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 …
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy sources will rise until 2030, when they will level off as fuels such as natural gas replace dirtier supplies of coal, Exxon Mobil said on Thursday. That forecast, part of Exxon's annual global outlook that stretches out to 2040, calls for total energy demand to …
India has advanced the target date for selling solar power at the same rate as conventional electricity by five years to 2017 as tariffs have fallen significantly in the latest projects on offer and the trend is likely to continue, government officials said. Companies have bid tariffs as low at …
KOHIMA: The first stake holder’s meeting for the development of Solar City cell in Dimapur, sponsored by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy New Delhi and organised by Department of New and Renewable Energy Nagaland, was held at Dimapur on Wednesday. Addressing the meeting, the Director of New and Renewable …
China will install wind and solar power capacity equivalent to 180 nuclear power reactors in the next 10 years to meet its growing energy needs, the International Energy Agency said on Monday, citing its latest estimate. Fatih Birol, chief economist at the IEA, also told Reuters that one in two …
Lowest bid in second batch of solar energy projects was for Rs7.49/unit. The way the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission is making progress, it is expected that solar energy will soon be as cheap as energy from conventional sources. At least, that is what emerged from the second batch of …
Chennai The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Reliance Power are joining forces to build what will be the country’s largest solar photovoltaic power plant. The project is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2012. “India’s solar energy potential is one of the highest in the world and …
China said a preliminary ruling by a US trade panel that imports of Chinese solar panels are harming the domestic industry shows the country’s “inclination to trade protectionism.” The US International Trade Commission on Friday took the first step toward imposing added tariffs on Chinese solar imports, voting unanimously in …
Multilateral funding agency Asian Development Bank today said it would provide Rs 250 crore ($48 million) loan to Reliance Power for its solar energy project in Rajasthan. "ADB is providing a long-term loan of up to Rs 250 crore to finance the 40 MW Dahanu Solar Power Project located at …
GAIL (India) Ltd., France's Fonroche Energy and Solairedirect Group are among 20-22 companies short-listed by the Indian government to set up solar energy-based power plants totaling 350 megawatts, three executives with knowledge of the matter said Monday. In the current bidding round, 28 solar power projects--ranging from 5 MW to …
: China said it was “deeply concerned” about a preliminary ruling by a US trade body that trade practices by Chinese solar makers are hurting US producers and said the decision underscored a US “inclination to trade protectionism”. Such protectionism measures would hurt bilateral trade and jeopardise mutual cooperation on …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday it is part-funding a project with India's Reliance Power to build what it said would be India's largest solar photovoltaic power plant. The plant marks Reliance Power's first foray into solar energy and is part of its strategy to expand its renewable energy …
American solar panel manufacturers won a round against China on Friday when the United States International Trade Commission reached a preliminary conclusion that they were being harmed by imports. The vote clears the way for additional steps by the commission and the Commerce Department that could result in heavy tariffs …
Ahmedabad: In order to promote micro generation of power from unconventional sources, Gujarat government is planning to come out with a detailed policy to install solar panels on rooftop. Talking on the sidelines of ‘India Energy Conclave 2011’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), minister of state for energy …
Rising global energy demand and the need to drastically cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions require a transformation in the way nations produce, deliver and consume energy, according to a new joint report from the OECD (Organization for Economic and Cooperation Development) and IEA (International Energy Agency). The Green Growth Studies: …
Following a row that lasted several months, solar firms have finally agreed on a concept for voluntary panel recycling. This comes too late, as the EU now wants to use the WEEE Directive to dictate what should happen to old panels.
The growing emphasis on solar energy utilisation to achieve energy security as well as to combat the menace of climate change and global warming has resulted in the formulation of one of the world’s most ambitious solar missions in India. While the larger focus of the Mission is on grid-connected …
This guidebook has been developed to provide and overview of National Solar Energy Generation Programs within the umbrella Mission for the solar energy development in India i.e. the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) under the National Action Plan for Climate Change. It provides information on key regulations and …
Solar power is attractive because it is abundant and offers a solution to fossil fuel emissions and global climate change. Earth receives solar energy at the rate of approximately 1,20,000 terawatt. This enormously exceeds both the current annual global energy consumption rate of about 15 TW, and any conceivable requirement …
The “Development of Solar Cities” programme by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, is an immense opportunity for contributing towards a sustainable India in the coming years. This programme is a crucial step towards supporting Indian cities for the development of renewable energy and energy …
(Reuters) - Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Co said it has decided to build two solar power plants in Fukui prefecture in western Japan, with total capacity of 1 megawatt, by March 2015. The plants, each with capacity of 500 kilowatts, are projected to generate a total 1 million kilowatt-hours …
