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 …
Washington: From solar-powered water purification systems in Afghanistan to a Navy jet fueled in part by biofuel, the US military is taking a lead role in shrinking the US carbon
Solar power has become an unlovely adolescent. It used to be a sweet little thing, shiny and new and full of promise. One day it will doubtless grow into a solid citizen, quite possibly a person of substance. At the moment it is stuck in between; no longer a child …
The State government will collaborate with the British High Commission to take up green initiatives in the heritage city of Mysore. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore after meeting the British Deputy High Commissioner Richard Hyde, Urban Development Minister Suresh Kumar said the commission would help the State adopt green …
MUMBAI: If the BMC has its way, it will soon be mandatory for all hoardings in Mumbai to use solar energy instead of the conventional energy. The BMC first put forward the proposal through former mayor Shubha Raul, who had written to the state government, urging them to make it …
Competition will ensure developers use most efficient technology. Investor-friendly Bidding mechanism due to overwhelming response Higher solar thermal tariff for 2010-11 based on industry representations Lower PV tariff due to demand by States in light of efficiency improvements Richa Mishra Anil Sasi Solar project developers offering the best discount on …
Pulivendula (Kadapa), April 16: Several organisations are coming forward to set up solar power plants at Pulivendula in Kadapa district. They have also applied to the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) to set up solar plants in other areas of the district as it is suitable for solar power …
Chandigarh: After tapping the biomass potential of the state,the Punjab Government is now turning to solar energy for meeting its ever-increasing power demands. If the agreement signed with the US-based Sun Power Corporation and Enterprise Business Solutions is any indication, the state may have a chain of power generating units …
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai April 15, 2010, 0:24 IST Lines up investments worth Rs 1,00,000 crore. Punj Lloyd Delta Renewables is just four months old. The company has already become the largest Indian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) player in solar power, thanks to its first mover advantage. The …
WITH the Indian government’s pledge of generating 20 gigawatts of power from solar energy by 2020, about US $20 billion must be invested in developing infrastructure. Everyone wants to know which technology gets the largest piece of the cake. Most agree that as far as solar cells go, the ones …
Chief Minister Mayawati has directed officials to take all necessary steps to ensure drinking water during the summer, besides speeding up the implementation of various developmental schemes. This includes Manywar Sri Kanshiramji Shahrai Gareeb Awas Yojna. Mayawati said Divisional Commissioners and DMs will be directly held responsible for any laxity …
Aiming at making the State capital a solar city, the Tripura government is preparing a report to make mandatory the use of this alternate form of energy.
K SUBRAMANYA The Solar Mission can create at least 100,000 jobs for Indians, but that won't happen if we buy modules from China. One of the key questions that has come up in the implementation of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission is whether the grid-connected MW-scale solar power projects …
The prototype, which is slightly smaller than the plane has a wingspan comparable to that of an Airbus A340 airliner but weighs as little as a only 1,600 kg The Solar Impulse Payerne (Switzerland), April 7: The Solar Impulse aircraft, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on …
Priti Narayan Photovoltaic power plants on rooftops of major government buildings being considered Generating 1 MW of solar power requires around Rs.18 crore PUDUCHERRY: The Renewable Energy Agency of Puducherry (REAP) has plans in place for solar power generation and heating systems in the Union Territory, in light of the …
The solar-powered rickshaws, launched amid much fanfare last year, are gathering dust. The rickshaw pullers, who were allotted these rickshaws, have given them back to the Municipal Corporation. The rickshaw-pullers had complained that the rickshaws were heavy compared to the usual rickshaws. Also, it was not possible to use them …
