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 …
The main objective of the modified component of the scheme is to promote the widespread construction of energy efficient solar/ green buildings in the country through a combination of financial and promotional incentives, and other support measures so as to save a substantial amount of electricity and other fossil fuels …
This new solar power policy announced by Gujarat government is aimed at transforming the state into an "integrated solar generation hub" of the country. Offers several incentives to solar power generators for promoting clean energy generation in the state. The Gujarat government introduces the Solar Power Policy 2009 with the …
Blessed with gigantic oil deposits, Abu Dhabi has the world's highest per capita consumption of energy. Now, a green metropolis is being built there, eventually to become a center for regenerative forms of energy. Is this going to work? A report from the construction site.
This monograph by Delhi's chief secretary Rakesh Mehta aimed at reducing Delhi's carbon footprint has identified a set of 65 action points that each department of the administration would have to follow in the next three years. As a developing mega city each citizen has to contribute to ensure that …
The power sector is all set to transform namma silicon city into a solar city by encouraging people to rely on solar energy. Speaking at a programme to celebrate
India has had mixed results with its solar programme. The government is now gearing up to launch several mega schemes to harness this abundant source. The solar mission aims to do exactly that. Industry has also shown interest in tapping this energy source of the future. Technology and financing, though, …
The main component that converts photons into electricity in a solar PV is the layer of silicon semiconductors. In 2007, the solar PV industry along with the semiconductor industry consumed some 38,000 tonnes of poly-silicon. This grew to 58,000 tonnes in 2007. Increasing demand has led to price jump of …
Despite several schemes, both centrally and state sponsored, to promote solar water heaters sales have been low. A major reason has been a lack of trust on the quality of device supplied by the government appointed manufacturers. Under a central subsidy scheme of the MNRE a soft loan is made …
Solar photovoltaics is the fastest growing area in the energy sector. Of the us $71 billion invested in renewables worldwide in 2007, 30 per cent was in solar pv. According to market analysts, between 2007 and 2011, this industry is poised to grow at a whopping 73 per cent. By …
Solar lanterns were promoted specially for use in rural un-electrified villages. Costing Rs 2,000- 5,000 for a 7-11 watt power lamp, it requires little maintenance. A solar lantern is made of three main components
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi December 13, 2008, 0:40 IST India's science and development is in a poor way and needs a guiding light. In the 1950s and 1960s, D D Kosambi, the brilliant mathematician, historian and eclectic thinker, put forward the most compelling arguments that the country has heard …
CHENNAI: Solar energy, especially solar thermal, is the ultimate option to meet the growing energy needs, according to Mohan Verghese Chunkath, Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA). Addressing the inaugural function of the Energy Summit, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on Monday, …
TIRUCHI: Tiruchi district, with a little more than 50 per cent of its population in rural areas, has only 245 solar streetlights and 50 solar homelights in the villages. To achieve even this level of penetration of solar-powered gadgets, it took five years (2002-2007). According to an official of the …
The International Energy Agency (IEA) visualises renewable energy (wind, solar and hydel) outgrowing gas-based energy and becoming the second largest source of electricity, after coal, as early as 2015. A Greenpeace report last month was even more optimistic, holding that nearly 30 per cent of the world's total energy supplies …
The Guardian There has never been a more important time to invest in green technologies, yet many of us believe these efforts are doomed to failure, writes Chris Goodall Myth 1: solar power is too expensive to be of much use In reality, today
Sustainable energy and energy efficiency have soared up the world's political agenda. And the money has followed: in 2007, new investment reached $148.4 billion worldwide, up nearly five-fold from $33.4 billion in 2004. The credit crisis, which has rocked the world
India has significant advantages it can leverage in promoting solar energy as an alternative and renewable energy source. Firstly, the intensity and duration of sunlight available on its landmass is relatively greater than in many other heavily populated regions of the world. Just 1 per cent of India
