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 …
Even as industries in Coimbatore region reel under long hours of power cut, suffering sharp decline in production, one segment is studying the solar option as a joint initiative to tackle the power problem. The jewellery manufacturers here, numbering over 350 and supporting about 25,000 goldsmiths, plan to go in …
In a major leap in the field of power generation, India will soon start a project to generate electricity through geothermal energy. The announcement was made by the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, at the inaugural session of a two-day Northern Regional Science Congress (NRSC) organised …
The State Government plans to give incentives to CBSE schools for smart steps to save power, Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed has said. Such incentives are being offered to aided schools in the State. Terming the new campaign as another step towards energy conservation, the Minister said the school in the …
Qatar has defended its right to host U.N. talks on slowing global warming even though its greenhouse gas output per capita is the highest in the world and it has made no pledge to cut it. Qataris produce almost three times as many carbon emissions on average than Americans and …
SEI Solar Power Pvt Ltd will raise around $34.3 from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support its proposed greenfield solar farm project in Rajasthan. SEI Solar is a joint venture between Singapore-based SunEdison Energy and Astronergy Solar Korea Co Ltd The fund raising will help the company develop, construct, …
A fledgling market in clean energy certificates has crashed as state distribution utilities have failed to honour their purchase obligations, putting entrepreneurs and investors in the sunrise sector at risk and portending trouble for the larger cause of environment-friendly power. Prices of these renewable energy certificates, a tradable instrument each …
3,000 MW of solar energy to be added in second phase of national solar mission. Off-grid solar applications and grid-connected rooftop panels will be given more importance in the second phase of the ongoing Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Started in early 2010, the mission is a flagship programme …
State aims to have same amount of solar as is now installed in all of India by 2014 Tamil Nadu has recently launched one of the most ambitious solar policies by any state in the country. It has mandated that all high tension consumers source six per cent of their …
When Hurricane Sandy wiped out the power in areas like coastal Long Island and the Jersey Shore, what should have been beacons of hope — hundreds of solar panels glinting from residential rooftops — became symbols of frustration. Despite the popular perception that installing solar panels takes a home “off …
The Department of Science and Technology has mooted a proposal for installation of a Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant for which it has sought land from the Municipal Corporation. The department has proposed the setting up of the plant at the Water Works Station in Sector 39. However, a No Objection …
Veer Energy & Infrastructure Ltd, a Mumbai-based wind power developer, plans to invest Rs 500 crore to augment capacity on its existing projects and also to diversify into solar energy. The company has successfully completed a 200-Mw wind farm project and another 115-Mw project is currently in pipeline. The firm …
The Government is looking at adopting the viability gap funding model for the second phase of the National Solar Mission, said Gireesh B. Pradhan, Secretary, Ministry for New and Renewable Energy. Implementing this model would mean a developer will be asked to state the amount the company would require to …
The Akshardham temple in the capital has switched from piped natural gas to solar technology for cooking its daily quota of close to 4,000 meals every day. The solar concentrator, named ARUN®100, produces steam which powers the cooking process. “It works on the principle of a parabola. It uses an …
Mumbai The July-September financial reportcards of India's major power producers, such as Tata Power and Adani Power, reflect that issues such as fuel availability, tariff renegotiations and pass through of rising costs still loom over industry. Stagnating production at Coal India and lower gas output at the country's flagship KG-D6 …
Solar power plants, to be promoted under the Tamil Nadu Government’s policy on solar energy, may not face the problem of evacuation some windmills face. Solar power is more dispersed than wind power and the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) and Transmission Corporation (Transco) have about 1,350 substations …
California, long the national leader in clean energy policy, is poised to double down on its investments in the sector, with billions in new subsidies set to flow in over the next few years. California voters last week directed some $2.5 billion to energy conservation programs with the approval of …
Centralised France may lack the clout at local government level to ease its new shift to greener energy, contrasting with the regional and grass-roots power that helped push through the rise of renewables in Germany. France, the world's most nuclear reliant country, has vowed to cut its dependency on the …
An analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Annual Global Power Generation Forecasts 2012, finds that during the current decade, gas will see the highest growth rate among the major fuels. Nuclear power, despite some delays after the Fukushima disaster, will also expand strongly due to the large number of nuclear plants …
New Delhi With banks and financial institutions unable to offer liberal funding to solar power projects due to Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) stringent sector exposure limit norms, developers have urged the government to treat solar industry as a separate sector to facilitate its financing. The issue was raised by …
Under these guidelines, the officials will soon invite bids from private solar power The Andhra Pradesh government plans to tie up with private solar and wind energy developers to add fresh renewable energy capacities in the state. It also announced plans to raise tariff for biomass-based power to Rs 5.5 …
