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 International Solar Alliance (ISA), proposed with fanfare by India and France, faces a challenge from the US, which wants it to function as an informal arrangement, although Delhi has touted it as the major international organization to be headquartered in the country. The alliance, a joint initiative of PM …
On an average, solar panels made from traditional silicon-based solar cells convert only between 15 and 20 per cent of the sun's energy into usable electricity. In a collaborative project, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US and the Masdar Institute of Science in Abu Dhabi …
BHOPAL: Solar power intervention and promotion in villages of Khandwa region of Madhya Pradesh is not only changing lives by helping cutting down household expenses of residents with savings on fuel bills, but has affected students in these villages the most by helping them increase their study hours. According to …
In a collaborative project, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US and the Masdar Institute of Science in Abu Dhabi claim to have found a way to develop very high-efficiency solar cells at low cost. The new photovoltaic (PV) cell harvests more of Sun's energy, converting …
Mosques across Morocco will be fitted with solar energy systems in government scheme to boost clean energy awareness Six hundred "green mosques" are to be created in Morocco by March 2019 in a national consciousness-raising initiative that aims to speed the country's journey to clean energy. If all goes to …
With a view to reduce the daily power consumption, the AP Pollution Control Board-Kakinada regional office on Saturday launched 50 KW rooftop solar power system worth `40 lakh at their new office building constructed recently at a cost of `3 crore. Inaugurating the rooftop solar power system, Deputy Chief Minister …
"India has reached 2.8 GW in solar installations year-to-date and cumulative installations have reached 8.1 GW as of August 2016," said a report by Mercom Capital Group. Solar power generation capacity of 4.8 GW is likely to be added this year in the country as installations are picking up, says …
State-run mining major Coal India will develop solar power plants in four states, including West Bengal and Maharashtra. State-run mining major Coal India will develop solar power plants of 600 MW capacity in four states, including West Bengal and Maharashtra, under the second phase of its plan to set up …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned a loan of Rs. 204.67 crore under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for rural infrastructure in Haryana. Stating this here on Sunday, a spokesman said of the total loan sanctioned, Rs. 147.18 crore has been sanctioned to the …
India has reached 2.8 GW in solar installations year-to-date and cumulative installations have reached 8.1 GW as of August 2016. Mercom forecasts about 4.8 GW of solar to be installed in calendar year 2016, a slight decline from our previous forecast due to some projects getting moved to 2017. The …
India is expected to add 6 GW of solar production this fiscal to take the total solar power generation capacity to 15 GW by March 2017, said a senior official of solar energy equipment association. Speaking to the journalists in Hyderabad on Thursday, Surender Pal Singh Saluja, president of Solar …
The new factory in Bangalore will meet the growing demand for solar inverters, the heart of any solar installation, from the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry ABB India has opened a new solar inverter manufacturing facility in Bangalore to double the company’s production capacity for meeting the growing demand from the …
Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) is working on a plan to install solar power operated traffic signals at 16 major city crossings. While traffic management has been a major issue in the city and regular traffic jams have been a problem of city residents, due to frequent power cuts, traffic signals …
Friends of the Earth International calculates that government revenue lost to tax havens over a 15 year period could power Africa, Latin America and much of Asia with 100% renewable energy. Globally every year up to $600 billion dollars of government revenue is lost through tax avoidance through havens, to …
Renewable energy projects in Australia are already being suspended as a result of the two major parties’ plans to effectively abolish the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena). In an announcement this week to the Australian Stock Exchange, Geodynamics announced it was suspending two large biogas projects in Goulburn, New South …
A new report from WWF highlights important signs that an unstoppable global energy transition is underway. As leaders of the world’s biggest economies get set to meet in China, G20 and other governments need to recognise that energy is evolving and that they should take the action required to maintain …
In order to expand the rooftop solar industry in India, there is a need to develop policy solutions, business models, and financing instruments which can address these barriers. One promising solution to manage these barriers is the third party financing model. However, the third party financing model would first need …
The 175 GW renewable generation capacity target for 2022 has fundamental implications for electricity grid planning and operations. Renewable energy generation, especially from wind and solar power, is variable in nature, given its dependency on the weather. Maintaining continuous balance in demand and supply and constant frequency is important for …
India has bold goals for renewables that raise several considerations for future grid planning and operations. The inherent attributes of renewable electricity generation i.e. stochasticity, variability and geographic concentration are perceived as a challenge given the dominance of coal in India’s electricity mix. More so when the grid is operated …
The Guide describes the key legal issues associated with efficiency and renewable energy resource development, and presents legislative options from both developed and developing countries for dealing with them, including sample excerpts from legislation.
