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 …
With a view to promoting non-conventional energy sources in Madhya Pradesh, constant efforts are being made by Urja Vikas Nigam. Sour energy shops are being opened at all districts by Urja Vikas Nigam. The sour energy equipments are available for the common man after opening shops. In this context, a …
THE Lanco Group will invest . 3000 crore to set up a solar photovoltaic manufacturing unit with an annual capacity of 250 MW for local sales and exports to Europe and USA, a company official said. The plant, at Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh, would be set up in two phases …
The World Bank has offered to Kosi flood relief beneficiaries an incentive that is expected to put the reconstruction process on fast track: rebuild your houses in six months and get toilets and solar lights worth Rs 7,300 free of cost. The offer stands for 1,00,00 beneficiaries under the $259 …
Feasibility studies are being carried out to set up a Solar Power Park, in Hambantota to add 737 KW to the national grid. The Project initiated by Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka will receive financial aid from Japan and Korea. This Solar Power Project to be established in …
KOCHI: The Parliamentary Committee on Energy will recommend to the Union government to increase the support for research projects like application of nanotechnology in solar cells, P.C. Chacko, MP, has said. Mr. Chacko was speaking to presspersons along with other members of the committee after visiting the nano solar division …
A solar farm would be established in Barathenna in Hambantota to generate low cost power with financial assistance from the Japanese and Korean Governments, officials said. The project would be carried out in two stages with the first stage financed by the Japanese Government while the Korean Government would finance …
The German solar industry once held the front, but must now defend itself globally. To survive, it will have to prevail over the competition. Germany's Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar) is leading the way with its PV Roadmap 2020, proposing a battle plan to keep the German solar sector competitive-and make …
For a world plagued by an energy crisis, what better way to turn to an option that would harvest solar heat from the road to melt ice, heat buildings or even generate electricity. This isn't a utopian idea, says Prof K Wayne Lee, along with University of Rhode Island graduate …
On 11 January 2010 India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), for development and deployment of solar energy technologies in the country. The immediate aim of the Solar Mission is to focus on setting up an enabling environment for solar technology penetration in the country both at a …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has done commendable work in terms of conceptualising, drafting, launching, and implementing the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission over the last one year.
This report aims at providing a clear and comprehensible description of the current status of the developing Photovoltaic power generation world-wide and its untapped potentials and growth prospects in the coming years. During 2010, the Photovoltaic (PV) market has shown unprecedented growth and wide-spread deployment of this environmentally friendly source …
The country-wide Market Assessment Study of Solar Water Heaters carried out in 2009 under the UNDP/GEF Project identified high potential States and Regions. This study focuses on five states/regions which are likely to contribute 49% of the SWH realizable potential up to 2022. These are: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra …
This document is the Policy Research Working Paper by the World Bank. Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology, such as solar home systems, to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development. Using a purposely collected national household survey, this study quantifies the carbon …
The department of energy finalised the Rajasthan Solar Policy 2010 on Thursday. The policy is likely to encourage investment in solar power generation while regulating the consumption of energy for individual and industrial use. "We have finalised the draft of the policy and soon the Cabinet will clear it," energy …
The United States is already halfway to meeting President Barack Obama's goal of generating 80 percent of the nation's electricity from clean energy sources by 2035, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday. To help reach that goal the president will propose in his new federal budget spending more than $8 …
In a bid to popularise environment-friendly technology options at the grassroots, the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is joining hands with the Local Self-government Department to set up a network of Green Technology Centres across the State. The units, to be modelled on the lines of …
