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 …
The government’s inability to meet the growing demand for electricity in the country has resulted into frequent power cuts. To offset the widening power deficit, many people are steadily turning towards solar technology for household purposes like lighting, cooking and heating. Use of solar technology, however, is not limited within …
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Punjab government is setting up a solar power plant of 100 megawatt in Quaid-i-Azam Solar Park with its own resources and the project will be implemented expeditiously. He said that work on provision of infrastructure for the project is being carried …
Renewable power companies MidAmerican Solar and SunPower Corp said they have connected the first 57 megawatts to the power grid from California's 579-MW Solar Star solar power plant, one of the biggest in the United States. Their Solar Star project, which involves two plants in Kern and Los Angeles counties, …
Installation of solar streetlights is continuing in several trade centres of Bajaur Agency under the Tribal Areas Rural to Urban Centres Conversion Initiative (TARUCCI). So far, 450 solar lights have been installed in several markets, and more would be installed within a month, said an official of TARUCCI. He said …
Renewable power companies MidAmerican Solar and SunPower Corp said they have connected the first 57 megawatts to the power grid from California's 579-MW Solar Star solar power plant, one of the biggest in the United States. Their Solar Star project, which involves two plants in Kern and Los Angeles counties, …
Large-scale manufacturing in the region offers enormous potential for energy savings When Intel went about setting up its chip factory in Vietnam, it found an oddity: Local laws did not govern every aspect of the building. The government had no comprehensive standards, for instance, on refrigerant chemicals, which, in the …
The project will have a capacity of 150 Mw Welspun Energy Limited (WEL) on Wednesday announced a Memorandum of Understanding with the Punjab government to set up solar power project of 150-MW capacity. WEL will invest over Rs 1,300 crore for setting up this solar project over the next three …
It is time for govt to explore alternative energy sources other than hydropower Winter is not a very pleasant time to be in Nepal. While crippling cold waves paralyse life in the Tarai and the hills, rolling blackouts, especially concentrated in urban areas, plunge the country into darkness. Former Prime …
Welspun Energy said it has inked an memorandum of understanding with the Punjab Government to set up a 150 MW solar power project. Welspun will invest over Rs 1,300 crore in the project over the next three years. It is already developing a 35 (DC) MW solar project in the …
With the objective to brighten the streets of Capital, Kathmandu Metropolitan City(KMC) is introducing solar-powered street lamps. The project ‘Kathmandu Ujyalo Karyakram’ will begin from Durbarmarg, which KMC officials say, should complete within next three months. The Durbarmarg Development Committee has agreed to make its own investment in the project. …
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)'s ambitious 'Solar City' project has taken a back seat, after the union ministry of new and renewable energy did not accept the civic body's proposal seeking 50% grant for the project. The ministry has given in-principle approval for 30% subsidy. AMC's executive engineer Sikander Ali …
The Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (CSTPS) and Chandrapur Ferro-alloy Plant (CFP), the erstwhile Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd, here are under the scanner of forest department for failing to implement measures for mitigating man-animal conflict in their premises. Chandrapur forest division has given 15-day ultimatum to undertake the mitigation measures. It …
Pokhara Sub-metropolis and other local stakeholders have launched a project to install street lamps powered by solar energy in two major business hubs-Lakeside and New Road—in the city. An agreement to this end was signed among representatives of the local body, construction company Suryodaya Power Company Private Limited (SPCPL), New …
Critics have called CM Arvind Kejriwal’s power subsidy “populist” and “economically unsound”. But there may be some good in what seems like his government’s hurried announcements. Energy experts are excited about what the future may bring given AAP’s intention of using solar energy in a big way. Thumbs are up …
Jain Families To Provide Streetlights To Dalwana Palanpur: Plagued by power shortage and it’s ever increasing cost, the residents of Dalwana village located 17 km from here switched to solar power to light up their streets while celebrating the New Year on Wednesday. The village saw 122 street poles lighting …
A study report released by WWF India in association with Pune-based World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) here has claimed that Kerala has the renewable energy potential to attain self-sustainability in energy sector by 2050. The report prepared by WISE is a sequeltothe global study ‘Theenergy report-100 per cent renewable …
Persistent Energy Ghana (PEG) is leading the movement to bring green energy, installing solar-powered micro-grids for the one million Ghanaian households that earn between $1 and $6 a day. PEG, a Ghanaian energy services company that launched last year, hopes to help under-electrified regions leap-frog directly from kerosene to solar …
This briefing paper explores the potential for existing and emerging solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies to deliver rapid transformation of our energy systems to limit the scale of future climate risks from fossil fuel use. In particular, it examine the potential for cost reductions and scalability of manufacture and the new …
This report focuses on the wind and solar sectors in Germany. It reviews the German policy in support of raising the share of renewables in the energy mix within the context of multiple social, economic and technological objectives. Based on this analysis, the report concludes that the extent to which …
The Goal of the program is to promote the use of Renewable Energy in Urban Areas by providing support to the Municipal Corporations for preparation and implementation of a Road Map to develop their cities as Solar Cities. The objectives of the programme are: to enable/empower Urban Local Governments to …
