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 …
Five years after it was first conceived and a year since its approval, Chandigarh officially became a Model Solar City on Wednesday after Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah launched the project with the inauguration of two rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants: one at Paryavaran Bhawan …
The construction work of the solar plant has been awarded to BHEL Maharatna power utility NTPC Ltd on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of 10 Mw photo voltaic (PV) solar plant at Kaniha, the site of its 3,000 Mw super thermal power station. The solar project, spread over 45 acres …
Local producers have alleged dumping of cheap solar equipment from US, China, Malaysia and Taiwan India might impose anti-dumping duty on four major importers of solar cells and modules in the country after listening to the grievances of domestic manufacturers. Local producers have filed a case last year, alleging that …
Technologists have prepared a road map for building a sun-charged, smarter direct current (DC) power micro grid system that suits the power sector, mainly in the ecologically sensitive Himalayas. “This system will be secure from terrorist and virus attacks, stable, low cost and reliable for sustainable energy sector in the …
Weavers to go in for solar project Nearly 100 powerloom weavers in Coimbatore District are expected to go in for solar systems to run the powerlooms. The Coimbatore District Jobworking Powerloom Weavers’ Association organised a meeting on Monday and Canara Bank disbursed Rs. 5.85 lakh loan to one of the …
The Bangladesh Bank on Monday incorporated a number of new green products in its Tk 200-crore revolving fund in a bid to build an environment-friendly economy. The BB issued a circular to the managing directors and chief executive officers of banks saying that it included solar mini grid, solar irrigation …
This Policy will be known as Odisha Solar Policy, 2013. The Policy will come into operation with effect from the date of resolution and will supersede the Policy Guidelines for power generation from Non conventional Energy Sources -2005 with respect to the content related to solar power generation. The principal …
A bunch of students led by a former bureaucrat devised a solar-powered toilet that caters to a village in West Bengal Sunderbans, with a little help from the Germans In Baikunthapur, a backwater village in the West Bengal Sunderbans, the German government in collaboration with a local technical institution has …
To woo more power projects to Gujarat, the state government is planning to come out with a bouquet of new power policies that will focus on the renewable energy. Sources in energy and petrochemical department said, “We are ready with the draft of revised solar policy, solar rooftop and solar …
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Thursday gave its approval to establish a joint venture company of the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation to tap the solar energy potential of the state. According to the official statement released by the state government, it …
The Uttarakhand Solar Energy Policy – 2013 aims to provide comprehensive policy for promotion of solar energy in the state of Uttarakhand. The Uttarakhand Government introduces the Solar Policy – 2013 with the following objectives: Promoting green and clean power using solar energy to reduce the dependence on conventional source …
Many powerloom owners are exploring alternative energy sources Thousands of power looms in the villages in Coimbatore district reeled under 10 hours or more of power cut a day even a month ago. Though there is relief from power cut now, thanks to wind energy, many of these loom owners …
Only 18 buildings in Corporation area have installed solar panels While the crippling power cut till about a fortnight ago has made people talk about tapping solar energy, Vellore residents are yet to even think about it due to lack of awareness on the availability and cost of solar energy …
Made-in-China knockoffs of solar photovoltaic systems making way to Indian homes could hamstring efforts to harness alternative energy. Many of solar panels used in Indian homes are made in China. The low-quality components, acquired by companies in India on cheaper rates, live short. And it could frustrate users from exiting …
Small hydro power projects totalling 6,000 Mw in Ganga river basin in Uttarakhand have been affected by Chaturvedi panel proposals Following the declaration of a 130-km stretch of the Bhagirarthi River Valley between Gomukh and Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in December …
ISLAMABAD, June 24: Pakistan is joining a new World Bank programme which would carry out mapping of renewable energy resources, producing for the first time rich and nationwide data for the country. The government has requested the support of the World Bank and the Renewable Energy Resource Mapping Initiative of …
Cutting power plant emissions and protecting coastlines on the agenda in landmark speech by president Barack Obama is due to map out America's first climate change strategy on Tuesday, cutting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, shoring up coastlines against flooding and sea level rise, and helping advance an international …
LAHORE: Punjab government and Asian Development Bank on Saturday agreed to enhance cooperation in energy sector, as the ADB would set up solar energy projects under public-private partnership in Punjab. It was agreed in meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and the ADB Bank delegation here at Model …
A Rs.1-lakh worth solar power system was commissioned at Arooran Manavar Illam, an orphanage in Tiruvarur, recently. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), Karaikal, contributed Rs.60, 000 for the project while the rest was borne by Mangalam Bagavathi, president, Lioness Club of Tiruvarur. About 675 watts could be generated …
Hyderabad: The Industries Department is working out the mandatory green code for all industries and factories in the state. As per this code, it will be essential for all industries to provide a compulsory 15 per cent of their area for vegetation. They will also be required to go in …
