a consortium. They should all join hands with India for innovation and cutting-edge research that would reduce the cost of …
New capacity addition in the clean energy sector was up nine per cent during the first 9-month of this fiscal. The total installed capacity of solar power in the country crossed 3,000 MW during the 3rd quarter. Renewable energy sector added 2,104 MW of new capacity during first three quarters …
The flagging Australian solar industry will get a $33.3 million boost as the government's green investment bank combines with a Chinese partner to spur companies to take up more photovoltaic panels. The Clean Energy Finance Corp, which the Abbott government has been seeking to axe, will provide as much as …
A plane powered by the sun will attempt an unprecedented flight around the world next month, the project's founders said, seeking to prove that flying is possible without using fossil fuel. Solar Impulse 2 is set to take off from Abu Dhabi with stopovers in India, Myanmar and China before …
CANBERRA - An Australian green investment bank will partner with a Chinese associate in the aim of encouraging more companies to invest in solar energy and, in particular, the use of photovoltaic panels, local media said on Wednesday. Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corp, which has been heavily scrutinized by Australian …
Drawing on the Asian Development Bank’s experience installing the rooftop solar photovoltaic system at its headquarters, the Handbook for Rooftop Solar Development in Asia hopes to demystify the process of developing solar photovoltaic projects in urban areas. The handbook provides detailed descriptions and guidance for all stages of development, including …
Cement maker Sanghi Industries Ltd will invest Rs. 250 crore over the next couple of years with a focus on sustainable development, innovation and conservation of energy. The company will invest Rs. 150 crore on developing a 15 mega-watts (MW) Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) and another Rs. 100 crore …
Some bird species that used to migrate to Maharashtra have not been spotted for several years and others are on the brink. Conservationists will have to think of practical solutions for their protection, Raju Kasambe, project manager of the Important Bird Areas programme, said here on Monday. "In Maharashtra, three …
Egypt is planning to attract solar and wind power plants over the next three years as part of plans to diversify the country’s energy sources and be a trading hub. The projects will produce 4,300 megawatts of electricity, Egypt President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said at a conference in Abu Dhabi Monday. …
India installed 2.1 gigawatts of grid-connected renewable power from April to December last year, according to the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. The nation added 1.3 gigawatts of wind power, 430 megawatts of solar power and 340 megawatts of hydro, biomass and bagasse co-generation, the ministry said on its …
Tumbling oil prices look set to hit electric cars and biofuels harder than other parts of the green power industry, the head of the world’s leading renewable energy agency has warned. That is because they compete directly with rivals such as petrol-fuelled cars that are becoming cheaper to run as …
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), together with the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), has awarded US$57 million in loans for renewable energy projects in five developing countries including Iran and Mauritania. The facility will provide a total of $350m in soft loans over seven funding cycles. The first selection …
As cost-of-living pressures increase, home owners are moving to solar power and even hybrid power systems, using solar panels and batteries to minimise bills. Industry experts estimate that by 2030 every second detached home in Victoria could have solar panels, and increasing numbers will have hybrid systems. Ian Wilson considers …
The UAE has another world record under its belt: the planet’s lowest prices for solar energy. It may not sound as glamorous as the tallest building or the longest gold chain, but it has the potential to be a game changer in more ways than one. High costs had previously …
This booklet attempts to demystify renewable energy based technologies, and brings it a step closer to the general masses from a practical perspective. It provides handy and useful information on applications of renewable energy that range from solar PV rooftop to wind solar hybrid systems, solar water heater to geothermal …
AT FIRST SIGHT the story of renewable energy in the rich world looks like a waste of time and money. Rather than investing in research, governments have spent hundreds of millions of pounds, euros and dollars on subsidising technology that does not yet pay its way. Yet for all the …
The world’s 1.2 billion poorest people, who are facing a long and perhaps endless wait for a connection to mains electricity, solar power could be the answer to their prayers. A further 2.5 billion are “underelectrified”, in development parlance: although connected to the grid, they can get only unreliable, scanty …
THE BASIC MODEL of the electricity industry was to send high voltages over long distances to passive customers. Power stations were big and costly, built next to coal mines, ports, oil refineries or—for hydroelectric generation—reservoirs. Many of these places were a long way from the industrial and population centres that …
