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 …
Karnataka government plans to launch an ambitious self-sustaining solar technology programme in 3,900 villages in 39 most backward blocks to cater to the energy needs of 50 lakh people. State-owned Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL) this week invited bids from solar technology providers to design, finance, build, operate and …
More than 400 tsunami-affected families in Kalmunai, Ampara who lost their homes in the tsunami waves moved in to new houses in two apartment complexes in Periyaneelavani and at the Road Development Department and Irrigation Department housing complex. The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society initiated projects, built with funding and …
At the 5 MW project at Rettaipillai Ayyanarkulam Natural and renewable: Nagarajan, Additional Collector and Secretary, District Advisory Committee on Renewable Energy, addressing a public hearing at Muthupatty near Sivaganga on Wednesday. SIVAGANGA: A 5 megawatt (MW) solar photo voltaic (SPV) power generation project at Rettaipillai Ayyanarkulam will begin production …
Renewable energy service providers yesterday urged the government to form a body to implement the renewable energy policy to develop the green energy resources and meet 10 percent of the national demand for power by 2020.
Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd is set to assemble solar panels to grab the domestic market for solar home systems that are on an upward curve on the back of the government policy support to help off-grid people get electricity.
The demand for solar appliances is soaring in the city, thanks to daily power cuts. According to the 16 solar appliance manufacturers-cum-retailers in Calcutta, their sales have increased at least 30 to 40 per cent compared with last year. Solar fans are the most popular items, followed by solar lights. …
President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to pass "historic legislation" to fight global warming, prompting his fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to aim for a vote on Friday on the bill to reduce industrial emissions of carbon dioxide. At a midday White House press conference, Obama said …
General Electric's Energy Financial Services is working on thousands of megawatts of renewable energy projects, but is not likely to move forward until the U.S. government decides on rules for new grants, an executive in the company's energy business said on Tuesday. Funding for new clean energy projects largely dried …
Former scientific advisor to the Defence Minister V S Arunachalam on Tuesday said, although there is talk about utilisation of solar energy, but very little is done in the country. Delivering the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture on
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will provide Bangladesh with US$ 1.3 billion for construction of the proposed Padma Bridge. This was apprised by Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in the cabinet meeting held at Cabinet Division at Bangladesh Secretariat here on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the …
Bangladesh on Monday struck a deal with the Islamic Development Bank on providing $18 million for implementation of a renewable solar energy project and the donor agency agreed to provide $1.3 billion for construction of the Padma bridge. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith disclosed this at the regular cabinet …
Leslie D'Monte / New Delhi June 23, 2009, 0:16 IST Indian solar power companies now want to light up the domestic market, with a little help from the government, of course. India
T. Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: Udangudi in Tuticorin district may be the site for a 100-megawatt solar thermal power plant. This was mooted during a meeting between Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah and Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami here on Saturday. The Union Ministry of New and Renewable …
A semiconductor unit near Chennai. M. Somasekhar Hyderabad, June 19 The Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) has recommended that incentives in the form of capital subsidy on the lines specified under the Semiconductor Policy be made available to larger number of units engaged in solar Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing. Domestic companies are …
The government has decided to set up 20 new plants with a generation capacity of 3,551 megawatt electricity by 2014 to meet the growing demand in the country. As per the decision, 20 power plants would be built under short-term and long-term plans in both public and private sectors. Power …
Telecoms firms are increasingly looking at more energy efficient and recyclable products in Asia as consumers check labels for environmental credentials and companies try to save on energy costs. "For emerging markets, green will go a long way because it's more of a necessity," Dipesh Mohile, a telecommunications analyst at …
Amutha Kannan POWER-SAVING INNOVATION: The team from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham with its innovation (seen right) - a solar-powered vapour absorption ice maker.
Bijoy Ghosh (From left) Mr Ramesh Kymal, Chairman, Renewable Energy Council, CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre; Mr Pramod Deo, Chairperson and Chief Executive, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission; Mr Carmine D
