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 …
Coimbatore: Payments from the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company continue to get delayed by more than a year, wind turbine owners said. At the annual general body meeting held during the weekend, Tamil Nadu turbine owners stressed the need to improve power evacuation rates from the grids. “The evacuation …
The capacity of wind power projects offered in the upcoming tranche of competitive bidding has been slashed to 1,200 MW from the original proposal of 2,500 MW. The capacity of wind power projects offered in the upcoming tranche of competitive bidding has been slashed to 1,200 MW from the original …
Jaisalmer: The hub of a windmill suddenly fell down, along with its blades and broke into pieces, in Badabagh area in Jaisalmer, on Saturday. A big accident was averted as there was no one around, at the time of the mishap. According to official sources, on Saturday night, 10km away …
Karnataka added 5 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity in the last year alone, becoming the leading Indian state in green power. It overtook global leaders like Denmark and the Netherlands. Karnataka achieved this feat on the back of rising cost of coal that pushed the state towards alternative energy sources. …
A raft of driving factors, including increased demand for electricity and the decreasing cost of wind power, is set to see the wind energy industry soar across Africa and could see the industry add 30 gigawatts (GW) worth of new capacity over the next decade. A new report published by …
HUBBALLI: Karnataka has emerged as top state in installing renewable energy overtaking Tamil Nadu, which had long been India’s top renewable energy performer. Recent report of Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has revealed that Karnataka has been taking advantage of several positive renewable energy policies like open …
NEW DELHI: India is using just 7% of the energy it could potentially generate using wind, solar, biomass and small hydro resources. But capacity is building up and with it the share of renewables in India’s energy mix. In December 2017, the cumulative renewable power installed capacity was 62.8 GW …
The national committee on transmission is expected to take a call on Friday on the proposed Rs 393-crore schemes to improve electricity evacuation infrastructure in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Inadequate transmission infrastructure in these wind-rich states has been an impediment to wind power developers, and this was one of the …
New Delhi: Karnataka is the new national leader in renewable energy generation, US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said on Tuesday. It has overtaken Tamil Nadu that had long been India's top renewables market. With a population of more than 60 million, Karnataka has a total of …
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is scheduled to inaugurate the world’s largest wind farm in the Gabal El Zayt area in the Red Sea. The farm has a capacity of 580 MW, with a total investment of EGP 12bn. The wind farm project is divided into three compartments, with a total …
Project in Kurnool to have 1200MW pumped storage The State government on Thursday approved the proposal of Greenko Energies Private Limited (GEPL) for the establishment of India’s largest Integrated Renewable Energy Project (IREP) at Pinnapuram village in Panyam mandal of Kurnool district. The project comprises 1000 MW solar and 550 …
Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today reviewed the functioning of Science & Technology department and the initiatives taken to harness all forms of renewable energy in the State. K Vijay Kumar while chairing a meeting which was attended by Secretary Science & Technology, Fayaz Ahmad, CEO JAKEDA and other …
BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) has inked a power sale agreement with SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) to procure 100 MW of wind-power. A senior EDMC official said with this agreement, BSES discoms will be getting a whopping 400 MW of wind power. "Earlier, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) …
KP Energy Ltd and GE India Industrial (P) Ltd have signed up definitive agreements for the development of 300 megawatt wind power project in Kutch district of Gujarat. KP Energy, on Monday, said it has informed the BSE in this regard, according to a company statement here. The project will …
Total global corporate funding in the solar sector touched USD 5.3 billion in the first half of this year, up 15 per cent over last year, amid uncertainty in the industry owing to Trump tariffs and the Chinese subsidy pullback, global consulting firm Mercom Capital Group said. Corporate funding, including …
Renewable energy sources satisfied more of Germany’s power demands than coal during the first half of 2018, marking a shift towards clean power as the Bundesrepublik continues to debate how best to phase out coal. According to data released on Tuesday (10 July) by the German Association of Energy and …
Integration of large-scale variable renewable energy (VRE) generation resources -- wind and solar -- into national grids has been gaining importance as costs of these technologies, especially that of solar, continues to fall rapidly. However, there continues to be a lack of a framework to systematically analyze the role played …
Solar energy has ticked off all the necessary boxes to become a favourite of the suppliers in search of an efficient source of power. Solar energy is the way forward towards clean energy in the state rather than wind energy given its low rate in the state. In last few …
Govt sets a new target of 227 GW of renewable capacity by 2022 India can become a global wind energy exporter by 2022 if the government continues to back its commitment to achieve 40 per cent of total installed power capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2030. “We believe with the …
This brief examines the issue of curtailment for technical and commercial reasons and its impact on stakeholders; must-run status for renewable power; and the prospective role of granting compensation for grid unavailability and instability. The government and regulators could address the risk of curtailment through regulation and contractual structures. This …
