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 …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: A thousand solar lanterns have been dispatched to relief camps for Aila victims as an emergency measure to restore power in the cyclone-affected area, officials of the West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation said here on Wednesday. Out of the one lakh solar systems that were functioning, …
German firms plan to club together next month to turn into reality a dream to generate electricity for Europe in the deserts of north Africa using solar power, a newspaper report said Tuesday. The 20 or so firms will form on July 13 a consortium that aims to attract an …
Like all rural Bangladeshis, Saidul Islam knows the hardships of summer, when his tin-roofed house turns into a furnace with not enough electricity to power even a fan. For the 100 million Bangladeshis -- most of them farmers -- who live in the countryside, the notion of electricity supply is …
240 MPs signed a parliamentary motion supporting the rollout of solar photovoltaic power. Britain could become a booming market for solar power from next year when the UK introduces a support system used successfully by dozens of other countries. Last week 240 MPs signed a parliamentary motion supporting the mass …
About 65 farmers have been detained by the police for demolishing structures on 13.2 acre panchayati land erected by a solar power company at Awan village, 16 km from here, today. The farmers have been protesting against the construction of solar power project on the panchayat land allegedly offered to …
Shunned By Pvt Firms, Abandoned Station To Generate 3M Units/Yr Solar Electricity Jamuria (Raniganj): In perhaps the first significant climate responsive project in South Asia, an abandoned thermal power plant has been converted into a mega solar power generating station. It
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation (WBGEDC) has decided to install solar lanterns in schools and relief camps in which the people left homeless after the recent Aila tragedy are taking shelter in the Sunderbans. Several solar panels in the Sunderbans were damaged in the storm and the …
At least 14 percent of power generated by various power plants in the country was wasted while in distribution owing to technical reasons, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) sources said. Minister of Power and Energy John Seneviratne said that power wastage was a normal phenomenon in any country but under …
It seems unlikely that an agreement on the terms of the next climate treaty could be reached at the December-scheduled Copenhagen talks. The United States, not a member of the Kyoto Protocol and one of the major players in the international negotiations tussle over the climate treaty, has not yet …
evolution First blood Palaeontologists dug up a dinosaur bone buried for 80 million years in Montana, usa. The find yielded blood and bone cells and collagen protein
As World Environment Day falls on June 5, Soni Sinha looks at how 70 per cent of work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act can actually be eco-friendly and benefit local communities in India's poorest districts C K Prahalad states in his corporate management book The Bottom of the …
GANDHINAGAR: On rooftops, terraces and gardens in the babu-dominated edifices of Gandhinagar, there seems to be a quiet experiment going on for the last three months. Mini windmills and photo-voltaic cells have been erected to power thousands of tubelights, fans and calling bells the three things that are used incessantly …
Lalit Mohan The World Council for Corporate Governance is organising the Global Convention on Climate Security from June 12 to 14 at Palampur. Experts from across the globe would ponder on why the climate crunch is more catastrophic than credit crunch. The other major topic would be as to how …
Back-up power: Samsung President and CEO J. S. Shin (left) and Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah launch the first solar powered Samsung mobile phone in Noida on Wednesday. NEW DELHI: In a major technological advancement, Samsung India on Wednesday launched world
Maulik Pathak / Ahmedabad June 9, 2009, 1:46 IST The Clinton Foundation, founded by former US President Bill Clinton, has firmed up its plans to set up the world
India added nearly 3 gw of grid-connected renewable energy in 2008, 2 gw of which came from the wind sector. The government is under intense pressure to increase electricity production and has put strong incentives in place to spur investment into renewable energy from both domestic and foreign investors. The …
Nandini Chandrashekar, Bangalore: Development of renewable energy sources for a power-starved nation seemed a perfect solution as it also addressed environmental concerns. However, the two major sources, solar and wind, have had mixed fortunes. In India, though MoUs have been signed on setting up solar projects, the implementation is yet …
Pakistan has become a signatory of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) along with other 87 countries of the world. The Ambassador of Pakistan to Germany Shahid Kamal signed the statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency on behalf of the Government of Pakistan at a special signing ceremony held at …
KOLKATA, 5 JUNE: Mr SP Gon Chaudhuri, managing director of West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Limited, has proposed a project to utilise the roofs of high rise developments to harness solar power. "More than 2,000 MW of solar power can be generated by setting up solar powerplants on rooftops …
