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 …
Power from solar energy contributed only 0.41% of overall power demand in India in 2013-14. A cumulative installed capacity (CIC) of 100 GW of solar power by 2021-22 would help scale up India’s solar capacity to 9% of total power demand. However, meeting such an ambitious goal would also mean …
The clean energy sector in India will be one of the first sectors that would benefit during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US trip. The sector awaits investments worth about $1 billion from US companies. To finance sourcing of components from the US for Indian renewable power project developers, IREDA (Indian …
BHOPAL: State energy department strongly objected to 'free land policy' floated by new and renewable energy department to attract mega investment in the field of solar, wind, and bio mass energy in the state. Senior IAS officer S R Mohanty-led new and renewable energy department had circulated a copy of …
Solar power might become the world’s largest source of electricity by 2050 as falling costs boost installations, according to the International Energy Agency. Photovoltaic plants may provide as much as 16 percent of global electricity, and concentrating solar facilities could generate another 11 percent, the IEA said in an e-mailed …
Solar energy could be the top source of electricity by 2050, aided by plummeting costs of the equipment to generate it, a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the West's energy watchdog, said on Monday. IEA Reports said solar photovoltaic (PV) systems could generate up to 16 percent of …
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), which has invited proposals for its rooftop solar energy generation project, has found support from New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi for the project. Stating that the next three years will witness generation of 12 MW of solar energy in the NDMC area, Lekhi said, …
Japan has added 11,090 megawatts of clean energy capacity since July 2012, when it began an incentive program to encourage investment in renewables, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Of the total, Japan has added 10,880 megawatts of solar capacity through the end of June, according to …
They have become a familiar sight on rooftops and fields across Britain. Now, solar panels are set to start appearing in a new and surprising location: floating on reservoirs. Britain’s first ever floating solar panel project has just been built in Berkshire, in a scheme its developer claims will act …
Solar energy is widely available throughout the world and can contribute to reduced dependence on energy imports. As it entails no fuel price risk or constraints, it also improves security of supply. Solar power enhances energy diversity and hedges against price volatility of fossil fuels, thus stabilising costs of electricity …
NEW YORK: Increased use of natural gas will not help arrest carbon dioxide (CO2) emission significantly because it delays the widespread construction of low-carbon energy facilities, such as solar arrays, says a US-based study. Inexpensive gas boosts electricity consumption and hinders expansion of cleaner energy sources, such as wind and …
Growing use of natural gas fails to benefit the environment because it slows the spread of renewable energy sources, according to a study released today. While natural gas releases less carbon dioxide than coal when burned to produce electricity, it hampers growth of cleaner energy such as wind and solar, …
California and the federal government on Tuesday released an ambitious plan to combat climate change by accelerating the building of large renewable energy projects in the state’s sun-soaked desert while setting aside millions of acres for conservation. The goal of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan is to identify areas …
Even as the Tamil Nadu government is trying hard to be seen as India's next solar destina tion, taxation rules are serving as a hurdle. Setting up a solar power plant in TN is about 8% more expensive than in other states since companies have to pay between 5% and …
Solar panels have been installed in 11 educational institutions including a college and two higher secondary schools in the district to provide them with regular power supply. The move comes as a relief to the institutions for having to compromise the use of electric equipments without regular power. The panels …
Much of the emphasis on climate change has been on urging countries to act to avoid environmental catastrophe. This new report, “Building Competitive Green Industries: the Climate and Clean Technology Opportunity for Developing Countries”, frames responding to climate change as an extraordinary economic opportunity, particularly in developing countries. The report, …
The ambitious rooftop domestic solar power generation scheme, funded jointly by the Centre and state governments to encourage house owners to install rooftop solar power panels to supply excess power to the grid is progressing at slow pace in Coimbatore as beneficiaries are not showing much enthusiasm. The city, which …
California Governor Jerry Brown has a moonshot goal for the world’s eighth-largest economy as he seeks to lead the global fight against climate change: 1.5 million zero-emission cars on state roads in the next decade. With a month-end deadline approaching, Brown has signed 11 bills related to global warming. The …
India is having abundant resources to generate more than 15,000 Mega Watts (MW) renewable energy, but only 150 MW of solar energy was being produced, said Power Grid Corporation of India General Manager (Smart Grid) Subir Sen. He was addressing the students at the launch of two-day international conference on …
The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is set to install solar plants with power output of 1.35 MW on the rooftops of its power substations and other offices across the state. Lanco Solar Energy Private Limited has won the price bid for the project. The plan is to install solar …
The scheme broadly outlines the key aspects of the programme with respect to proposed targets, implementing agencies, integration of schemes, potential implementation options, funding sources, key stakeholders, modes of communication, Monitoring and Evaluation of the programme, technical specifications of the programme etc. Key objectives are: Development of models that will …
