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 …
Farmers allege bidding helps the cash-rich; many couldn't apply Under the project, the government sets up a solar power plant on land owned by farmers. They earn Rs 7.20 per unit of electricity generated. The solar energy generation project seems to be paving the way for affluent politicians-cum-farmers to turn …
PATNA: The panchayati raj department (PRD) has admitted before the Patna high court that solar lights worth over Rs 24.92 crore were purchased in an irregular manner and without following the prescribed norms by different panchayats in Bhojpur district. While submitting a supplementary counter-affidavit in the Nagrik Adhikar Manch versus …
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FOUR local firms have received 400,000 U$ (over 600m/-) grants from United States African Development Foundation to help enhance rural electrification. At a presentation ceremony held in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday and presided over by Energy and Minerals Minister, Professor Sospeter Muhongo and USADF President and Chief Executive Officer, …
More than 100,000 homes across the UK could be given a carbon-neutral retrofit by 2020 if the EU approves funding for a ground-breaking green social housing project this month. The first pilot projects are due to start within a year on council estates and housing association properties in London, Birmingham …
China has only completed a quarter of its rooftop solar installation target for this year, industry sources say, raising further concerns about the growth potential of domestic solar panel manufacturers in the world's largest solar market. Early this year, China set a goal of building about 14 gigawatts (GW) of …
Investments in measures to curb energy waste and boost efficiency are overtaking wind and solar spending and have reached at least $310 billion a year, the International Energy Agency said. That’s almost $100 billion higher than investment in renewable energy in 2013, which amounted to $213 billion, according to estimates …
Bloomberg BNA -- Non-hydropower renewable power generation is expected to surpass hydropower on an annual basis in 2014 for the first time, the Energy Information Administration said. Conventional hydropower generation is projected to fall by 4.2 percent, while non-hydropower renewables rise by 5.6 percent for this year, EIA said in …
The state government has eased some regulations to lure prospective investors into the state by announcing a new Rajasthan Solar Energy Policy and a Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme. From incentives and subsidies to fast-track clearances - the new measures are aimed at developing the state into a major solar energy …
A Zimbabwean company has partnered with a Germany investor for the establishment of a $400 million solar power project in Marondera that will produce 150 megawatts. De Green Rhino Energy Private Limited, a joint venture between Zimbabwean company De Opper Trading and a power firm run by German solar power …
Madhya Pradesh has come a long way from Power-Deficient to Power-Rich stage. Proud to have achieved self-reliance in energy, Madhya Pradesh is now striving to ensure energy security for all. Energy for the future is everybody’s concern. This is a common knowledge that conservation of energy is more important than …
Advocating the use of renewable energy in day-to-day life, eminent environmentalist R K Pachauri on Tuesday urged the government to cut the subsidy on kerosene and instead subsidise solar lanterns. Head of a high-level panel on power revamp, "Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and Renewable Energy", Suresh …
The State Government should formulate a strong solar energy policy to use solar power at cheaper costs and to meet power consumption demand particularly in difficult terrains of the State, viewed experts at a programme organsied here recently. Currently, eight solar power projects with a cumulative capacity of 8 MW …
Global solar photovoltaic (PV) installations set up during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2014 are expected to exceed 19.5GW, pushing combined international PV operation towards the 200GW mark. That is according the NPD's latest 'Solarbuzz Quarterly' report which reveals this record figure will be led by China and will ensure …
The Rajasthan Government announced the new "Solar Energy Policy-2014" paving its way towards the establishment of solar capacity of 25000 MW in the state. The key motive of the policy is to create a conductive environment for the investors and also to ensure continuous power supply in rural and urban …
The cost of solar and onshore wind power may fall to the same level as generation from fossil fuels by the 2020s, energy consultant Poyry Oyj (POY1V) said in a report. Solar plants in Spain may produce electricity competitive with coal and gas as early as 2021, in Portugal by …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is awarding a $1 million prize to a Swiss-American research duo for their breakthrough work in converting solar energy into electricity capable of powering transportation. Prof. Michael Grätzel of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and Prof. Thomas Meyer of the University of North …
KATHMANDU: After successfully installing 100 solar lights on the streets of Bagbazaar, Rani Pokhari, Ratna Park and New Road, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City is planning to install sensor system solar lamps in the city from Kesharmahal Road to Maharajgunj by the end of this month in view of the 18th …
Life-cycle assessments commonly used to analyze the environmental costs and benefits of climate-mitigation options are usually static in nature and address individual power plants. Our paper presents, to our knowledge, the first life-cycle assessment of the large-scale implementation of climate-mitigation technologies, addressing the feedback of the electricity system onto itself …
To achieve the target of 25,000 mega watt (MW) production of solar power in next five years, the state government has finalized amendments in Rajasthan solar policy , 2011. The revised version is likely to be announced and implemented in first week of October. Among the major changes, the policy …
