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 …
Farooq Abdullah India is perceived as a developing country but it is developing at a pace that is not matched by many others. There is significant appreciation of our economic growth. Yet the fact remains that our growth is constrained by energy supply and availability. When the growth rate was …
Byju Aryad KOCHI: The proposal for setting up solar power projects in Kerala by the Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology (Anert) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), has received tremendous response from various quarters . Under the scheme, 25 MW of photoactive power projects of 100 …
New Delhi: Flagship refiner-marketer IndianOil Corporation is setting up a gridlinked solar power plant worth about Rs 100 crore at Barmer in Rajasthan, even as the state-run firm sharpens focus on non-conventional energy sources in an attempt to supplement fossil fuels earnings with carbon credits and move towards a green …
India launched its National Solar Mission last year. The aim is ambitious – to build capacity of 22,000 mw by 2022. Clearly this is critical: if we can upscale our solar energy generation, we also build the ‘learning’ needed for the world – prices will drop, technology will grow, new …
The fourth floor of the Chandralok building in the busy Janpath area of Delhi was choc-a-block on February 10. It was nearing 3pm, and a crowd had gathered in the conference room of Central Electricity Regulatory Commissions (CERC). There must have been about 200 to 250 people and the room …
Coal power generation in China and India is expected to double and triple, respectively, over the next 20 years, increasing exposure to fuel price volatility, exacerbating local air pollution, and hastening global climate change. Concentrating solar power (CSP) is a growing source of utility-scale, pollution-free electricity, but its potential in …
This report seeks to inform decision makers seeking to prioritise RD&D; investments in a time of financial uncertainty. It is an update of the December 2009 IEA report Global Gaps in Clean Energy Research, Development and Demonstration, which examined whether rates of LCET investment were sufficient to achieve shared global …
Kohima: Nagaland Advisor to New and Renewable Energy and MLA Deo Nukhu has informed that the collection of data has already been completed and a Master Plan is being prepared to make Kohima the first Solar City of Nagaland. According to official sources here on Wednesday Mr Nukhu, who was …
Climate change is the greatest challenge before the global society, impacting the ecology, economy and society in several ways. Changes related to the climate of Rajasthan are over and above the natural climate variability prevailing in this area. Studies have shown that Rajasthan falls within the areas of greatest climate …
Solar photovoltaic system costs have fallen steadily for decades. They are projected to fall even farther over the next 10 years. Meanwhile, projected costs for construction of new nuclear plants have risen steadily over the last decade, and they continue to rise.
M. Somasekhar Solar energy is now being deployed to convert seawater into potable quality on a pilot scale in India at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai. Hyderabad-based Photon Energy Systems (PES) has commenced work on setting up a 1,000-litres-a-day plant using solar thermal energy. Once proven, BARC …
Ranchi, June 27: The Baidyanath temple in Deoghar will soon glow with solar energy, literally. Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) is working on a noble project to provide solar power to the famous temple in Deoghar, thus putting an end to frequent power cuts. JREDA sources said they would …
Sweta Dutta While the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy readies to set up solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites in the Capital, the New Delhi office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has voiced concerns over the move and shot off letters …
Solar power lights up four checkposts in Kutch, more projects in pipeline Parth Shastri | TNN Ahmedabad: Gujarat police have taken a new step towards clean energy by utilising natural energy sources for its new projects. Starting their experiment with solar power plants and windmill in Karai Police Academy three …
Amitav Ranjan In a move to initiate private investment in grid-connected solar power projects, the Centre is setting up a Solar Payment Security Fund that would guarantee compensation to power producers in case of default by state-run distribution utilities.
WE CELEBRATED Environment Week this month. Various organisations as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives got their act together, conducted workshops to sensitise their employees, planted trees, et al. A few friends participated in
