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 …
With 8.8 GW of projected capacity addition (growth of 76 per cent over 2016) in 2017, India is set to become the third largest solar PV market, overtaking Japan, according to a report by solar energy consulting firm Bridge to India. By the end of 2017, India’s solar power capacity …
- Solar energy production in Pakistan is poised to take off - just as the South Asian country is ramping up coal production to help plug a crippling power crisis, energy experts say. New high quality solar maps - essential to securing financing for major solar projects - show Pakistan …
Nigeria is seeking $5.2 billion from the World Bank to expand electricity generation and help the economy recover from its first contraction in 25 years. The bank’s private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, may invest about $1.3 billion in power projects and electricity distribution companies. Its political-risk insurer, the …
The Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency approved granting temporary licences for producing solar energy according to the feed-in tariff system. Sources at the agency said that the meeting of the facility’s board of directors approved granting five companies the provisional licence, in addition to granting Infinity Solar …
The AMU has taken up fresh scientific research projects, including on how to solve the water crisis using nanotechnology and recycle waste water using an eco-friendly and low-cost methods. The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), a nearly 100-year-old institution born out of the independence movement and the quest to modernise Muslim …
Outdated, says minister; no nuclear power supply to a state which doesn't allow a generating plant Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said the Union government would rework the formula on electricity allocation from the central pool to states. He said the pool had become irrelevant with the availability of surplus …
PTC India on Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement for purchase of 1000 MW wind power under MNRE’s first wind auction scheme with the discoms of UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi Odisha and Assam. The MOA will bring down the wind power tariffs to as low as Rs 3.46 unit. “This …
Low energy supply, complete with shortages, high costs and poor access, remains major impediments to Africa’s social and economic progress. The African Union’s Agenda 2063 commits to fast-tracking modern, efficient, reliable and cost effective renewable energy for all households, businesses, industries and institutions. To support this, in 2016, the African …
Falling prices, tepid demand for power force State utilities to rework PPAs The rapid deployment of renewable energy projects across several States in recent times has thrown State utilities’ power calculations out of gear, forcing them to rework their strategies. A tepid growth in power demand in several States, along …
Looking to access 10 MW solar power through the day The Indian Railways is working on an arrangement where it can use Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMS) as a power bank so that it can access 10 mega watt solar power throughout the day. The solar power banking facility …
Kenya is gearing up for a significant surge in the use of solar energy after the government started enforcing regulations that would see installation of water heating systems in residential buildings. In a renewed drive in favour of clean energies and reduced reliance on hydro and thermal energy, Kenya will …
The International Solar Alliance, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francoise Hollande in November 2015, will channel $300 billion in 10 years to promote renewable energy projects under a global mega fund for clean energy. The ISA was instituted to connect nearly 121 solar-resource-rich nations for research, …
From May, Mumbai Metro One Private Ltd (MMOPL) will source 30% of its non-traction energy requirement through solar panels which have been installed at Andheri and Ghtatkopar Metro stations. The initiative is a part of Mumbai Metro One's `Go Green Go Clean' campaign launched to mark its second anniversary. Metro …
Some of the world's biggest pension funds, seeking longterm returns on green investments, are scouting for deals in India's solar power sector, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is targeting $100 billion investment in the next five years. Power demand in Asia's third-largest economy is set to surge as economy grows …
Renewable power capacity addition at 11.5 gw in fiscal 2017, just a shade below 11 gw added under thermal The renewable energy sector reported a record capacity addition of over 11 gigawatt (gw) in fiscal 2017, an increase of around 60% over the previous year. The addition is neck and …
European solar power developer Scatec Solar has achieved a major milestone in its efforts to expand its footprint in the Egyptian solar market. Scatec Solar recently announced that it signed power purchase agreements for solar power projects of cumulative capacity of 400 megawatts. The company will be set up under …
In Southern Africa, the ZTE Corporation has completed a feasibility study for Zimbabwe Power Company's Insukamini Solar Project. The Herald Business reported that in October 2015, ZPC and ZTE signed a contract for the construction of the 100MW Insukamini Solar Project. Read more... ZPC acting managing director Engineer Joshua told …
The Energy Access Situation Report, 2016 Tanzania Mainland, reveals that solar power is the dominant electricity source in the country’s rural areas. The report, released earlier this week by the National Bureau of Statistics and the Rural Energy Agency shows that grid electricity is the second largest source of power …
India is making a big push for solar energy, with power capacity expected to double this year. But some of the gains, especially in north India, could be offset by a growing problem: air pollution. A new study, the first of its kind in India and one of a handful …
With ultra-low tariffs, Rewa paved path for scale-up of green energy without viability gap funding For about 12 years till 2002, some 1,200 hectares in Badwar, Madhya Pradesh, were used as a firing range by the Army. Fifteen years after the guns fell silent, there has been a dramatic change …
