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 …
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah held a meeting with the president of A.E.C Company of Saudi Arabia, Dr Ghassan-Al-Shibi, in Dubai on Wednesday who agreed to establish 300-500 megawatts solar energy farm projects in different parts of Sindh to overcome energy crises. The AEC, according to a government …
The Kerala Cabinet has approved a Solar Energy Policy that seeks to raise installed capacity of the solar sector to 500 MW by 2017 and 1,500 MW by 2030. The mission is to contribute to long-term energy security of the State well as ecological security by reduction in carbon emissions. …
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Kerala Solar Energy Policy aimed at mainstreaming the use of solar energy in the energy mix of the State. The policy proposes to increase the installed capacity in the solar sector to 500 MW by 2017 and 2,500 MW by 2030. Various incentives are …
Five lights of 3 watts and 5 watts efficiency will be provided to beneficiaries Vellore is one of the four districts in Tamil Nadu selected by the State government for fitting of LED (light-emitting diode) lights in the free solar-powered green houses being constructed against the allotment for 2012-13 under …
Colony boasts 24-hour water supply, mini power pump A new narikorava colony has come up in Madurapuri panchayat in Thuraiyur block in the district. The colony accounted for 53 houses and was built in Madurapuri panchayat in response to the demand made by members of narikoarava community more than a …
The failure of solar developers to deliver on planned projects in Japan will cost the country's utilities close to $3.5 billion annually in additional coal and gas imports to generate power. Japan's government banked on solar power to help meet the shortfall in electricity supply after the Fukushima disaster in …
The U.N. climate chief urged a radical clean-up of the coal industry on Monday to help limit global warming, at an industry meeting in Warsaw condemned by environmentalists as a distraction from the nearby U.N. climate change conference. Christiana Figueres, head of the U.N.'s Climate Change Secretariat, told the coal …
It is proving to be cost-effective, environment friendly. After experimenting with solar power in cooking noon meal for students in a corporation school, the Coimbatore Corporation has decided to provide them to a few more schools. The corporation, sometime in August, installed two solar cookers at the North Coimbatore School …
Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has launched a solar powered irrigation scheme in Chitral. The scheme was launched during a special function in Khairabad village near Drosh town here the other day. According to organisers, the scheme financed by Programme of Economic Empowerment and Community Empowerment (PEACE) is designed to …
Move after appeal by state govt-run GUVNL seeking a cut in rate of power The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (Aptel) has issued notices to 80 Gujarat-based solar project developers on an appeal filed by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL), the state government-run utility. GUVNL is seeking a cut in the …
ABB India is looking at significantly increasing its presence in the solar energy space as the Union and several State governments have lined up mega expansion of solar energy capacity. As prices of oil and coal go up steadily, experts feel, solar power could become an affordable and sustainable source …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has stated that providing better energy at economically viable cost in Haryana was a top priority of the state government. He was here to attend the inauguration of a hi-tech production facility comprising a “Green Hybrid Box” meant to facilitate optimal and efficient energy …
Introduction of solar power in the rural areas of Rangpur, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts has ushered in a new hope for the people as electricity supply is not adequate in these areas. As the Rural Electrification Board cannot supply electricity to the 'Char' areas, people of these area are becoming …
Global warming is set to continue unabated with temperatures rising by 20% by 2035, putting the world on track for a temperature increase of 3.6 degrees, far above the UN target of 2.0 degrees. This is the finding of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its annual report released on …
The ministry of new and renewable energy plans to set up four solar-based ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) to bring down the cost of power. They would come up at Sambhar in Rajasthan, Khargoda in Gujarat and Ladakh and Kargil in J&K;, said joint secretary in the ministry Tarun Kapoor …
With states like Madhya Pradesh making rapid strides in solar energy generation, more than four ultra mega solar power plants can come up in the country, according to Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. “Our objective is to bring down the cost of solar energy …
Cricketers head campaigns on power, water, waste and hygiene Eco-awareness might be a fashionable green slogan. But its transition to action mode has been slow in the City. To accelerate this process among students in the City’s estimated 8,200 educational institutions, GIZ, a German bilateral cooperation agency, has come up …
The Punjab government will launch a ‘Clean Water Project’ to provide potable water to every home in the next five years. Up to Rs10 billion will be spent on the project during the current financial year. The programme will be piloted in six districts to be extended to other districts …
Solar and wind power projects too harm the environment. We must generate renewable energy in a responsible way. Solar and wind energy are considered environment-friendly, with zero carbon emissions. These sources of energy are going to be the main elements of India’s proposed march towards a low-carbon-economy. But doubts have …
EU energy prices will rise unless European governments stick to strict guidelines on when subsidies are justified, the European Commission said on Tuesday. Following intense political debate and a storm of protest over energy prices, the Commission, the EU executive, is revising rules to guide the European Union's 28 member …
