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 Ministry of Power is concerned with perspective planning, policy formulation, processing of projects for investment decision, monitoring of the implementation of power projects, training and manpower development and the administration and enactment of legislation in regard to thermal, hydro power generation, transmission and distribution.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is the nodal Ministry of the Government of India for all matters relating to new and renewable energy. The broad aim of the Ministry is to develop and deploy new and renewable energy for supplementing the energy requirements of the country.
Alok Jha, green technology correspondent guardian.co.uk, Lighting the way ... a solar panel in China's Olympic village. Photograph: Dan Chung China is the world's leading producer of energy from renewable sources and is on the way to overtaking developed countries in creating clean technologies, according to a report by the …
This brief presents the key facts and recommendations drawn from chapters of The White House and the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President. The next president can secure a place in history by mobilizing America to confront climate change, while starting a clean energy revolution that …
Vast farms of solar panels in the Sahara could provide clean electricity for the whole of Europe, according to EU scientists working on a plan to pool the region's renewable energy. Harnessing the power of the desert sun is at the centre of an ambitious scheme. The plan is to …
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN What would happen if you cross-bred J. R. Ewing of "Dallas' and Carl Pope, the head of the Sierra Club? You'd get T. Boone Pickens. What would happen if you cross-bred Henry Ford and Yitzhak Rabin? You'd get Shai Agassi. And what would happen if you …
India unveils strategy to counter climate change INDIA released its much-anticipated action plan to mitigate and adapt to climate change on June 30, almost a year after it was announced. Coming a week ahead of the G-8 summit, the plan was welcomed by both industry and environment groups, though not …
Sushmi Dey NEW DELHI WITH oil prices ruling high despite recent correction, domestic companies such as Reliance Industries (RIL), Tata BP Solar, Essar Power, Suzlon and Moser Baer are investing more in renewable energy. While Suzlon, Moser Baer, Indowind and Webel raised $1.4 billion overseas in 2007 through convertible bonds …
By N N Sachitanand Despite its limitations, the global growth rate of solar photo voltaic installations has spurted. Those who dislike nuclear energy because of its safety problems strongly tout solar energy as a clean and renewable alternate for India. India experiences clear sunny weather for over 250 days a …
Magic dyes: The dyes can double the efficiency of solar cells used today. A simple sheet of glass coated with dye could be enough to cut the costs of solar power. That's the claim from researchers who have created a
Bob Dylan said it best: "The answer is blowin' in the wind.' While politicians and environmentalists have been busy arguing about how best to require that greenhouse gases be curtailed, the world around them has changed. The precipitous rise in oil and gas prices over the past year has made …
New York: Bulky and obtrusive rack-mounted solar panels may be a thing of the past. Spurred by recent advances in technology, solar panel makers are scrambling to come up with neater and cleaner products that will overcome the aesthetic objections of home owners to traditional solar panels. They are building …
British state schools are to be included under the government's new domestic carbon emissions trading scheme from April 2010, the environment minister said on Wednesday. Energy use in schools will be measured and count toward the emissions permit quotas of local authorities, which in turn will be encouraged to advise …
Hyderabad, July 20: The state is vying for a mega solar energy plant proposed by the Clinton Foundation in the United States. The plant, which will come up in 25,000 acres with an investment of $20 billion, is expected to generate 5,000 MW of power using various ways of tapping …
Raktima Bose 3 more solar power plants for West Bengal Solar energy-run housing complex set up at New Town in Kolkata Aim is to achieve zero-carbon emission KOLKATA: West Bengal is pitching in in a big way to find alternative sources of power in the face of rising fuel cost …
Hyderabad, July 16: Hyderabad based Solar Semiconductor, a manufacturer of photovoltaic power generation units, has entered into a supply contract worth Rs 3,000 crore with AS Solar, a German firm. The contract value is $695 million and it will be executed over the next three years. At current rates, this …
Surcharge for promoting solar energy will be viewed as an increase in power tariff, says TNEB member DEBATE ON TARIFF: (From left) Mohan Verghese Chunkath, Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency; R. Rajupandi, Member, Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission; S. Kabilan, Chairman of the Commission; B. Jeyaraman, …
Hyderabad, July 13: With increasing power shortage, state government at last has started looking at non-conventional energy sources like solar and wind power to ease the burden on traditional power generation. From existing 2 MW capacity of wind mills, state government has finalised plans for 1000 MW in coming five …
