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 …
Swissport Kenya Limited has unveiled Kenya’s first solar-powered cargo facility at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi aimed at meeting 30 per cent of the facility’s energy demand. The 104KWp solar PV is as a result of a partnership WITH Cargo firm, Mettle Solar Ofgen and GIZ aimed at enhancing environmental …
THE installation of 10 solar-powered milling plants in Kalumbila district in North-Western Province has started. Government, through the Zambia Cooperative Federation, has started installing the milling plants countrywide and North-Western Province has been allocated 128, of which five are for milling cassava. Kalumbila district commissioner Robinson Kalota said in an …
Wind energy and solar power will be the cheapest form of power generation in every G20 country by the year 2030 at the latest, a new Greenpeace Germany report has found. Ahead of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, the Greenpeace Germany-commissioned study also found that in about half of the …
GURUGRAM: Haryana renewable energy department has added 6 MW of solar energy to its supply in Gurgaon in a year, taking total generation across the city to 20 MW, officials told TOI. Officials said they have 154 new installations to make till November this year. As of now, there are …
Panaji: The draft of the solar energy policy prepared by the Goa energy developement agency (GEDA) is now open for suggestions and comments from the public and stakeholders. The policy is available on the department of science & technology website, www.dstegoa.gov.in, and on the official government portal www.goa.gov.in. Comments have …
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon praised PM Modi's efforts towards fighting climate change as well as commitment towards the Paris Agreement, in a television interview. He also lauded the PM's leadership and him spearheading the International Solar Alliance. Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
Smart windows can save up to 40% on heating and cooling costs in commercial buildings and high-rise residence towers. In addition, they can save on electricity by providing more natural light for the interior of buildings during the day. Smart Windows Save Energy Lots of companies are working on bringing …
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has announced that it will make available additional funding for solar energy projects in Zimbabwe. The AECF fund consultant, Oliver Bowler, told The Herald Business that funding will be made available to existing Zimbabwean solar energy projects aimed at solar businesses so that they …
SOLARQUEST Limited has partnered with Schneider Electric and the Lusaka City Council (LCC) to pilot solar-powered street lights that are expected to help reduce expenditure incurred by the local authority when sourcing electricity from Zesco Limited. Currently, the council pays Zesco over K150, 000 per month on electricity supplied to …
Earlier, the ministry of new and renewable energy had announced concessions and incentives to promote solar units. Hyderabad: The increasing popularity of solar power units in the commercial sector has forced the Centre to impose restrictions, including removal of the 30 per cent investment subsidy on allowing commercial establishments and …
India’s latest solar auction, one of the biggest in the country, drew a surprisingly enthusiastic response with a big chunk of the 1,500 MW of projects on offer won by a state-owned mining company. The lowest bid in the auction in Tamil Nadu, where solar radiation is weaker than in …
Following the increased adoption rate of solar and inverter technologies in Nigeria in recent times, the Managing Director, Cloud Energy Photoelectric Limited, Theophilus Nweke, has predicted that the country would surpass Africa's renewable energy target by 2020. In 2016, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), in collaboration with other …
Accra — China offered on Friday a support package for Ghana's renewable energy program in off-grid communities. The package, worth 20 million RMB (about 3 million U.S. dollars) and including 2,000 solar home systems; 1,000 air conditioners, as well as 500 LED solar street lights, were presented to the University …
The draft of the solar energy policy prepared by the Goa energy developement agency (GEDA) is now open for suggestions and comments from the public and stakeholders. Goa is richly endowed with moderate climate and bright sunshine for almost 8-9 months a year for generating solar power. The state entirely …
This report is prepared within Phase 2 of the project Renewable Energy Resource Mapping for the Republic of Malawi. This project focuses on solar resource mapping and measurement services as part of a technical assistance in the renewable energy development implemented by the World Bank in Malawi. It is being …
Record lows in price discovery for wind power (Rs. 3.46/kWh) and solar PV (Rs. 2.44/kWh) coupled with the highest ever yearly capacity addition of ~11.3 GW of renewables in 2016-17 have compelled even the most ardent sceptics to sit up and take note of renewable energy. Direct generation prices (in …
Badly hit by a shrinking market and idle capacity, local manufacturers of solar cells and modules have decided to approach the government again seeking to impose a ‘safeguard duty’ on imported equipment. They had petitioned the Ministry of Trade and Commerce in early June seeking an anti-dumping duty on solar …
The study, developed under the US-India bilateral program “Greening the Grid”, confirms the technical and economic viability of integrating 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy into India’s power grid by 2022, it said. India’s solar power generation capacity would nearly double to 22 GW by the end of current fiscal …
The chairman of the Foundation for Integrated Resource Management (FIRM) and former director general of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) VK Bahuguna has written to the Union Minister of State for new and renewable energy, Piyush Goyal regarding removal of “irritants” in the implementation of the …
Plans to undertake a feasibility study and do the groundwork for the project Sri Lanka will soon kick-start the process of setting up a solar power plant in eastern port town Trincomalee after discussions with India, which is partnering the Government in the initiative. “The next step would be to …
