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 goal of the program is to promote the use of renewable energy in urban areas by providing support to the municipal corporations for preparation and implementation of a road map to develop their cities as solar cities. The objectives of the programme are: to enable/empower Urban Local Governments to …
In a first, the State Bank of India installed a solar-operated biometric ATM machine at Dhordo village in Banni grassland. The bank hopes to open a new chapter by not only turning environmentfriendly, but also reaching out to rural populace. The ATM runs on solar power and scores over a …
Renewable Energy and Animal Husbandry Minister Ajay Vishnoi has said that solar energy is being promoted in the state. In this respect, one thousand solar street lights will be installed at urban and rural of Patan areas in Jabalpur district. The State Government will provide subsidy for setting up solar …
With a view to generating and providing electricity at Janpad Panchayat offices, Solar Photo Voltic Power Plants will be installed in rural areas. Panchayat and Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava informed that two Janpad Panchayats have been selected for pilot projects. After its positive results, the system …
WORLD Bank arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) has pledged $300 million for the development of renewable energy projects in India. The investment would be a mix of equity and debt over the next three years, IFC director (infrastructure) Anita George said. Aquarter of the amount would be invested in the …
Shrinking ice and snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere is reflecting ever less sunshine back into space in a previously underestimated mechanism that could add to global warming, a study showed. Satellite data indicated that Arctic sea ice, glaciers, winter snow and Greenland's ice were bouncing less energy back to …
Chennai: The State will promote deployment of rooftop solar power plants connected at LT level with net metering facilities, in line with the National Solar Mission, said Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami on Friday. Addressing an international conference on Renewable Energy, he said the State would start deployment of rooftop …
The Forest Department of Madhya Pradesh has chalked out a solar energy project for 1,025 forest villages of the State. A sum of Rs 350 crore will be required to implement this project, proposal of which has been sent to the Central Government. Forest Minister Sartaj Singh has said that …
Melbourne: Australian students claim to have designed the world's fastest solar car which has smashed a Guinness World Record by travelling at a speed of 88 kmph. The car, designed by the University of New South Wales students,smashedtheworldsolar car speed record at the HMAS Albatross navy base airstrip in Nowra. …
The industry in Haryana is trying its bit to make solar energy popular. Industrial houses, including Omax and Hero Honda, are looking up to the sun to generate electricity. And to promote green power generation and woo more industries towards this, the state government has decided to offer Renewable Energy …
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday called upon all MLAs to identify large buildings under their Assembly segments for setting up small solar energy plants and to suggest suitable sites for construction of parking lots. Addressing the MLAs and senior officials at Delhi Secretariat on the second …
LEH, Jan 9: Union Minister, for New and Renewal Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah, today visited Leh to review the implementation of Ladakh Renewal Energy Project, a Central special assistance to Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh region under Jawahar Lal Nehru Solar Mission besides taking stock of rehabilitation of the …
The Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) is set to be the first state-aided university to install solar-powered street lights on its campus. It has come up with an environment park with a building specially dedicated to house solar panels and other equipment needed to run the solar-powered lights. The …
NEW DELHI: NTPC is drawing up plans to increase its footprints overseas. Seeking to expand its presence in the clean energy sector, it is eyeing Maldives for establishing solar power projects. NTPC is conducting a feasibility study in Maldives to explore the potential of the island nation for setting up …
The Centre has approved nine solar power projects of 8.8 mw capacity to be set up in Haryana by independent power producers. These projects would get commissioned by September 2011, an official release said on Thursday. While disclosing this Haryana power minister Mahender Partap Singh said Haryana Renewable Energy Development …
In a move that will boost clean energy in the country, the Cabinet on Thursday amended the Power Tariff Policy which now requires the State Electricity Regulators (SERC) to fix a percentage of energy purchase from solar power under the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO). The solar power purchase obligation for …
AN initiative on solar-powered satellites and space-based solar power is in the offing, according to former President A P J Abdul Kalam Addressing a gathering of students at Hindustan University at the silver jubilee celebrations here on Thursday, Kalam highlighted how he had inaugurated a `Kalam NSS Initiative on Solar …
GULZAR AHMAD Sustainability is another name of independence and success. Realising this, Moser Baer shifted its small education centre from diesel to solar energy to manage operations. The Moser Baer Trust installed a solar rooftop system at its Digital Literacy Centre at village Surajpur, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Beginning from …
JAMMU, Jan 5: Stressing the need for promoting the technology for harnessing solar energy in the country, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah today said that owing to its geographical location and climate India has great scope of taping this energy source. The Union Minister was …
