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 …
Solar power: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal riding a solar-electric rickshaw after launching it in Delhi on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Solar-powered rickshaws called green rickshaws were introduced in Chandni Chowk here on Thursday as part of a pilot project. Each of these …
BY KATE GALBRAITH CALIFORNIA Solar power, with its promise of emissions free renewable energy, boasts a growing number of fans. Some of them, it turns out, are thieves. Just ask Glenda Hoffman, whose fury has not abated since 16 solar panels vanished from her roof in this sun-baked town in …
West African legislators worried by climate change and soaring energy costs want regional leaders to back plans to harness sun and wind energy that experts say could bring electricity to some of the poorest people on earth. NASA scientists have identified a site in the Sahara desert in northern Niger …
The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with six Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to generate 12 MW of power from solar energy with an investment of about Rs 240 crore. The MoUs have been signed with RS India Wind Energy, New Delhi, and Astonfield …
DIBRUGARH, Sept 24: The Deputy Commissioner of the district, Ashutosh Agnihotri, inaugurated the solar water heating system here recently. The 2000 litre system has been installed by the management of Aditya Diagnostics and Hospitals as part of its corporate social responsibility. In a statement to the press, the hospital authorities …
Bs Reporter / Mumbai September 24, 2008, 0:03 IST Says RNRL too may put Rs 12,000 cr in cement, shipping biz. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)-promoted Reliance Power (R-Power) is planning to invest over Rs 60,000 crore in renewable and alternative energy resources such as hydroelectric, wind, solar and fuel …
India will host the next Live Earth concert to raise funds for lighting homes with solar energy in places where people do not have access to electricity, organisers said. The December event will see US rocker Jon Bon Jovi and Bollywood's biggest superstar, Amitabh Bachchan share the stage, and is …
Biodiversity Conservation India Limited (bcil), which was set up in Bangalore in 1995 by Chandrashekar Hariharan, is known for its eco-friendly sustainable homes like tzed and TownsEnd. The company has its roots in the ngo background of its promoters who, for many years, worked on basic resources of water and …
Students at Bheri Technical Institute (BTI) in Nepalgunj have successfully developed and test-drove on Wednesday a vehicle named 'Niful' that runs on solar power and batteries. A team of students studying for the Diploma in Electrical Engineering at BTI developed the three-wheeler that uses two batteries and a solar panel …
Plant to be established shortly in Rajasthan JAIPUR: The three public sector power distribution companies of Rajasthan signed a power purchase agreement with Reliance Industries Limited here on Tuesday for procuring solar power from a plant to be established by the latter shortly in the State.
Maulik Pathak / Ahmedabad September 17, 2008, 0:54 IST After unveiling its plans to harness wind energy, ONGC, the country's leading crude and gas producer, now plans to foray into solar and geothermal energy. The company is in talks with four companies, including a US-based firm, for setting up a …
Wind power has long been the big beast of the renewable energy jungle. The technology to generate electricity from wind has been established for more than two decades, and in the past five years has been refined and expanded towards much larger and more powerful turbines including ones that can …
Fri Sep 12, 1:40 PM ET UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday touted his commitment to promoting alternative energy sources by commuting to work aboard a fully solar-powered taxi. "I hope that this Solartaxi, one of the alternate sources of energy, can give some good messages …
