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 …
GLOBAL venture capital and private equity companies will invest up to $1 billion by the end of the current fiscal in high-growth, incentive-driven renewable energy companies, according to industry estimates.
B.S. Satish Kumar YELESANDRA (Kolar Dt.): The country's biggest grid-connected solar power plant set up at Yelesandra village in Bangarpet taluk of Kolar district will be commissioned on June 17. Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah will dedicate this state-of-the-art power plant with a capacity to generate …
Mumbai: Mumbai airport has been a hub of construction activity for the last two years, and it has been a common occurrence that contract workers have unwittingly cut underground electric cables, thereby leading to blackouts on the taxiways. In spite of frequent power cuts, airport authorities have not thought of …
AGARTALA, June 8: Growing concerns over climate change owing to environmental degradation has led to acceptance of the concept of green energy in Tripura. The Tripura Renewable Energy Development Authority (TREDA) and urban development department in association with the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) have been actively …
Ahmedabad: Nano plant presence in Sanand will lead to greener surrounding areas. Not just jobs but the environment of the area and the depleting tree cover would also be taken care by the Tata Motors as a part of its corporate responsibility initiative. The officials in the state forest department …
Onthespot - Solar Lamps The pilot project for illuminating city streets with solar lights, undertaken by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) in Khanaberia, has proved a non-starter with most of the lamp posts powered by the sun failing to light up after dark. However, a set of solar street lamps …
CITY ANCHOR: WORLD HERITAGE SITES TO GET RS 1 CRORE FOR 50-KV PLANTS, OTHER SITES TO HAVE SMALLER UNITS, lesser budgets With the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy set to install solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites and select monuments before the Commonwealth Games, monuments in …
FAISALABAD (June 07 2010): On the motivation of City District Government (CDG), a pioneer test project of solar energy for street lighting in specific areas, with the financial co-operation of local traders and merchants. This was disclosed by DCO Saeed Wahlah while presiding over a meeting held here to discuss …
The Biogas Week-2010 ended here on Saturday with a target of installing 36,000 biogas plants in the country by 2012. Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a state- run non-banking financial institution, observed the Week amid different programmes. The programmes included declaration of a 'Biogas Union', holding district level rallies and …
AMBALANTOTA - The first ever solar power generation projects will be launched in Hambantota district. The two units will be set up at Buruthakanda on a 50-acre plot of land. The projects costing US Dollars 13.5 million will be funded by the governments of Korea and Japan. They will provide …
Bhopal: The Talkatora stadium in New Delhi, all set for Common Wealth Games, is illuminated by solar LED floodlights, encouraging the optimum utilisation of solar energy along with environment conservation. The solar lights installed in single stadium would help to save more than 80 thousand units of electricity, which would …
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdulla called on Chief Minister Nishank at the Bijapur State guest house on Tuesday and held discussions on the possibilities of non-conventional energy production in the State. The CM requested for the special cooperation of the Union Government in providing the 18,000 …
The economic analysis in the Green Economy Report builds in part on the encouraging signs and results of many initiatives around the world. A number of these come from developing countries, including emerging economies, and illustrate a positive benefit stream from specific green investments and policies, that if scaled up …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has said that about 2330 MW grid-interactive renewable energy has been achieved during 2009-10. According to an official statement, this consists of 1565 MW of wind power, 305 MW of small hydro power (up to 25 MW), 295 MW of cogeneration-bagasse and 153 …
This paper highlights the challenges involved in accurately identifying and classifying for tradestatistics purposes many of the energy-ef?cient goods used in the buildings sector. It also underscores the importance of policy interventions, regulations and incentives as a major driver of technology deployment, and in some cases, as a major determinant …
India is on a mission. To drastically ramp up its solar power production to 22,000 MW by 2022. From steel makers and automobile manufacturers to diamond merchants and realtors everyone sees the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission as their chance to strike gold. But it is not so easy. The …
The guidelines for off-grid and roof-top solar applications under Jawaharlal Nehru National solar Mission launched by Union New & Non Renewable resources minister Dr. Fahrooq Abdulla.The objectives of this guidelines are: to promote off-grid applications of solar energy (both SPV and Solar Thermal) for meeting the targets et in the …
The objectives of this guidelines are: To promote off-grid applications of solar energy (both SPV and Solar Thermal) for meeting the targets set in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission for Phase-I; To create awareness and demonstrate effective and innovative use of Solar systems for individual/ community/ institutional/ industrial applications; …
