Solar Energy

Reply filed by the state of Odisha regarding increasing instances of high energy swell waves, May 1, 2025

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 …

House that

A German settlement homes in on energy efficiency Sixteen years ago when France withdrew its troops from Vauban, a small German territory close to the border, Germany

Formation of climate change cells at ministries underway

Agriculture and Water Resources Adviser CS Karim at a workshop yesterday said the cells for climate change impacts are being formed at different ministries to bring this major issue into the mainstream. He underlined the importance of new technologies to face the climate change impacts, saying:

Partnership between TERI and IGES Towards a Low-Carbon Economy

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India, and IGES will co-organise a symposium entitled "Partnership between Japan and India Towards a Low-Carbon Economy - Business Opportunities in India: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy" on 21 November 2008 in Yokohama, Japan, with collaborative organisations. In this interview, Dr. Pachauri, Director-General of …

UP sops for solar water heaters

Pallavi Bisaria / New Delhi/ Lucknow November 10, 2008, 0:42 IST In order to popularise alternative methods of conventional energy, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced subsidy on solar water heating systems. The scheme will be carried out through the Non-conventional Energy Development Agency (NEDA), a state government nodal agency …

Gathering clouds

The takeover talks between IBM and Sun highlight a shift in the industry It was the day Sun Microsystems was supposed to rise again. On March 18th the Silicon Valley computer-maker had planned to unveil a new online service to allow start-ups to manage with much less hardware, by buying …

1,704 hamlets to be electrified through non-conventional sources

Agartala, Nov 5: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has agreed to provide financial support to 8,719 remote villages of 10 states, including 1,704 hamlets in the Northeast in the current fiscal. State Science and Technology Minister Joy Gobinda Debroy told UNI here today that the ministry will support …

US Vote Seen As One-Way Bet For Solar, Wind Power

An anticipated Democratic US election sweep is thrilling solar and wind power investors because that outcome is seen as a big step toward establishing federal requirements for alternative power generation. Analysts said a national mandate for generating renewable power would be a relatively easy first step in any "green" agenda …

Renewables 2007: global status report

Renewable energy offers the planet a chance to reduce carbon emissions, clean the air, and put the civilization on a more sustainable footing. It also offers countries around the world the chance to improve their energy security and spur economic development. So much has happened in the renewable energy sector …

US firm to take stake in Solar Semiconductor

BS Reporter / New Delhi/ Hyderabad October 31, 2008, 0:12 IST Hyderabad-based Solar Semiconductor, which manufactures photo voltaic (PV) modules and solar cells, has entered into a reverse merger agreement with US-based Trans-India Acquisition Corporation (TIAC). TIAC, which is listed on the American Stock Exchange, is a special purpose vehicle …

Governor shows the light

West Bengal buildings to go solar KOLKATA"s green drive takes a significant turn, with West Bengal

India wakes up to the potential of solar energy

Somesh Kumar & Rupesh Agarwal Here comes the sun, sang the Beatles in the 70

Solar energy needs government help

K. Subramanya, CEO, Tata BP Solar, India

Clinton Foundation keen on solar farms in State

DH News Service, Bangalore: The US-based Clinton Foundation has evinced interest in setting up solar farms to generate 5,000 mw power under public private partnership model, in the State. Representatives of the Foundation led by India country head Leena Thamous held a meeting with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on …

Cities pledge action on climate change

Leaders of 40 of the world's major cities pledged action Thursday to fight climate change, taking measures ranging from promoting solar energy to tracking genetically modified food. Warning that crowded urban areas were especially susceptible to the planet's rising temperatures, city officials said they needed to take the lead in …

Building bylaws: Solar water systems a must everywhere

All commercial, institutional and hotel buildings, which use hot water, will have to install a solar water heating system of adequate capacity. The existing buildings which do not have this facility will provide it within one year from the date the orders are notified in the official gazette. UT Chief …

Nehru Park and Lodhi Garden to go solar

Manisha Jha NEW DELHI: In a new eco-friendly initiative, the New Delhi Municipal Council has decided to install solar lights in two of the Capital

Momentum slows for alternative energy in U.S.

HOUSTON: For all the support that the U.S. presidential candidates are expressing for renewable energy, alternative energies like wind and solar are facing big new challenges because of the credit freeze and the plunge in oil and natural gas prices. Shares of alternative energy companies in the United States have …

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A penny saved is a penny earned. That is a maxim that telecom operators worldwide appear to have adopted as a motto. While that is not unusual, what is heartening is that they are looking at saving on energy costs through renewable energy sources and better equipment. Safaricom, Kenya

New solar technology lab

Provincial Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Askari Taqvi laid the foundation stone of the first solar energy laboratory at Hamdard University on Thursday.

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