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 …
THE CHEAPEST AND cleanest energy choice of all is not to waste it. Progress on this has been striking yet the potential is still vast. Improvements in energy efficiency since the 1970s in 11 IEA member countries that keep the right kind of statistics (America, Australia, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, …
China retained its global top spot for clean energy investment in 2014, with surging demand especially in both solar and wind. According to The Bloomberg New Energy Finance report, the country's investment in clean energy last year hit a record $89.5 billion, a 32 percent rise on 2013, accounting for …
Dubai’s government-owned utility plans to double the size of a solar power project that it expects will produce some of the world’s cheapest electricity. Dubai Electricity & Water Authority awarded a contract to build the 200-megawatt plant to a group led by Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power International. The 1.2 billion …
U.S. solar companies boosted their employee rolls by 22 percent last year, and now employ 86 percent more workers than they did in 2010, driven by rising demand in the world’s third-largest market. Almost 174,000 people are working in the U.S. solar industry, compared with 143,000 in 2013 and 93,500 …
BRAINSTORMING ON PACT PM Narendra Modi's January 19 meeting will be the first formal gathering of the council since its reconstitution in November '14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to hold a meeting with his climate experts' council on January 19 ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to India. …
Travel and tourism giant Thomas Cook has slashed electricity use across its entire office and retail network by 55% and total energy use by 35% since 2010. In its 2014 Sustainability Report, the British group claimed the reduction was due to a combination of streamlining locations, installing new technologies such …
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday asked India to take a leadership role in reaching a "meaningful" climate change pact in Paris later this year. "I count on the leadership of India in our ongoing efforts to address the climate change issues ... I expect as one of the …
The State government on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with American firm, SunEdison, to generate 5,000 megawatts of power (renewable energy) in Karnataka over the next five years. Speaking to the media after the signing of the MoU, Energy Minister D K Shivakumar said the government had given …
PANAJI: Oil and natural gas corporation in collaboration with Goa energy development agency is expected to soon build a one megawatt solar power plant at ONGC's base at Betul, ONGC director (technology & field services) Shashi Shankar said on Monday. Shankar was speaking at the third Carbon management and sustainability …
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) plans to produce 100 mega watt (MW) of green energy by 2019-20 for which it will spend Rs 93 crore in the current financial year. It will produce 16.2 MW of solar and wind power in the year 2015-16 and spend another Rs 4.5 crore for …
The company has started work on the largest private solar park with capacity of 100 Mw in Rajasthan Rays Power Experts on Monday said it had commissioned a five-megawatt (Mw) solar power project in Haryana. "The company has successfully commissioned a turnkey order of the project in Khera district of …
Bhubaneswar: Schools and hostels being run by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes development department will soon be given solar power-based electricity supply. Realising the difficulty in ensuring an uninterrupted electricity supply to schools and hostels located in the state’s inaccessible areas, the Odisha government has decided to set up solar-panel …
Sub-group appointed by Forum of Regulators suggests fuel linkage for power generation & a special purpose vehicle to provide clearance to miners The Centre will need a whopping Rs 15.70-lakh crore to provide power round the clock, to everyone. Providing reliable, secure and quality power to everyone between 2015 and …
A US company on Sunday signed a document with Karnataka government, expressing interest to set up a 1,000 MW solar power plant in the State. Representatives of Convalt Energy signed the document with officials of Department of Industries and Commerce of Government of Karnataka on the sidelines of the Vibrant …
AHMEDABAD, India — Secretary of State John F. Kerry arrived Sunday in this city where Mohandas Gandhi set the stage for India’s independence from Britain, with the top U.S. diplomat seeking to boost trade ties and promote sustainable energy. Kerry’s trip to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state lays …
Australia's ranking among investors in large-scale renewable energy plummeted in 2014, dropping behind much poorer nations such as Panama, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, as confidence in the Abbott government's policies for the sector evaporated, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Investments in large-scale wind, solar and other clean energy sources …
The facility will add up to 20,000 jobs to the local economy Leading solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services,SunEdison, Inc. and Adani Enterprises Ltd, the largest port owner and operator and largest private power provider in India,today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to …
This policy aims to lay a framework for harnessing the ubiquitous Solar energy in the State by utilising the empty rooftops of the buildings in the State. This policy is also a mandate and in synergy with to provisions of The Electricity Act, 2003. There is a large potential available …
Coinciding events in Abu Dhabi next week will bring together leaders from more than 170 countries to discuss solutions to the world’s biggest energy challenges. Energy access and security, air pollution, climate change and the need for global renewable energy expansion are all on the agenda. Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, …
Electronics and ceramics manufacturer Kyocera has announced the development of a 13.4MW floating solar power plant in Japan which will be the world's largest floating solar array. The solar farm, on the Yamakura Dam, Ichihara City, will comprise 50,000 modules installed over a water surface area of 180km2; to generate …
