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 …
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has planned to install solar energy panels to keep traffic signals around the city running during long power cuts, a media report said on Sunday. The report said that due to frequent power cuts in the city, the traffic has become unmanageable. "The traffic …
As early as 2018, solar could be economically viable to power big cities. By 2040 over half of all electricity may be generated in the same place it's used. Centralised, coal-fired power is over Last week, for the first time in memory, the wholesale price of electricity in Queensland fell …
China's trade ministry repeated on Monday its decision to levy anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on polysilicon imports from the European Union. The decision was first announced on April 30.
Insurers are developing plans to protect investors in solar and wind power projects against the sudden withdrawal of crucial state subsidies that have battered the European renewable energy industry. Willis, the world’s third largest insurance broker, is in advanced discussions with insurers including at Lloyd’s of London to put together …
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is going to install three more roof-top solar power plants in its premises, as a continuation of its policy to encourage eco-friendly work practices and technologies. These three plants, with a joint power generation capacity of 250 KWP (kilowatts peak), will come up at the …
Powergrid Corporation has already submitted its report detailing the renewable potential available, cost of setting up the projects and economic viability With depleting fossil fuel reserves and environmental concerns surrounding conventional power generation, the government has started work on a long-term plan to tap into India's solar and wind potential …
KATHMANDU: The World Bank (WB) is extending a support of $80 million to install solar plants of 25 megawatts in a bid to address the power crisis faced by the country. The multilateral donor agency is mulling over floating a global tender notice within the next two months seeking applications …
Installation of 119 kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) grid tied systems in Raa atoll Ungoofaaru island has commenced on 21st June 2014. Under this project PV systems will be installed on the rooftops of Ungoofaru School, Sewerage Plant and Power House. The system will provide 30% of daily peak demand of …
LAHORE: German investors will construct a solar power plant at Rachna Industrial Park on Lahore Sheikhupura Road, which would initially produce 3 megawatts (MW) electricity for the factory owners of the Industrial Park. It is expected the power plant will be operational by first quarter of 2015, revealed by Mohsin …
Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) for Goa and Union Territories (UT) on 4th July 2014 has released a draft Regulation of Solar Tariff applicable to Ground Mounted Grid Connected & Rooftop Solar with Net Metering. The regulation shall be applicable to all grid connected Solar PV (including rooftop PV) and …
Green buildings, which are coming up in the state, will be more costly for customers, courtesy the hike in freight rates by the Indian Railways. Green buildings, also known as sustainable buildings, use a process that is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s cycle and is 10 to 20 …
The German investors will establish a solar power plant at the Rachna Industrial Park on Lahore-Sheikhupura Road and the plant will be operational by first quarter of 2015. The plant will produce three megawatts electricity for the factory owners of the industrial park, said Mohsin Syed, the chief executive officer …
The Australian government’s A$10 billion ($9.4 billion) clean-energy bank is set to announce a number of solar deals in the next week as it looks at investments in industries from mining to manufacturing. “The interest in solar is across the board,” Clean Energy Finance Corp. Chief Operating Officer Meg McDonald …
India’s ambition to skip a generation of electricity technology starting with solar panels on telecommunications towers is being hampered by dust and urban sprawl. Just 1 percent of the nation’s 400,000 mobile telephone masts are using photovoltaics with mixed results two years after a government directive ordering a switch away …
A U.N. fund to help developing nations fight global warming is on track to start raising cash in November, with poor nations seeking $15 billion, officials said on Wednesday. "Now it's time to mobilise money," Hela Cheikhrouhou, executive director of the Green Climate Fund, told Reuters after two days of …
GURGAON: In a city that is perpetually faced with a power crisis, turning to renewable sources of energy may seem like an obvious choice. But a scant few opt for it. A farmhouse on Old Delhi road, Gurgaon railway station and a retreat centre near Bilaspur Chowk have set a …
The solar policy unveiled by the AIADMK government when it came to power in 2002 aims to create 3000 MW of new solar capacity by 2015. Of this 1500 MW was to come from big plants called utility-scale, 350 MW from building rooftops and remaining 1150 MW to be achieved …
Uruguay’s state-run power company agreed to purchase electricity from a 50-megawatt solar farm that will be built in the country’s northwest. The 30-year deal is the first since Administracion Nacional de Usinas Y Trasmisiones Electricas announced plans in May 2013 to purchase as much as 200 megawatts of solar power …
When birds land, their wings adjust to the airstreams, allowing them to spend as little energy as possible. By contrast, aeroplanes use clunky landing flaps that help channel the air but also waste large amounts of energy. A research team, financed by the EU, has developed a new material that …
Sweden's renewable energy support scheme is compatible with European Union law, the EU's top court said on Tuesday, in a ruling that means member states will avoid a radical overhaul of their renewable energy laws. The EU's Court of Justice (ECJ) said the ruling meant EU member states can continue …
