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 …
In many countries, the production of off-grid electricity from renewables is largely unrecorded, but is believed to be expanding rapidly. This trend has been driven by numerous factors, including falling costs, innovation and supportive public policies. Many of the new electricity producers are households and enterprises generating electricity for their …
2017-18 witnessed impressive growth of renewable energy (RE) in the electricity sector wherein two major milestones were crossed. Annual RE capacity addition surpassed conventional capacity for the first time, with RE registering more than double the growth in conventional energy, in GW terms; and electricity sector investments in RE in …
In the Africa and Asia markets, the number of solar mini-grid projects is expected to grow from 2,700 units in 2017 to over 31,000 units by 2023, with 51% of these figures to come from Africa. This is according to a new report from the clean energy consulting company Infinergia, …
In what could be seen as another blow to the country’s plan to increase the share of renewables-based power in its energy basket, solar and wind power developers have once again displayed a muted response to one of the government’s schemes for increasing renewable energy capacity. In what could be …
CHENNAI: A 5kW solar panel atop Chennai Corporation Middle School at Basin Bridge has started functioning. The solar panel set up at a cost of Rs 3.74 lakh produces 20 units of electricity per day. Corporation commissioner on Tuesday inspected the 5kW capacity solar panel. The civic body has identified …
For the second time this year, Germany has awarded all available capacity from its latest mixed wind and solar renewable energy auction to large-scale solar projects, awarding a total combined capacity of 201 megawatts (MW). So far in 2018 Germany has held several types of renewable energy capacity tenders — …
Nagpur: Solar Industries, the private sector defence manufacturer from the city, is planning to enter into a joint venture with South Africa’s Fucshs Electronics to make electronic fuses for artillery ammunition. With the deal, it hopes to entirely indigenize manufacturing of fuses which are a key component of an artillery …
Growing shares of solar and wind power call for increasingly flexible grid operation. This report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) outlines a planning approach to boost flexibility, specifically to accommodate the largest possible shares of variable renewable (solar and wind) energy sources. The report comes in two parts: …
Coimbatore: India still has a long way to go to realize its renewable energy goals, said Joerg Gaebler, principal advisor of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), an agency which works with the government of Germany for sustainable development. Joerg Gaebler was in the city on Thursday to inaugurate the …
Mumbai's iconic heritage cinema METRO INOX is now South Mumbai's largest cinema and continues the celebration of legacy and luxury with the launch of their signature indulgence, INSIGNIA screens which is 100% solar powered. The fastest growing cinema chain INOX is proud to bring India's first multiplex to join the …
On an average, a household with a Rs 3,000 monthly bill can achieve 90 per cent reduction in energy bills with the solar, said Srinivas Potukuchi, founder & CEO of Glowship. BENGALURU: Glowship, a three-year-old start-up headquartered in Bengaluru, has rolled out a unique platform for rooftop solar in the …
Metro Inox — Mumbai's iconic heritage cinema — recently launched two screens, which are 100 per cent solar powered, thus becoming the first multiplex in India to join the solar revolution. The landmark SoBo theatre has eight screens total, of which two will now use the solar technology. Mitigating 282 …
The Government has borrowed $269 million (Rwf237 billion) from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to invest in sustainable, affordable and reliable electricity services. The loan agreement was signed on Tuesday. The concessional loan will be disbursed under the second phase of the Scale up Electricity Access Program (SEAPII), which is …
Global law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright, has successfully closed the financing facilities on a 50MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Sikasso, Mali for the first French green Independent Power Producer, Akuo Energy. The Kita solar farm is its first project to begin construction in Africa and is the largest in …
Adani remains the largest project developer in terms of total cumulative installations India installed 4.9 GW of solar power, consolidating its position as the second largest solar market in the world, during the first half of calendar year 2018. The country was ranked second, following China during the January-June period, …
The renewable energy boom is accelerating in Australia, and across the world. State and territory governments are leading Australia’s electricity transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy and storage. Powering Progress: States Renewable Energy Race rates states and territories based on their performance across a range of metrics. These include …
The Gurukul, a school in Sector 20, has installed a 50 KW Solar Power Plant on the rooftop and is selling extra units produced to the government. The panel generates, on an average, about 250 units per day. AS MANY as 15 schools in Panchkula have installed solar power panels …
The mountain solar water heating system, known as hamam, which drastically reduces fuel wood requirement and makes clean energy available to rural households in harsh freezing conditions, is all set to go global. The solar hamams were developed by Shimla-based NGO Himalayan Research Group. NGO director Lal Singh said solar …
Kenya has taken less than a decade to make giant strides in its energy sector. Key to this are two iconic renewable energy projects that have benefited from the decisive support of the African Development Bank: Turkana Wind Farm and Menengai Geothermal Power Station. The figures speak for themselves - …
Cheap, reliable and hard to hijack, the sun could be an ideal energy source in many war zones and disaster areas, prompting aid agencies to consider ditching costly fuel for solar power. While the technology has not advanced far enough to make a full swap viable, some solar projects are …
