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 …
Rwanda Environment Management Authority (Rema) has launched a fresh bid to promote green growth and mitigate climate change effects by 2030. It will involve costing of government strategic activities. The costing study was undertaken by consultants under the support of African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Development Programme …
The global installed capacity of solar PV will rise from 135GW in 2013 to 414GW by 2020 - around five times the total current UK capacity. That's according to a report from consultancy firm GlobalData, which says that emerging economies will be the main driver of this solar boom. GlobalData …
The UP government is set to join hands with NTPC to develop a 375-MW solar power park, at an estimated cost of R3,000 crore, in Jalon district, with the objective of tiding over the power crisis. The state government plans to hand over about 750 hectare in Jalon to NTPC …
The world’s first ever exclusive 100 percent renewable energy-powered resort was unveiled to reporters of the Maldives today. Gasfinolhu – is the only resort developed on 100 percent electricity derived from solar energy. Speaking to the press, Resort Owner Champaa Hussein Afeef stated that while the whole world aspires to …
The Federal Government has signed an agreement with a consortium of American investors in renewable energy, under the auspices of MOTIR SEASPIRE to deliver 1,200mega watts of solar powered electricity in Nigeria within two years. The technology for the project which is guaranteed U.S standard has the capacity to increase …
Harare City Council and a Zambian company, Lamise Investments, have entered into a $4,5 million deal to install solar street lights. According to council minutes, the 15-year deal would see Lamise putting up solar streets lights along 16 streets in Harare at no direct cost to the local authority while, …
The new 96 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power project in South Africa's Northern Cape province is now online and will help the country meet its critical electricity needs. The Jasper plant, near Kimberly, is the largest on the continent and can produce 180 000 megawatt-hours of energy a year for …
Harare City Council and a Zambian company, Lamise Investments, have entered into a $4,5 million deal to install solar street lights. According to council minutes, the 15-year deal would see Lamise putting up solar streets lights along 16 streets in Harare at no direct cost to the local authority while, …
Experts from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) while interacting with farmers at Agro Tech 2014 stated that the use of new-age methods such as organic farming and solar energy in farm operations was the need of the hour. Dr MK Paliwal, Assistant Director, Regional Centre for Organic Farming, and …
A month after the government stopped offering subsidies on solar water heaters, the sales are still soaring with the demand driven by a positive sentiment about the need for saving energy. The manufacturers are happy with the government's decision as some were reeling under heavy losses due to pending subsidy …
Global investment in tackling climate change fell for a second year in 2013 to $331 billion, largely due to a drop in the cost of solar power technology, according to an annual report on climate finance. Overall, the world is falling further and further behind its low-carbon investment goals, warned …
The scheme envisages setting up of 25 solar parks over the next five years with a total capacity of around 20,000 Mw A step ahead in the government's ambitious plan of setting up 25 solar parks, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has identified 12 locations in various …
New and renewable energy ministry takes cue from PM, starts work on solar projects Installing solar panels on the Pakistan border, using super-chilled LNG to build cold storage and warehousing facilities, and putting barcodes to stop illegal use of subsidised cooking gas — the Modi mantra is making its presence …
Cutting-Edge Technology To Ease Peak-Hour Power Demand The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) would soon launch a pilot run to encourage consumers to switch over to energy efficient solar inverters. KSEB had initiated steps to do away with inefficient and power guzzling electric inverters last year that draw and waste …
Ministry of new and renewable energy's new target is to increase such installations by five-fold to 15 GW by 2019 via solar parks after land acquisition delays this year India is expected to add solar power capacity at more than twice the speed of this year in 2015, after a …
Firm is latest in line of cos entering renewable energy sector The Tata group's renewable energy arm is in talks to invest in a wind energy firm, revving up deal activity in a sector that has lured General Electric, Goldman Sachs and the Asian Development Bank, as the company seeks …
The maharatna has also signed MoUs with the AP and MP governments for generation of 1,000 and 750 Mw solar energy plants respectively NTPC Ltd, a maharatna PSU, that is in the course of implementing two super thermal power plants in Odisha, has now decided to commit investments in solar …
Spending on carbon-reduction and climate-protection measures by governments and companies fell for a second year, threatening the United Nations’ goal to cap global warming at safe levels, according to a research report. World expenditures on renewables, energy efficiency and measures that protect against the effects of climate change slid $28 …
The villagers of Dharnai in northern India had been living without electricity for more than 30 years when Greenpeace installed a microgrid to supply reliable, low-cost solar power. Then, within weeks of the lights flickering on in Dharnai’s mud huts, the government utility hooked up the grid -- flooding the …
Generating electricity from solar PV could be cheaper than burning gas as early as 2018, as long as the Government provides stable policy support. That's according to a new report from the Solar Trade Association (STA) - Cost reduction potential of large-scale solar PV - which suggests that solar will …
