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 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has notified National Offshore Wind Energy Policy in October, 2015 for development of offshore wind energy projects for production of electrical power within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the country. The Policy provides only a basic framework for development of offshore wind …
Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra Tuesday said India is one of the few countries that is moving on track to meet the Paris commitments on fighting climate change. Mahindra added that he has taken a pledge on behalf of all employees of his group that the entire conglomerate and all …
Australia’s wind and solar boom looks set to power through 2019 following a record year, despite grid constraints and extra scrutiny from network operators to make sure new projects don’t spark blackouts like ones that hit two years ago. Abundant wind and sun, falling turbine and panel costs, and corporate …
The discom had submitted a payment plan to the regulator where it stated that it would clear dues worth Rs 1,592 crore against wind-based electricity procured till September 2017 within December 2018. In a move that has few precedents in the country, the Maharashtra electricity regulator has given the state’s …
MUMBAI: Tata Power, Torrent, JSW Energy, Greenko, Sterlite Power and Statcraft are among the 15-plus applicants who have submitted their expressions of interest (EoIs) for IL&FS; group’s renewable energy assets worth Rs 8,000 crore — the second largest vertical after roads. Bidders for the business, which has wind and solar …
The Gujarat government is aiming at increasing power generation through non-conventional sources. The government on Friday announced that solar power generation will be increased by 3,000MW and wind power generation will also be raised by 1,000MW at an annual rate. The Gujarat government is going to hold a seminar on …
Wind power developers in Gujarat have got two months time from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to do financial closure of their proposed projects. This comes as a relief for projects worth 1,700 MW that were facing a penalty of ₹10,000 per MW per day for delays in …
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Renewables overtook coal as Germany’s main source of energy for the first time last year, accounting for just over 40 percent of electricity production, research showed on Thursday. The shift marks progress as Europe’s biggest economy aims for renewables to provide 65 percent of its energy by …
State not allotting land for projects awarded by Central agencies’ The Centre has stepped in to resolve the dispute between wind power project developers and the Gujarat State government over land allocation. Project developers have alleged that the State is not leasing land for wind projects auctioned by central agencies …
Tamil Nadu wind power companies get jolt as tariff plummets CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu wind power developers are an aggrieved lot with the tariff falling below all expectations. The latest tariff of 2.65 per unit is the lowest and wind companies have appealed against the tariff in Appellate Tribunal for Electricity …
This is the sixth tranche of competitive bidding held by Seci for wind power. The state-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (Seci) has invited renewal energy companies to put forward bids for setting up wind and solar plants of 1,200 MW each. The FY19 renewable capacity addition target had been …
The state was followed by Gujarat with 239.25 Mw, Andhra Pradesh (107.40 Mw), and Telangana (27.30 Mw) The addition of new capacity in the wind sector by Tamil Nadu in 2018-19 has been the highest among states in India. As on November 30, 2018, nearly half of the 871.85 Mw …
India RE Outlook 2019 contains outlook and estimates for the solar and wind energy sector for the year 2019 – capacity addition, tender issuance, prices, policy developments and financing.
Many of the world’s Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have started to integrate renewables into their electricity supply mix. The expected benefits include reducing dependency on costly, sometimes volatile fossil-fuel imports. But local utilities must also ensure reliable supply amid the shift to variable sources, such as solar and wind …
While the renewable energy sector has grown considerably, there is still immense potential to be realized. This report identifies some of the key barriers that are hindering the growth of renewable energy in India. An important focus of this report is to identify gaps in the implementation of renewable energy …
This brief prepared for COP24, the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), highlights the sharply falling costs of solar, wind and other renewable power-generation options, along with the growing viability of energy storage technologies. It builds on findings in IRENA’s comprehensive …
2017-18 witnessed impressive growth of renewable energy (RE) in the electricity sector wherein two major milestones were crossed. Annual RE capacity addition surpassed conventional capacity for the first time, with RE registering more than double the growth in conventional energy, in GW terms; and electricity sector investments in RE in …
Due to the recently connected 310MW Lake Turkana Wind Farm, Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter has stated that three thermal power plants with a combined capacity of 190MW would no longer be needed. Keter was referring to Iberafrica Power Plant’s 56MW contract, set to end in October next year, Tsavo …
France plans to triple its onshore wind power capacity by 2030 and multiply by five its solar power generation, enabling it to boost the share of renewables in its energy mix to 40 percent, according to the energy plan presented on Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron said the government would …
Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office announced last week that it has awarded nearly 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind energy in a mixed renewable energy auction held on November 5 at prices so low experts believe the country could award a further 850 megawatts (MW) of capacity. poland wind farmThe Polish Energy …
