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 …
Solar energy mission needs to show some real action That a sun-soaked country like India should invest in solar energy is a no-brainer. That it should build green, energy-efficient buildings while conserving scarce water resources is also an obvious thing to do. It should also invest in afforestation and practise …
A nano technology-based solar cell development centre is coming up in the city with the aim to make solar power more affordable. The centre is being set up by the West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Limited in association with the Washington DC-based Catholic University. Calcutta University (CU) and the …
It could just have been a hairdryer. Instead, Cambridge University students have created a solar powered racing car that uses the same power as an ordinary hairdryer The car, which is one of the projects marking Cambridge University
The Milan trade fair said on Tuesday it is commissioning the world's biggest rooftop photovoltaic power installation covering some 270,000 square meters. "We have had seven offers from general contractors to build the plant and we'll very soon trim that down to five. The winning bid will be the one …
CHENNAI: Two Chennai-based organisations have come together to distribute one lakh solar energy-run lamps to the needy in the State by March. Under a memorandum of understanding between Exnora International and Solkar Solar Industry Limited, one lakh solar lamps will be given free to economically weaker sections of society, who …
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: Solar and thermal dryers, which could be used by manufacturers of spices and condiments, are going to be developed here with the support of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA). The School of Energy, Environment and Natural Resources at Madurai Kamaraj University is working out a …
The Israelis, who have helped India with some high-yielding farm technology, hi-tech defence equipment that includes the little guns of the Prime Minister
The Energy Research Institute (TERI) said it was disappointed with the Union Budget 2009-10, considering the fact that Central government has the mandate to carry out reforms in the energy and environment sectors.
To set up solar power plants NEW DELHI: The North Delhi Power Limited and Tata BP Solar have joined hands to set up solar power plants in Delhi including rooftop ones that will be connected to the electricity grid. These panels will consist of an array of PV (photovoltaic) modules …
N. Anand ONE MORE ATTRACTION: The hybrid streetlight installed at Mudaliarkuppam on East Coast Road. CHENNAI: The Rain Drop Boat House at Mudaliarkuppam off East Coast Road has one more attraction
As the United States takes its first steps toward mandating that power companies generate more electricity from renewable sources, China already has a similar requirement and is investing billions to remake itself into a green energy superpower. Through a combination of carrots and sticks, Beijing is starting to change how …
- A project linking solar power from the Sahara to energy users in Europe and North Africa could create 240,000 German jobs and generate 2 trillion euros ($2,822 billion) worth of power by 2050, a study published on Thursday found. The report by Germany's Wuppertal Institute for Climate for Greenpeace …
Controversial regulatory reforms in the environment sector found their way into the Economic Survey too. The report recommended that housing and real estate sector be taken out of the purview of the central environmental clearances regime. It also recommended the creation of an autonomous environmental regulatory authority, which environment and …
Arvind Virmani, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, said today in the Economic Survey 2008-09 that India can potentially grow at 7.75 per cent in 2009-10 and even enter the 8-9 per cent orbit in the coming years but attached two crucial riders
The manner in which we change matters That we need to change is beyond doubt. What matters is the manner in which we plan to afford the change. Can we afford not to change? Can we afford the change? Given the crisis that confronts us
The Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the government has set a target to electrify 7,000 villages within next five years through solar energy which cannot be electrified through grid. The minister said that Pakistan is facing the same issues in developing and utilising …
