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 …
National Forum on Environment and Health (NFEH) has expressed grave concern over the fast degradation of environment in the country especially Karachi in the past 12 years which inflicted huge losses to the economy and posed threat to resources. In a "fact sheet on environment protection", issued here Friday on …
Xcel Energy Inc would offer incentives for Minnesota customers who take steps to conserve energy, which could include installation of solar panels on homes and businesses, under a $280 million plan filed this week with regulators, the state's biggest power company said on Thursday. The company said in a release …
Subhro Niyogi | TNN Kolkata: Keen to set an example by cutting down energy use, West Bengal governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi has asked his staff to transform Raj Bhavan into a carbonneutral estate. Gandhi has approached Joyashree Roy, a member of the Nobel prizewinning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) …
Terry Macalister Clean technologies attract $140bn compared with $110bn for gas, coal and electrical power; the biggest growth for renewable investment comes from China and India. Green energy overtook fossil fuels in attracting investment for power generation for the first time last year, according to figures released on Wednesday by …
K Subramanya India has less than one per cent! G ermany receives roughly half the sunshine that India Not that we have plenty of energy sources and therefore we can afford to ignore the Sun which shines so generously all over our land. So what do countries like Spain and …
Bangladesh should not accept money from the climate change fund if it is given as loan because the country is not responsible for climate change, said the speakers at a seminar yesterday. They also suggested forming a cell that would monitor the fund management to avoid its misuse. The seminar …
Renewable stocks are likely to give up gains again after having recovered since March, but financially strong companies such as SMA Solar and SolarWorld will be hit less harder than others, according to fund firm Swisscanto. "It is possible that we will see a further downward move in the renewable …
Japan might be able to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, a Japanese business lobby executive said on Wednesday, in the first indication that some industries may opt to accept a more ambitious target for emissions cuts. Prime Minister Taro Aso is set to …
Gandhinagar, June 3 Tata Power Company Ltd plans to produce 5 MW of power, each from geothermal and solar power plants in Gujarat, with an investment of Rs 200 crore. It is exploring various options in this regard. Strengthening its renewable energy portfolio, the company had signed a memorandum of …
The U.S. solar market is poised to triple next year as federal stimulus funds become available and access to financing for renewable energy projects is unfrozen, Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd Chief Strategy Officer Steven Chan said on Tuesday. Despite the weak economy, Chan also said he expects the solar …
Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) proposes to set up a solar energy power plant in Palakkad district. According to an official press release, the proposed plant will receive financial assistance from the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy under a demonstration programme on
The United States may soon take the mantle as the global leader on climate change in part because of its strong research and development on energy, said oil historian and analyst Daniel Yergin. "The United States is way ahead of everybody else," on research and development of alternative fuels and …
The study focuses on the context of the scope of different strategies for carbon emission reduction from existing and new R&D; technologies in the residential and commercial building sector of the developing countries. In order to do that it highlights the range of technologies and goods which could be applied …
BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd)realized the importance of renewable energy sources as early as in the 1980s development, manufacture, and supply of a range of renewable energy products and systems. BHEL developed a range of renewable energy products and systems.
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: Power distribution company North Delhi Power Limited has initiated a pilot project wherein solar energy can be generated on smaller scale on roof tops of residential as well as commercial buildings. The project allows consumers to generate the required or desired quantum of energy by …
KOLAKTA, 31 MAY: In a bid to reduce the price of photovoltaic solar cells, the Green Energy Corporation, in collaboration with the West Bengal Science and Technology Council, will set up a Nano solar cell laboratory. The laboratory will come up on the Calcutta University campus in Salt Lake. The …
Industry refuses to invest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects without strong state support because of a lack of clarity on future emissions rules, Norway's StatoilHydro said on Friday. Norway's biggest oil and gas producer StatoilHydro is one of the world's most active companies in CCS, with two field …
Wind and solar power could become a major source of electricity for the United States, but only if the nation adopts new policies that promote renewable energy and that place a price on carbon. The report cites figures showing that renewable energy sources currently provide only a small fraction of …
