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 …
Bakery chain says solar panels totalling 1.28 megawatts will cut carbon emissions 25% by 2015, BusinessGreen reports Britain's largest bakery chain is cooking up some impressive carbon and energy savings, after it unveiled a series of major new solar installations. Greggs has installed photovoltaic panels at 10 sites across the …
The power plant will be set up by Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Ltd The state energy department plans to set up a 50 Mw solar power project at Manmunda in Boudh district at an investment of around Rs 400 crore. The power plant will be set up by …
Ahmedabad: Researchers here claimed to have developed a simple way of making graphene-based solar cell, whose use may reduce the cost of producing solar power considerably. “A simple and economical way of processing to fabricate graphene-based solar cell has been developed by our scientists," Gujarat Energy and Research Management Institute …
If all goes as per plans, Kochi will be the first solar city in the state. However, the Opposition of the Kochi Corporation feels that more clarity is needed regarding the project and its feasibility. Criticising the Corporation Town Planning Committee for not providing adequate data to the International Council …
The Central Government has set up an autonomous institute -- the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) -- under the administrative control of the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE). The NISE, which will function as the apex centre for research and technology development and related activities in the …
Researchers here have claimed to have developed a simple and economical way of processing to manufacture graphene-based solar cell, whose use may reduce the cost of producing solar power considerably. "A simple and economical way of processing to fabricate graphene-based solar cell has been developed by our scientists," Gujarat Energy …
US Firm Says UP Indifferent; Govt Finds Plan Not Viable Lucknow: Inordinate delay on the part of UP government in allowing it to set up a multi-crore-rupee waste to energy (WTE) project in the state has left a US based company completely frustrated. The company, which has evinced interest in …
Conventional fluorescent and sodium street lights in eight city corporations are going to be replaced by energy-saving light emitting diode (LED) lamps, some to be run by solar power, saving 10 megawatts of electricity per day. This means an additional 5,000 households in the capital can be powered every day …
Solar power panel helps a farmer to run submersible pumps at his five farms in different places in Palsana taluka of Surat district at affordable cost. Solar energy has emerged as an alternative to conventional power connection in farm sector. Instead of fitting panels at five places, Jitendra Patel, a …
Japanese Firm Proposes To Supply 13,000 Terawatts Of Electricity From Lunar Belt Tokyo: A Japanese firm has proposed an out-of-this-world solution to our planet’s power woes — building a solar panel array around the Moon’s equator and sending the electricity it collects back to Earth. The project called LUNA RING …
The paper gives an overview of the energy resource governance in India. It illustrates the energy-poverty challenge and the emerging energy scenario in the country. The chapters also analyses the economic, social and environmental issues emerging out of rapid development in the energy sector and the challenge of sustainable energy …
As one of the eight missions under India’s National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC), the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) was launched in January 2010 with the aim of accelerating India’s march toward grid parity in solar power. The JNNSM envisages the achievement of grid parity through long-term …
An awareness of the potential of renewables beyond power-generation, particularly for heating, cooling, cooking and mechanical applications would greatly enhance their acceptance amongst the public, according to a report released by WWF-India and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) at WWF-India, New Delhi. RE+: Renewables Beyond Electricity is …
100 MW CSP plant is being built at a cost of Rs 2,100 crores Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Power today said it is on track to commission a 100 MW solar project in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district by March next year. "Pre commissioning activities have commenced (at the 100 mega-watt) …
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission, in exercise of powers conferred under section 86 (1) (e) of the Electricity Act, 2003 has prepared a proposal on net metering & connectivity in respect of rooftop solar PV projects for inviting suggestions/objections from various stakeholders. Delhi has about 250 to 300 sunny days …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday that proposals in the Solar Energy Policy of the government for use of tribal land for solar and other renewable energy projects would not lead to alienation of tribal lands. Replying to questions at his weekly Cabinet briefing, the Chief Minister said …
ALLAHABAD: In order to provide solar power-run equipment to the beneficiaries of Ram Manohar Lohia Gramin Awas Yojna, the state authorities have decided to provide Rs 30,000 each to beneficiary to install solar power panels. Over 1.14 lakh beneficiaries would be benefited by the scheme. The rural development department had …
A solar power plant has been set up at Buruthakanda in Hambantota under a State sponsored clean energy program. The average electricity produced per day in this plant is around 23,000 KWH which will amount to 839,600 KWH of annual generation of power, according to the officials of the Power …
A forward looking Government needs to have a structured approach to seriously evaluate the possibilities of harnessing renewable energy sources and accord due weightage in a realistic manner for such sources to be integrated into its overall energy generation strategies. There is a popular perception that solar energy could be …
Despite China's rapid advancement towards a green economy, the country is facing significant environmental and social challenges that must be addressed if it is to achieve its sustainable development goals, according to a joint report released by China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). …
