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 …
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Power, has successfully commissioned a 25MW solar farm in Maharashtra’s Satara district, the company said on Monday. The 130-acre plant, located at Palaswadi village in Maan taluka, uses crystalline silicon photo-voltaic technology. “We are delighted to announce the commissioning of yet …
The Obama administration's historic plan to reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants, unveiled Monday, could hasten the nation's shift from coal toward natural gas, energy efficiency and renewable sources such as wind and solar. The controversial proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency calls for a 30% national cut in …
Global investment in fossil-fuel energy continues to outpace new spending on renewable sources, leaving the world on track for temperature increases of at least 3.6 degrees, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Last year, more than $1.1 trillion (A$1.19 trillion) was poured into the extraction, transport …
Tata Power Co. (TPWR), the utility unit of India’s biggest industrial group, has completed a 25-megawatt solar farm in India. The 2.5 billion-rupee ($42 million) project, funded by a loan from IDFC Ltd., raises the company’s photovoltaic capacity to 56 megawatts, according to an e-mailed statement today. The farm is …
Operators of the Grand Palladium Resort and Spa in Hanover says that the facility set to save over J$80 million in energy cost per year from the installation of a solar PhotoVoltaic (PV) power plant. The solar power PV plant said to be the largest in Jamaica to date was …
The UK has slipped down the rankings of global destinations for investors in renewable energy because of policy uncertainty leading into next year’s election, according to EY. The conflicting signals over the future of support for renewables beyond the 2015 election and the proposed cap on solar power projects eligible …
Based on the recommendations of Working Group constituted in the 57th Conference of Chairman & Member Secretaries held in August 2010, CPCB prepared a list of industries categorizing them as red, orange & green for granting consent and inventorisation by SPCBs. Wind Turbine Manufacturer's Association vide their letter dated March …
High learning rates and rapid cost decreases for new technologies in recent years have combined with effective support policies to accelerate the spread of renewable energy around the world. However, this dynamism in the market creates new challenges for policy makers seeking to promote the long-term transition to renewable sources …
Four environmental dimensions of energy security—climate change, air pollution, water availability and quality, and land-use change—and the environmental impact of 13 energy systems on each are discussed in this paper. Climate change threatens more land, people, and economies in Asia and small Pacific island states than any other part of …
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An agreement between the Kathmandu Metropolitan City and the Durbarmarg Development Board (DDB) has renewed hopes for solar-powered lamps to re-illuminate Durbarmarg in the heart of the city. Owing to a row between authorities, the street lights were switched off a few days after their installation. The Department of Roads …
The country's embrace of natural gas means less love for wind and solar. New investments in renewable energy sources declined 5 per cent in North America last year to $US56 billion ($60 billion), the lowest since 2010, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. By comparison, North American oil and gas …
The Tirunelveli Corporation has drawn a plan to install solar power panels on its administrative building on an outlay of Rs. 42 lakh. In view of gap between energy requirement and availability of quality power, the government wants installation of solar power panels. The Department of Local Administration has identified …
Tata Solar Power (TSP) announced expansion of its manufacturing facility from 125 MW TO 200 MW at Bangalore. Anticipating policy support from the Modi government at the Centre, Tata Solar Power (TSP) announced expansion of its manufacturing facility from 125 MW TO 200 MW at Bangalore. The TSP officials also …
The Chennai Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has on Tuesday allowed Vizhinjam port authorities to go ahead with the tendering process, including calling for Requests for Qualification (RFQ), to build the port superstructure and operate the proposed deep-water container transhipment port. The NGT passed the order while hearing …
Around 15 Government schools in Chandigarh under the aegis of Chandigarh Renewable Energy, Science Technology Promotion Society (CREST) will soon harness solar power as a contract has been signed with Rays Power Infra to carry the project. This project will give financial advantage to all schools by switching from conventional …
Japan’s campaign to boost renewable power supplies since the Fukushima nuclear disaster is producing some unlikely winners: vegetable farmers. Makoto Takazawa and his father Yukio earned 1.7 million yen ($16,700) last fiscal year selling electricity from solar panels that hang in a giant canopy above their farm east of Tokyo. …
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy released the operational guidelines for implementation of off-grid and decentralised solar applications sub scheme "Off-Grid And Decentralised Solar Pv Applications" during 12th plan period. The Scheme would continue to be implemented through multiple implementing agencies for rapid up-scaling in an inclusive mode. These agencies …
Government of Karnataka revises the existing Solar policy and publishes the Karnataka Solar Policy 2014-2021. The new solar policy which encourages households to generate solar power on their roof-tops and sell the surplus energy to the state grid. The new policy is expected to give a major boost to solar …
Anti-Dumping Investigation concerning imports of Solar Cells whether or not assembled partially or fully in Modules or Panels or on glass or some other suitable substrates, originating in or exported from Malaysia, China PR, Chinese Taipei and USA. 14/5/2012-DGAD:- Having regard to the Customs Tariff Act 1975 as amended from …
