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 …
“Ninety thousand solar lanterns sold last quarter,” said Mr. Li. He was sharing sales numbers for his solar appliance business in Ethiopia and I couldn’t believe it. To put this in perspective, the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association pegs the average number of all solar lighting products sold in Ethiopia in …
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is finalising a Sh7.5 billion ($78 million) loan for construction of two solar power plants in Kenya. The credit is evident that there is growing interest by global organisations in financing renewable projects in the east African country. “The financing will be finalised soon, this …
The government has proposed to eliminate the import duty on components that make up solar panels. In his last full budget before Union elections, Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley has proposed that the duty on solar tempered glass or solar tempered [anti-reflective coated] glass for manufacture of solar cells, panels, modules …
Ninety per cent of India's thermal power plants -- which meet most of the electricity demand of the country -- rely on freshwater for cooling and 40 per cent of these plants experience high water stress, says a global research organisation. It asked the Indian Ministry of Power to mandate …
Plans to raise offshore funds, and rope in strategic partners and investors AMPL Cleantech, a subsidiary of Kolkata-based Atha Group, is looking to invest about ₹3,000 crore to increase its total renewable energy capacity to 1,000MW (1GW) by 2022. The company, which is scouting for projects in India and across …
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMSL) have signed a sub-loan agreement for two solar power projects in Madhya Pradesh. “A loan amount of Rs 216 crore ($35 million) has been signed for developing transmission and evacuation infrastructure. The loans have been refinanced at …
This paper analyzes the roles of policies and preferences in national adoption of solar and wind energy technologies. Use cross-sectional and panel regressions for both the European Union and a broader international sample. Find that countries that price carbon emissions have gone on to adopt more solar and wind energy. …
This paper—produced in collaboration between Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), and Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), and funded by the Swedish Energy Agency as part of its support for the New Climate Economy project—proposes the use of municipal bonds to support the scale-up …
NEW DELHI: India has achieved 20 gw (giga watt) cumulative solar capacity, achieving the milestone four years ahead of the target for 2022 originally set in the National Solar Mission. The achievement comes on the back of a major renewable energy push by Modi government, which after coming to power …
With prices falling at such a fast pace, financially beleaguered state-owned power distribution companies are reneging on contracts they had signed at higher tariffs As tariffs tumble to record lows in both solar and wind power, there is also increasing concern of states going back on power purchase agreements (PPAs) …
To achieve the target of achieving 100 gigawatt (GW) of installed solar energy capacity by 2022, the Central government has invited tenders for 2,000 MW of solar power projects connected to the inter-state transmission system. The Solar Energy Corporation of (SECI) would sign 25-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is planning to provide electricity to 29.3mn people in Africa by 2020 AfDB elecThe AfDB also plans for 10,000MW of solar power systems across the Sahel. (The AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina, president of the AfDB, made this disclosure at the event on “New Way of Working: …
Many refugees would like to buy low-carbon stoves and lights but poor access in camps and a lack of funding is forcing them to rely on “dirty and expensive” fuels, a report said on Tuesday. Millions of refugees worldwide struggle to access energy for cooking, lighting and communication and often …
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) and French green IPP, Akuo Energy, have confirmed financing for the 50MW Akuo Kita Solar power plant, in southern Mali. The €78 million ($96 million) project will include a transmission line that will feed directly into the electricity grid. The pair claims that this …
Rabat – The production of electricity using renewable energy has reached 34 percent in 2017, according to the chairman of the Executive Board of the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), Mustapha Bakkoury. Morocco’s 2020 goals to increase the contribution of renewable energies to the production of electricity to 42 …
Catherine Wakhu knows the value of a lighted room to a child's education – and also the expense. The resident of Mayoni, a village in Western Kenya's Kakamega County, has seven school-age children. Without money to pay for a connection to the electric grid, she used to spend 1,200 shillings …
Ahmedabad: A three-day international conference on nano materials for energy conversion and storage applications will begin on Monday at PDP university in Gandhinagar which will see solar energy experts from US, France, Australia and several leading Indian scientific institutions will deliberate and exchange ideas. The conference will raise awareness amongst …
EETC will buy energy from the solar power plants for 25 years at 8.4 US cents per kWh Mohamed Farag 48 mins ago 0 Comments The Ministry of Electricity sent a letter to the Ministry of Finance to issue financial guarantees for 30 solar power plants companies within the second …
India added 11.31 GW of grid-connected power-generation capacity from renewables during 2016-17 against a target of 16.66 GW, which means it fell 32% short of target In line with its climate-change commitments and domestic pollution concerns, India has one of the world’s largest programmes to expand renewables–a tripling of capacity …
President Donald Trump imposing duties on foreign-made solar equipment comes as India considers its own protections from overseas supplies after becoming China's biggest solar panel export market last year. India's finance ministry this month pitched a 70 percent safeguard duty on cells and modules shipped from China and Malaysia, citing …
