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 …
To promote setting up of renewable energy power projects in Punjab, the State Government on Tuesday gave its nod to exempt these projects from Change of Land Use (CLU) and External Development (ED) charges in accordance with the State New and Renewable Sources of Energy (NRSE) Policy, 2012. Besides, the …
FAISALABAD: Solar-powered traffic signals have been installed at 17 crossings of the city which will be made operational next week. Chief Traffic Officer Rana Masoom told Dawn on Tuesday the system would help wardens check traffic violations rather than traffic regulation. He said such signals would be increased with the …
An Indian court threw out an attempt by a government utility in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state to backtrack on contracts by cutting the rate paid to solar plants for their power. India’s Appellate Tribunal for Electricity dismissed an appeal by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. to reduce the …
The Haryana Government will have a comprehensive Haryana Solar Power Policy 2014, which has been approved by the Cabinet that met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here today. The policy will come into effect from the date of its notification and will remain in force up …
"Patna has a huge potential to tap solar energy on the rooftop of houses and each house can convert into a power house, which will ultimately end the power crisis in the state capital," said Ramapati Kumar, CEO of the newly-launched Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED), at a …
State Govt Urged To Look Into Losses Due To High Rate Of Power Theft Strengthening the state's transmission lines is the key to resolving the acute power crisis ailing Telangana, feel experts closely following the developments in the new state. Pointing out how the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led government needs to …
Proponents of curbing carbon emissions often point to the additional benefits of cleaner air and healthier families. The high cost of climate change policies, they reason, will be largely offset by health care savings. Now, a team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have quantified just how big that …
Small island states facing a "frightening" rise in sea levels will seek investments in everything from solar energy to fisheries to boost their economies at a U.N. summit next week. Leaders will meet in Samoa in the Pacific from Sept. 1-4 to drum up partnerships with companies, development banks and …
The Indian solar industry has been maturing at a rapid clip, growing more than a hundredfold in four years to reach over 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity in 2014. Coupled with successful state-level policies in Gujarat and Rajasthan, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (Mission or NSM) has played …
The Coimbatore Medical College Hospital is making a move towards renewable energy. It will install as many as 45 solar-powered streetlights on its premises. R. Doraiswamy, Coimbatore (South) MLA, under whose constituency the hospital comes, has come forward to bear the entire project cost of Rs. 20 lakh from his …
There seems to be no end to UT Science and Technology Department’s woes in the execution of ambitious solar power projects. An ambitious proposal of UT (S & T) Department for commissioning of a solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plant at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 (GMCH-32) here has …
Australia is frightening developers away from renewable energy even before the government decides whether to overhaul targets for the industry’s growth. Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s decision to take advice on renewable energy targets from a skeptic about the causes of global warming prompted at least two developers to reconsider plans …
Solar-thermal power plants in the U.S. are less likely to kill birds than automobiles, cats or communication towers, despite reports that say the facilities pose a significant threat to avian life. There were 321 “avian fatalities” in the first half of this year at the 392-megawatt Ivanpah solar project in …
Growing demand for electricity and falling costs for wind and solar power mean more renewable-energy projects will be commissioned this year in sub-Saharan Africa than were added from 2000 through 2013. About 1.8 gigawatts of capacity, excluding large hydroelectric power plants, will be added in 2014, the London-based research firm …
Materials from discarded car batteries could potentially be recycled into solar panels, according to researchers. A team of academics at the US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have proposed a system based on a recent technological development in solar cells that makes use of a compound called perovskite. According to …
The solar industry is facing a looming shortage of photovoltaic panels, reversing a two-year slump triggered by a global glut. The oversupply pushed prices through the floor, making solar power more competitive and driving up demand. It also dragged dozens of manufacturers into bankruptcy, and slowed capital investment at the …
Coming as a relief to State’s power woes, the Centre on Tuesday announced to set up a 2,000 mega watt solar power plant in Punjab, following a request by the State Government. The decision was taken by Union Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal, who led …
An internal survey reportedly carried out by the city administration has revealed that 2.25 lakh square metre space on the roof-tops of government buildings could be easily utilised for setting up solar panels in the national capital. The survey is said to have suggested that the setting up of the …
Solar energy projects commissioned up to March 31, 2018 are eligible to get the exemption for a period of 10 years In an effort to promote solar energy generation in the state, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has exempted solar power generators from paying the wheeling and banking charges, …
Plans to build the world’s largest solar power plant of its kind have been scrapped in Australia after the developers raised concerns about the government’s commitment to clean energy. Solar Systems Pty Ltd. said it suspended plans for a 100-megawatt plant in the Australian state of Victoria. The plant, which …
