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 …
Leading engineering major Larsen & Toubro today said it has commissioned the country’s largest solar photovoltaic plant of Reliance Power in Rajasthan with a generation capacity of 40 MW. The group’s construction arm L&T; Construction executed the project owned by Reliance Power at Dhursar Village in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan …
Shimla Mulana village of Panipat district has become the first village in Haryana to be completely illuminated with Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps. The Renewable Energy Department has provided power and solar energy equipments worth Rs. 13.27 lakh to the village, a department spokesperson said. Supplies It has also provided …
Rs. 3.25 crores allotted for installing solar panels to ensure uninterrupted supply of power to inmates The beneficiaries of ‘green house' scheme, who are supposed to occupy their houses at the earliest, need not worry about the prevailing load shedding in the district. The conventional energy has come as a …
Universal access to sustainable energy will be the harbinger of the next industrial revolution. Energy powers human progress. From job generation to economic competitiveness, from strengthening security to empowering women, energy is the great integrator: it cuts across all sectors and lies at the heart of all countries’ core interests. …
Clarion call for national campaign to create public awareness on climate change issues The Advisor to Ministry of Environment and Forests, G. V. Subrahmanyam, has said that people's participation in environment protection alone can bring the desired results more than any number of legislations brought by the Government. “Protecting the …
First 100% Solar Building In Gujarat To Be Opened Today Gandhinagar: If you believe that solar energy is good enough only to cook rice in solar cooker or heat water as solar water heaters, you need to look further. Solar energy can also provide you the muchneeded respite from heat …
Calls for engaging local people on a continuous basis Renowned agricultural scientist M. S. Swaminathan has suggested that consultative committees be formed in and around the Kudankulam area, comprising civil society representatives and nuclear technology experts, so that the local people could be engaged on a continuous basis on the …
At Solar Energy Centre in Gurgaon, solar ACs have replaced conventional devices. Some other buildings have switched to alternative cooling techniques to limit electricity bills Summer is here and most people will be cooling their heels, quite literally, inside their airconditioned homes. But overdependence on these energy-guzzling devices—ACs—has prompted scientists …
CFLs replace 1,799 bulbs, 76 streetlights installed. Bibipur, a small hamlet in the district, has hit a new milestone with a larger awareness and proper use of solar energy in the village. With the replacement of 1,799 bulbs with CFLs, the village has been provided with 76 solar streetlights in …
Exelon Corp. said Thursday that money from a federal loan backing construction of the giant Antelope Valley solar farm near Los Angeles has started to flow. The Chicago-based utility bought the project from First Solar Inc. and will pay the solar company to build and operate the plant in a …
Solar fences, early warning systems and trip wire systems are some of the new initiatives that will be in place to reduce man-animal conflict in Valparai plateau. In this highly conflict-prone zone, where herds of elephant and leopards often stray into human habitations, the Forest Department will provide 20 km …
Chennai Corporation to tap into alternative energy to light up coastal roads in newly-added areas Imagine 15-metre towers with micro wind turbines above and four solar panels below vying with huge palm trees to create a geometrically regular pattern along the East Coast Road. These towers, with a hybrid of …
New Delhi: Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power has switched on the fourth 300-mw unit of Rosa power plant to complete the 1,200 mw project in UP four months ahead of schedule, even as it has announced plans to invest Rs 6,000 crore in setting up mainline solar power plant in Rajasthan. …
BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister for New and Renewal Energy Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the Centre would provide financial assistance to states for grid connectivity to renewable energy sources. Inaugurating a solar power plant and a hi-tech horticulture and floriculture farm at Tangi, about 30 km from here, Farooq said several …
The companies missed the last deadline of March 9 to commission solar power plants under national solar mission. The bank guarantees of three companies, commissioned to install solar power plants under the national solar mission have been encashed. The companies failed to commission the power plants on time. The last …
Within the next two years Rajasthan will become the world's solar power hub as Reliance Power plans to take up the generation capacity of its newly-opened 40-MW plant at Dhursar village in Pokhran to 300 MW by 2014. “We will add another 100 MW by 2013 to the existing capacity …
Cos say capacity addition may fall to less than 1,000 MW against target of 3,000 MW The government has ended the tax break given to wind energy projects much against the wishes of industry players who argued that without the popular incentive, capacity addition in the sector could fall to …
Butterfly wings are not just beautiful. They are also sophisticated collectors of solar energy that help butterflies stay warm, and researchers say that their shinglelike structure could provide valuable clues into developing better solar technology. “Light manipulation and light-harvesting abilities are important for the performance of solar energy devices,” said …
Reliance Power plans to invest more than Rs 6,000 crore for solar power generation projects in Rajasthan in the next two years, its Chairman has said. Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Power commissioned a 40 mega watt solar power plant in Rajasthan, which is the country's largest solar project so …
Reliance Power has commissioned India’s largest solar photovoltaic project in Rajasthan with a capacity of 40 MW, and will supply electricity to Reliance Infrastructure, top company executives said. The . 700-crore plant in Jaisalmer was commissioned in four months and is part of the company’s plan to invest total of …
