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 …
An uncontrolled renewable power expansion in Germany could threaten the stability of energy grids, the head of energy agency Dena told Reuters on Wednesday. Failure to connect new capacity near demand centers or near transport grids or storage facilities would waste assets or put at risk the grids' stability, said …
Gujarat would house the largest solar energy park in Asia in two years, with a power production capacity of 500 Mw. This would be set up with an investment of around Rs 8,000 crore flowing from companies such as GMR and Lanco, which have been assigned generation capacities under the …
The Sri Lanka Ocean University has taken steps to equip 3,500 multi-day fishing vessels with solar energy to prevent any breakdown in their radio network and electricity supply in mid-sea. This project implemented by the university's lecturer N P G Pushpika under the guidance of Fisheries and Naval Engineering Institute …
Other projects being taken up include tapping solar energy and planting saplings. KOCHI: The operator of the International Container Transshipment Terminal, DP World, has launched a solid-waste management and a greening programme on the vast undeveloped area contiguous to the terminal. It is part of a comprehensive plan by the …
Gujarat has taken the lead over other states in renewable energy initiatives, particularly in solar power generation. The state has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for solar power generation with 80 private players, including Tata Power, US-based SunEdision and MoserBaer Solar. These deals are worth $3 billion and could see …
SRINAGAR: The Governor, N. N. Vohra, has called for engendering very close coordination between the research and extension agencies to effectively transfer new techniques and know how from lab to land to make Jammu and Kashmir fully self-reliant in agriculture and all the allied sectors within the next 3-4 years …
The energy need of the populace is increasing by the day, whereas the conventional source of energy is insufficient to meet the rising demand, Thereby adversely affecting the environment as well. Therefore there is an urgent need to develop and exploit non-conventional and renewable sources of energy in the state. …
The Caritas Pakistan would provide solar energy to 300 families in Jati and Sujawal towns to rid them of energy crisis, said the executive secretary of the organisation`s Hyderabad chapter, Mr Shams Shamoon. He said in a statement issued here on Wednesday that Caritas Germany was cooperating in this project, …
With an energy crisis looming, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda on Wednesday called on Asian nations to "take radical steps" to increase energy efficiency and invest in renewable energy. Asia and the Pacific's strong economic growth and its increasing population are generating the world's fastest growing demand for …
KOCHI: Kochi Corporation is keen on installing solar energy lamps in certain key areas with a view to reducing energy consumption. LED lamps are to be set up on MG road in the beginning. Entrepreneurs are expected to take part in the programme which could effectively reduce the spending by …
The U.S. Energy Department offered on Friday a $150 million conditional loan guarantee to 1366 Technologies Inc to support development of the company's solar wafer technology. The company's technology could lower the cost of manufacturing solar wafers by about 50 percent, the DOE said in a statement. Solar wafers are …
GURGAON: This years industrial policy was designed keeping in mind the immediate need to shift to more sustainable sources of energy. But the state subsidies on solar panels and solar-powered water heaters have done little to relieve the over-loaded industrial power lines, or to ease the industrys heavy reliance on …
GURGAON: With growing shortage of power supply and prolonged outages, residents of Gurgaon are gradually starting to depend on a more reliable alternative
US voters support increased use of renewable power but would pay only about $10 per month extra for it, according to an opinion poll that highlights the difficulties facing many forms of lower-carbon energy. The poll also identifies reduced US dependence on foreign oil as a top priority for energy …
A highly encouraging scenario during the next decade in the renewable and non-conventional energy sector was projected for Rajasthan at a conference on
India is on track to produce 700 megawatts of solar power at a cost of $2.2 billion by December, ahead of an initial target for an ambitious plan that seeks to boost green power generation from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. Under India's Solar Mission, investors bid …
Google Inc will finance $280 million of residential solar power systems through a deal with startup SolarCity that is the Internet search giant's largest single clean energy investment to date. The fund will enable thousands of homeowners who do not want to make a large upfront investment in a solar …
The number of new solar panel installations in Germany fell dramatically from March to May, making further cuts in feed-in tariffs from July unlikely, government and industry sources said on Wednesday. Considerably less than 1,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity was installed in the world's biggest solar market during the so-called …
Oil major Total SA's $1.3 billion takeover of SunPower Corp will help the U.S. solar panel maker double its market share over the next 18 months, SunPower Chief Executive Tom Werner said on Wednesday. Total brings the financial backing, geographical footprint and research and development expertise that will allow the …
