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 …
The electronics division of Bangalore-based Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned two grid-connected solar power plants of 2 MW each at Katol near Nagpur for Sepset Constructions Ltd. and Citra Real Estate Ltd. recently. These projects are commissioned under rooftop photovoltaic and Small Solar Power Generation Programme (RPSSGP) of …
Keeping in view the fast depleting hydrocarbon energy sources in the world, Germany has set a target to entirely shift to renewable energy sources by 2030 and in the process the country has not only been phasing out its 17 nuclear power plants, but also many of its coal mines …
With international pressure mounting on India to cut emissions in the fight against climate change, the government’s goal of providing ‘power for all’ seems to be a tall order. The country remains critically dependent on coal for electricity generation. The government must promote off-grid electricity solutions from renewable sources like …
State has been directed to set up a separate development authority The Centre has asked the Jharkhand government to show urgency on both security and development matters in the Left-Wing-Extremism-affected Saranda forest. The State has been directed to set up a separate development authority to carry forward its initiative to …
Around 25,000 low-income homes in the Philippines have been lit up after the launch of a scheme to fit sunlight-powered "bulbs" made from old plastic bottles. The scheme uses plastic bottles filled with a solution of bleached water, installed into holes made in shanty towns' corrugated iron roofs, which then …
A government policy to promote renewable energy has lured a large number of new entrants into the business, particularly for solar panel installations, sector people said. In the last two years, nearly 100 firms and NGOs have appeared on the scene to sell technologies including solar home systems, irrigation pumps, …
The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) on Friday came out with its draft regulations for ‘renewable purchase obligation' – a measure that obliges certain electricity consumers and distribution companies to purchase a certain quantum of either power produced from renewable sources or ‘renewable energy certificates'. AP is among the …
Investors in the renewable energy sector are planning to turn part-time farmers. Land-intensive solar power projects may witness plantations around panels and modules, with project developers exploring possibilities to grow low-rise and underground crops like beets, radishes, carrots, onion and potato along side the solar power panels. They are checking …
Britons who wish to install solar panels this Christmas are left wondering about how much money they will receive in state subsidies after the High Court Wednesday decided the government had acted unlawfully in its rate-setting process. The government proposed at the end of October to halve so-called feed-in tariffs …
Astronomers have found a pair of Earth-sized planets orbiting a star similar to the sun, though neither is believed to be suitable for life, scientists on NASA’s Kepler telescope team said. The discovery follows confirmation earlier this month of a super-Earth sized planet, called Kepler-22b, which circles the right distance …
British government plans to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes were ruled legally flawed by the High Court on Wednesday. The decision was a victory for environmental campaigner Friends of the Earth and two solar companies, Solar Century and HomeSun, who said the plans were creating economic uncertainty. Energy …
The ministry of new and renewable energy expects that 400 MW solar power will flow to the grid by the end of this financial year as many projects awarded last year are nearing completion, two government officials said. The ministry has so far achieved 183-MW generation capacity since the solar …
Online search and advertising giant Google is making a $94 million investment in four solar energy farms near Sacramento in California in partnership with investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, bringing the company’s portfolio of clean energy projects to almost $1 billion. Google, on its Green Blog, said that …
Touted as the country’s biggest, a hybrid power generation system which uses solar and wind energy has been inaugurated in western Nepal to help residents facing acute shortage of electricity. Environment minister Hem Raj Tated inaugurated the wind-solar energy centre at Hurhure Danda area of Nawalparasi district which will benefit …
The realty sector may be going through a slowdown, but this has not stopped housing developers from launching new projects. Green Hill City Private Limited recently launched the country’s largest housing project—Green Hill City—in Mulpani, Kathmandu. According to the company, 800 housing units on 312 ropanis of land will be …
The Government of Nepal, with support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), is switching on the country's first mini wind-solar hybrid power system in the Dhaubadi village of Nawalparasi district. For the villagers of Dhaubadi, the electricity from the mini-grid means less time and money spent on their search for …
Jammu: Nearly 17,000 households have been covered under Remote Electrification Programme (RVE) against the target of 25000 households so far in the State, revealed Minister for Science and Information Technology, Aga Syed Ruhullah, while reviewing physical and financial achievements of the programme at a high level meeting held here today. …
To tap the alternative energy sources, cost-effective solar power panels will be installed in the prisons in the State, according to Deputy Inspector-General of Prisons (North Zone) K. Radhakrishnan. He was speaking to the media here on Thursday. Mr. Radhakrishnan said the Union government had already sanctioned Rs.166 crore for …
Peerzada Abrar tracks a firm developing sustainable energy solutions and services to under-served households and businesses Fifteen-year-old Shailaja C does not have to inhale toxic fumes from kerosene lamps anymore each time she sits down to study. A student of the Government High School in Kyasamballi, a remote village in …
China has further revised up its solar power development target for 2015 by 50 percent from its previous plan, state media reported on Thursday. The government has set a target for installed solar power generating capacity to reach 15 gigawatts by 2015 and wind power capacity to hit 100 GW, …
