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 …
Green bond is a debt instrument used to raise funds from investors and the proceeds are used only towards financing 'green projects'. With the government setting an ambitious target of 160 GW of solar and wind capacities by 2022, green bonds can be a potential option to support the funding …
Villagers of Rajasthan's Alwar district have started using internet being provided through solar-run telecom towers. People in remote villages of Rajasthan’s Alwar district are catching up on the ‘Digital India’ trail as many of them, including women, have started using internet being provided through unique solar-run telecom towers. Karenda, Phalsa …
The company, which becomes first cement firm to commit to 100% renewable electricity, is the third Indian business to join the RE100 initiative in after Infosys and Tata Motors Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd is the first cement company to join RE100 - a global collaborative initiative of the world’s most …
India's growth story in renewable energy sector is being monitored globally and organisations are confident that India will exceed its National Determined Contribution (NDC) targets. International bodies feel that the rapid growth in renewable energy, combined with sustained reduction in coal imports and increasing challenges to the viability of new …
The National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NIT-K) at Surathkal has emerged the front-runner among 31 NITs in the country to have a roof-top solar-power project with an installed capacity of 1 MW. The project with solar power generating units installed on the roof of 11 buildings will be formally …
BHATINDA: Adani Group’s made in India solar modules and solar photo-voltaic cells prices will be around 10-12 per cent higher than the imported versions available in the market, Adani Group Renewable Energy Business CEO Jayant Parimal told ET. The Group is set to commence manufacturing facility of the solar equipment …
In November last year the solar power tariff had dipped to a low of Rs 4.63 per unit The solar power tariff dropped to an all-time low of Rs 4 per unit in bidding for 750 MW solar power project at Bhadla solar park in Rajasthan. “Solar Energy Corporation of …
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday inaugurated the State’s largest solar power plant of 100 MW, set up by Adani group at Sardargarh village in this district. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the plant, costing Rs 640 crore, would prove to be a game changer …
Grid interconnection regulations and processes remain challenging in most parts of India despite almost all states announcing net- and gross-metering policies for rooftop solar. This is despite, India’s rooftop solar market growing rapidly with the country adding more capacity in the past 12 months than all previous years put together. …
The firm says, it is one of the largest financing done till date in the Indian solar power sector The company said this was one of the largest financing done till date in the Indian solar power sector. With this, Azure Power’s total financial commitment to the sector in India …
West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) may unveil renewable energy regulations in a fortnight, paving the way for households and housing complexes to install solar rooftop panels and connect them to the grid. "We are trying to release the renewable energy regulations in the next 15 days after final consultation …
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Mumbai-based RBL Bank announced on Thursday a new loan portfolio guarantee that will facilitate up to USD 75 million for lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in off-grid, solar rooftops, and energy efficiency sectors. This guarantee is the first …
RAIPUR: Off-grid solar panels have brought electricity to three remote villages in Jashpur district, lighting up the lives of people who could not get power connections since Independence. Just three days ago, more than 100 houses and streets in three villages of Kuraag, Dhawaipath and Karanpur and its two hamlets …
It has sought 1,250 hectares of contiguous, barren government land on long-term lease for 35 years Kolkata-based Sonthalia Group with interests in solar power generation, plastics & polymers, textiles and infrastructure development has proposed to set up a mega solar park in Odisha with a capacity of 600 Mw. For …
The method involves a few inexpensive materials to turn the harmful gas into a useful fuel. In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists have developed a novel electrochemical process that uses low-cost materials to turn carbon dioxide into ethanol, a useful fuel. "We discovered somewhat by accident that this …
Lifecycle impacts of photovoltaic (PV) plants have been largely explored in several studies. However, the end-of-life phase has been generally excluded or neglected from these analyses, mainly because of the low amount of panels that reached the disposal yet and the lack of data about their end of life. It …
Around 200 individuals in the state will now be known as ‘power farmers’, thanks to Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) that has roped in natives to set up solar power generation plants on their land. These farmers will directly supply the renewable energy to the state government at a …
This study closely reviewed existing trade in selected Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy technologies (air conditioners, refrigerators, lighting, distribution transformers, electric motors, solar PV and solar thermal) in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), and identified the potential to further enhance intra-ASEAN supply chain integration for these technologies.
Electricity generated from any source, whether traditional or renewable, needs to be consumed instantly. This limitation of electricity has led to the development of energy storage technologies. Energy storage has been part of the electric system for decades. Energy storage technologies provide flexibility in the use of electricity, for both …
