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 …
While Prime Minister Tony Abbott says renewable energy has significantly increased electricity bills, a new study finds wind energy actually forced down wholesale power prices by more than $3.2 billion over six years - but little of the savings flowed through to consumers. Mr Abbott on Tuesday said the renewable …
Former landfill sites in Dumfries and Galloway are being earmarked for redevelopment as solar energy "farms". The council is looking to negotiate a deal with an investment company specialising in the renewables sector. A range of potential uses have been investigated for the four former waste landfill sites across the …
The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued guidelines to increase the solar energy generation in the state. The guidelines were formulated by giving focus on giving maximum benefits to consumers and licensees, including the Kerala State Electricity Board. At present, the solar panels are not linked with the power …
Installation of 119 kWpsolar photovoltaic grid tied systems in R.Ungoofaaru 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 the island and it is …
The project will help install an additional 480,000 solar home systems that has emerged as a viable electrification option for areas without grid access to electricity World Bank has given $78.4m additional financing to further scale-up support for the solar home systems (SHS) programme of Bangladesh. The project will help …
The government is going to set up a 60MW solar power project at Raozan in Chittagong in the private sector. Once implemented, officials said, state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) will purchase electricity from the private sector ‘solar park. “This will be the country’s largest ever single solar project with the …
Renewable energy may reap as much as two-thirds of the $7.7 trillion in investment forecast for building new power plants by 2030 as declining costs make it more competitive with fossil fuels. About half of the investment will be in Asia, the region where power capacity will grow the most, …
FIFTEEN schools and three Government agencies should soon see considerable reductions in their energy bills as the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) will be installing Solar PV Systems at public sector buildings at a cost of more than $62 million. Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy …
President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States wants to help Chile build Latin America's largest solar power plant. Obama touted the project during an Oval Office meeting with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who has returned to office after winning election in March. Obama said Chile has been a …
Capacity planners in developing countries frequently use screening curves and other system-independent metrics such as levelized cost of energy to guide investment decisions. This can lead to spurious conclusions when evaluating intermittent power sources such as solar and wind. Use a system-level model for Kenya to evaluate the potential of …
Distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) is expected to witness significant growth in India owing to increasing economic viability and a facilitating policy-regulatory framework in most states. Distributed Generation (DG) can provide various system benefits in terms of improved grid reliability and power quality, deferring grid investments, reduction in T&D; losses, etc. …
The state government has submitted a proposal to the Centre for setting up the biggest solar power project with a capacity for 250MW near the Purulia Pumping Storage Project (PPSP) at Baghmundi for an estimated cost of Rs 1,700 crore. The state power minister, Mr Manish Gupta, told The Statesman …
Micro grids based on renewable energy, which will allow decentralised generation of power for clusters of villages, could fill the energy gap in rural India, said energy experts of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at a workshop on Friday, where they presented a model for mini grid. At …
Andhra Pradesh has potential to generate close to 4,000 MW solar power, says Naidu The Andhra Pradesh State government has announced its intentions to harness solar energy for overcoming the acute power shortages staring it post bifurcation. The government is contemplating setting up solar grids of photo-voltaic cells in barren …
U.S. President Barack Obama has said that his government has been using more clean energy and wasting less power in the last five years but stressed that more needs to be done to address the generational problem. As dangers of climate change poses threaten the very existence of human life …
Researchers have developed a new manufacturing method which could bring down the cost of making a type of solar cell. A team at Liverpool University has found a way of replacing the toxic element in the process with a material found in bath salts. The scientists say that this could …
Powerloom weavers in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts have sought 50 per cent subsidy to go in for solar power. The association has appealed to the Union Government to increase the subsidy from the existing 30 per cent as the weavers do not have the financial resources to go in for …
Indian capacity to make solar cells is three-quarters idle, according to the ministry of renewable energy, as the government studies tariffs on rival imports. Fifteen producers led by Indosolar Ltd. (ISLR), Moser Baer India Ltd. (MBI) and Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd. have capacity to supply as many as 1,386 …
Germany on Tuesday proposed that industrial companies generating their own electricity pay a higher surcharge than previously planned, as the country seeks to keep costs for renewable energy under control and overcome objections from the European Commission. The move comes after the European Union's executive arm objected to an initial …
The number of large scale solar parks in Wales is set to double, with rural west Wales increasingly being targeted. Eighteen schemes greater than 5 megawatt (MW) are already in operation, with 34 projects in planning or being built, according to website Solarbuzz. Council officers say greenfield sites are preferred …
