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 …
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said only renewable and green energy holds the promise of helping humankind tackle climate change and there are therefore numerous challenges that remain to be met in this regard. Addressing the Ninth Green Energy Summit organised by India Energy Forum, Ms. Dikshit …
41 Students From Across India Display Their Innovations New Delhi: Cars fitted with GSM systems to generate an automatic SOS text message in case of an accident, a hands-free bike for the differently-abled, rugs made of banana peel
THE new energy sources like solar and wind were set to become the major source of energy in the next decade over taking conventional sources. Interacting with the students of SSN College of Engineering here on Tuesday, Noble laureate Walter Kohn opined that global oil and natural gas production was …
K Subramanya One of the main impediments in the large scale and accelerated deployment of solar energy in the coming years is going to be the lack of qualified human resources if urgent corrective steps are not taken now. Given that the starting base for the solar energy industry in …
The West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (Established 1993) ensures that the state giants use 5 per cent of renewable energy. From a solar housing programme to the country's first rice husk fuel power plant,it is a pioneer in the promotion of renewable energy. The director of the West Bengal …
From solar lanterns to solar technology-run ATMs, from traffic and streetlights to railway signals, Tata BP Solar (Established 1989) now wants to light up 10 million households across India and generate 20,000 MW of solar power by 2020. In a country with over 300 sunny days across the country, leveraging …
The world may have to wait until the dying seconds of a U.N. climate summit in December for a global deal to channel business dollars into low-carbon energy, industry and analysts said on Wednesday. Senior executives warned progress so far in U.N.-led climate talks was inadequate to guarantee the future …
General Electric Co unveiled two investments in start-up clean technology companies on Wednesday as part of its strategy of focusing on ways for business to generate and use energy more efficiently. The newest investments in the largest U.S. conglomerate's $22 billion energy investment pool focus on improving the efficiency of …
INDIA, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, is facing twin challenges after signing the Kyoto Protocol. One, it has to promote clean technology to reduce its contribution to greenhouse gases in a significant manner. Two, it has to ensure that these new clean and green technologies adhere …
A technology to bury underground the greenhouse gas emissions produced from burning coal must be ready for global deployment by 2017-2019, U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu said on Monday. Coal is the world's single biggest source of carbon emissions, at 40 percent. Other sources included burning oil and natural gas, …
California is heating up its push for clean energy, as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approved a new subsidy for solar power on Monday and joined forces with the federal government to fast-track renewable energy projects. California has the most aggressive renewable energy goals in the United States, which Schwarzenegger increased last …
Lucknow: In a bid to promote use of solar power in Uttar Pradesh, rural banks in the State will provide easy loans to village committees under micro-finance scheme to enable houses to install solar lighting systems. Rural banks will provide a loan of Rs 10,000 to every home using solar …
Germany's conservatives and their Free Democrat allies will reform the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) but cuts for solar power rates will be modest to prevent harming the fast-growing industry, a coalition source said on Sunday. "We're not going to take an axe to the EEG and we obviously won't agree …
Europe will this week launch a campaign to triple funding for energy research to 8 billion euros ($11.7 billion) a year in a technology race with Japan and the United States, a draft document shows. Solar power should get 16 billion euros over the next decade and up to 30 …
More lucrative British incentives to produce energy from rotting and gasified waste are driving a push to biogas, following a wider European trend. More farmers aim to use crop waste to generate electricity from burning biogas while big business is considering the same for industrial waste, after Britain introduced more …
Other energy options will also be explored Total carbon emission put at 12.75 lakh tonnes COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation plans to tap solar energy for its in-house uses and also to power street lights and other public utilities in a phased manner, Mayor R. Venkatachalam and Deputy Commissioner V. Shanta …
Simran Arora : Suryachakra Power Venture, a group company of Suryachakra Power Corporation, has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with a German company, MAN Solar Millennium for developing and setting up concentrated solar thermal power projects in India. KV Subramaniyam, director, Suryachakra Power Venture, says,
Sandip Das : With global warming issues taking centre stage globally, the use of renewable source of energy for meeting power requirements of Indian companies has taken off. Besides the usage for domestic purpose, the companies are seeing increasing opportunities in using solar energy for industrial use. In a first …
