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 …
CHENNAI: The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has proposed a law to promote the use of renewable energy, Deepak Gupta, Secretary of the Ministry, said Thursday. The Ministry has appointed a consultant to prepare a draft law, and the consultant
It has been touted as a solution to urban India's traffic woes, chronic pollution and fossil fuel dependence, as well as an escape from backbreaking human toil. A state-of-the-art, solar-powered version of the humble cycle-rickshaw promises to deliver on all this and more. The "soleckshaw," unveiled this month in New …
Human-induced emissions are on the rise, says a new study In a recent study, the Global Carbon Project stated that carbon emissions from human activity have grown nearly four times faster than in the 1990s. The emissions grew at 3.5 per cent per year between 2000 and 2007 as against …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Vidyapith plans to establish an energy park on its campus which will showcase different models of non-conventional energy used in daily life. The energy park will be a permanent establishment where people will guide visitors on different models and their uses. "The energy park will be operational from …
Hyderabad, Oct. 12: Firms selling solar energy equipment in the state are all set to witness a boom as the Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the eternal renewable energy source policy. The ERC has issued an order allowing the state-owned power utilities to buy solar energy from the developers …
A new sort of solar panel is less fussy about where the sun shines from SOLAR power should be a cheap and simple way of making electricity, but like any technology the practicalities tend to get in the way. Even if the sun does come out the panels may not …
What do a small Italian village, a community of millionaires in Oregon and a town in Austria have in common? Nearly all of their electricity needs are supplied by renewable energy. They are by no means the only ones. A growing number of communities are working towards using only electricity …
Latha Jishnu Unlike the rest of the world, India has yet to wake up to solar energy's potential. Amazing things have been happening with the sun. Across continents, its energy is being harnessed
At first glance, clean technology, which either improves the efficiency or reduces the environmental impact of energy-related products, appears to be a booming industry. It is estimated to be worth $150bn now but will reach $600bn by 2020, a United Nations report says. Investments are being made in a huge …
NEW DELHI: India's raucous democracy, endemic poverty and soaring economic ambition make curbs on greenhouse gas emissions a hard sell, even as global pressure mounts on the government to do more on climate change. New Delhi says its priority must be economic growth to lift millions out of poverty, while …
Emphasising the need to enhance wheat yield in view of its growing demand, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday directed the officials concerned to ensure availability of quality seeds to achieve the wheat production target in the province. Among other projects, he asked the authorities concerned to take measures to …
Berlin wants to become a world leader in the solar energy field, both as a user of the sun's rays for energy and as a pioneer in solar technology despite its northern, cloud-covered location, its economy minister said. "You don't necessarily have to have the best natural geographic conditions to …
US researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars. The finding, reported on Sunday in the journal Nature Materials, offers a new way to …
Buenos Aires: Tired of running out of batteries and having to find a socket to charge your cellphone or iPod? An Argentine fashion designer may have the answer: a timeless jacket with a built-in solar panel. Julieta Gayoso
Shishir Prashant / Dehradun October 03, 2008, 0:31 IST Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) intends to enter the nuclear energy sector following all clearances to the Indo-US nuclear deal, according to its Chairman-cum-Managing Director RS Sharma.
