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 …
A Path to Prosperity: Renewable energy for islands was developed in support of the Renewable Energy Forum, a one-day forum preceding the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), held in Apia, Samoa, on 1-4 September 2014. The booklet is a collection of case studies submitted by SIDS …
The UK's renewable electricity generation increased by 30% in 2013 according to DECC's annual UK energy statistics, released today (31 July). Electricity generated from renewable sources accounted for 14.9% of the UK's total electricity generation last year, up from 11.3% in 2012. In a statement released by DECC, energy secretary …
China’s solar energy exports increased about 18 percent to $7.42 billion from a year earlier in the first half of the year as manufacturers retained market share in the U.S. and Europe, an industry group said. Solar cells and modules made up most of the exports, which totaled $12.3 billion …
Brazil’s BNDES development bank will allow solar developers to import photovoltaic cells until 2020 as part of efforts to spur domestic solar manufacturing capacity. From 2020, local content rules will require developers to use components produced in Brazil to qualify for its low-cost financing, Antonio Carlos Tovar, head of renewable …
While China and India are responsible for the biggest growth in carbon emissions, China is now the largest global investor in renewable energy and India saw the highest growth rate in recent times between 2010 and 2011. This paper looks at what the primary drivers of investment in wind and …
These regulations may be called the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (Co-generation and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy) Regulations, 2014. These regulations shall extend to the whole of the state of Assam.
AMRITSAR: Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has successfully implemented Biogas Development & Solar Water Heating Programme under which 1.6 lakh biogas plants and 29 lakh liter per day solar water heating systems have been installed in the state, informed chief parliamentary secretary Desraj Singh Dhugga here on Tuesday. He also …
Like hundreds of other villages across Chhattisgarh, the residents of Bhansi village of the district in Bastar division have also been relieved from the persistent drinking water supply problem through the State Government’s popular ‘Solar Nal-Jal Scheme.’ Earlier, the women folk of the village had to depend upon the hand …
Provided free to people below poverty line Using solar energy is the best option available to tackle power scarcity in the State. With sunlight available in plenty almost throughout the year, solar energy is an ideal proposition to power homes, schools and other commercial establishments. General public of Vellore have …
Malaysia's state-owned utility company Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has signed an agreement to invest in a hybrid wind and solar power project in Sri Lanka's Northern Jaffna peninsula. TNB, one of the largest companies listed on Bursa Malaysia, announced in a market disclosure that it signed an investment agreement with …
Renewable sources such as solar, wind, biomass met a record 28.5 percent of German electricity demand in the first half even as Europe’s biggest economy is cutting energy consumption, according to the BDEW utility lobby. Power generation by wind and solar plants rose 21.4 percent and 27.3 percent respectively, BDEW …
On the second anniversary of a scheme aimed at boosting Japan's renewable energy after the Fukushima crisis, its powerful industry ministry is taking steps critics say will choke off solar investment and pave the way for a return to nuclear power. Japan's ambitious plans for solar in the past two …
Australia’s largest solar plant moves one step closer to completion with the first of 1.35 million solar photovoltaic (PV) modules being installed on Wednesday at AGL’s Nyngan Solar plant in central NSW. Located on a 250-hectare site about 550 km north-west of Sydney, the $290 million plant will have a …
New polling data reveals that almost half of UK voters see investing in renewables as a priority over any other form of energy when it comes to ensuring the nation's energy security. Figures released last week by RenewableUK found that 48% of voters see investing in renewables as their number …
Plant will be set up at in Mandya district of Karnataka The Bharat Heavy Elec-tricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged Rs 68 crore worth order for setting up a 10 MWp (mega watt peak) grid-connected solar power plant for the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL). The solar power plant will be …
In a bid to meet the future electricity demand, the State Government has decided to implement solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in at least 25 un-electrified or power-starved villages in each district on a pilot basis. In this regard, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Science & Technology Surendra Kumar has asked the district Collectors to …
JA Solar Holdings Co. (JASO) expects solar-panel prices in China to recover as developers scale up projects and government measures encourage developments. “Current prices have bottomed and will rebound later” as Chinese orders rise, said Xie Jian, president of JA Solar, the world’s third-biggest solar-panel maker by production capacity. “Demand …
In a bid to increasing the use of solar power, several public schools are considering setting up roof-top solar power plants. The environment department of Delhi government has already installed these in four government schools--Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalayas in Mayur Vihar Phase I, Mangolpuri, Jwalapuri and RK Puram, Sector 12—which will …
A cheap lighting concept which creates solar lanterns from plastic bottle waste is being trialled by designers in the hope it can be scaled up for commercial production. Turkish creative firm Designnobis has developed what it calls 'Infinite Light' - a lantern made by reusing an empty plastic bottle and …
Bentley has become the first automotive company to receive the triple Carbon Trust Standard for carbon, water and waste reduction. The automotive firm announced today (July 28) that it had separately secured the Carbon Trust standards for water, waste and carbon, having made significant improvements in sustainability at its headquarters …
