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 Sri Lankan ministry of irrigation and power has decided to explore the possibility of harnessing wind potential to meet the country's growing demand for power. According to the minister for power, Anuruddha Ratwatte, a feasibility study would soon be conducted and would cover the whole island to assess the …
To attract private investment in the wind energy sector in 1993, the government announced a package of fiscal incentives. This included 100 per cent accelerated depreciation on the capital investment in the first year of operation; 35 per cent concessional duty on import of complete wind electricity generator; duty exemption …
In 1891, an innovative teacher called Poul la Cour of Denmark discovered that the traditional clapboard-sailed windmill, used to grind, corn could produce electricity, too. For many years, his discovery helped in lighting his high school and village houses. During both the world wars, dozens of crude wind turbines based …
The wind energy sector in India has problems aplenty. There are complaints of wind energy development not yielding proper returns to investors, grid failure and transmission losses, inappropriate sites and machinery and, last but not the least, corruption. At the same time, Western nations, particularly Germany, Spain and Denmark, have …
Worldwide wind energy capacity has reached 10,000 megawatt (mw), a record and another demonstration that wind is the fastest-growing of all renewable energy sources. Propelled by supportive new government policies
Gujarat has wind farms with a total installed capacity of 170 mw, mostly in the private sector, along the coast of Saurashtra and Kutch. It has the second highest number of wind energy generators (WEGs) in the country, though the installation count is one-fourth of that in Tamil Nadu. Tax …
Wind energy developers in Andhra Pradesh also seem to be taking a breather after the rush of activity in the early 1990s. "The establishment of new farms has been short of expectations,' says M Venkateswarulu of the Wind Developers' Association of Andhra Pradesh. With an installed capacity of 61.79 megawatt …
India relies heavily on coal-based thermal and hydel power plants for electricity generation, and on wood and crop residues for household energy needs in rural areas. All these are associated with environmental problems, including land degradation, water and air pollution, and depletion of biomass and soil capacity. There is a …
tapping the potential of wind power is no longer difficult or expensive. Technology to harness this natural force is not only improving, but more nations are finding this alternative source of p ower more desirable because it is locally available, cheap to produce and does not dirty the environment. It …
sometime in April 1999, worldwide wind energy capacity would have touched a record 10,000 megawatts (mw). This is another demonstration that the wind energy sector is growing fastest among all renewable energy sources. The landmark figure for wind energy use was announced at a meeting of the executive committee of …
Wind Energy Group (WEG), a UK- based company has developed a new wind turbine to cater to the demand for medium-scale three-blade wind turbines. The turbine, MS4-600 has a 41-metre diameter rotor that operates downwind of the tower and can self-align with the wind. The blades are very flexible to …
China installed its first commercial wind farm near the city of Shantou. The 24-mega-watt wind farm was put up by Dutch and Chinese developers. It is the largest commercial wind farm in Asia that has not been subsidised. The plant represents 25 per cent of the nations total wind capacity …
What is the responsibility of AQMD? How is it funded? AQMD sets air quality standards and ensures compliance. It also funds research and development and markets appropriate technologies. It issues permits and fines errant industries. We get our finances from issuing permits and the emission fees we receive. There are …
Japanese inventor Hikoshichi Takahashi is patenting a wind-powered generator that sits on the roof of a car. The device has either funnels or tubes, or both, which channel fast-moving air into a generator to produce electric power for the car. Excess power can be stored in the car's battery. Sadly, …
wind energy is considered to be the world's fastest growing energy source. And why not. It generated a record 2,100 megawatts (mw) of power in 1998. This was 35 per cent more than the previous year, according to a study conducted by Christopher Flavin of the Worldwatch Institute based in …
Greenpeace and wind energy experts have said that concerted action by the governments could see close to a million megawatt of wind powered-systems installed worldwide within next 20 years. This will be enough for powering 500 million typical European households with renewable energy. They were presenting an international study at …
The British energy minister John Battle announced funds for 261 pro- jects aimed at generating 1,177 megawatts of electricity from wind, water and waste. This emerged from the latest round of Non Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO), which obliges electricity companies to buy from alternative sources. It is a major shift …
WATCH out Don Quixote. The windmills are staging a comeback in Europe. Wind energy is the best alternative to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. By using windmills, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) believes that Europe will be able to churn out 4,000 mega watts (MW) of energy …
wind mills that once flourished for over a decade on the outskirts of Nagercoil town, Tamil Nadu are showing signs of decline today. Subsidies and tax benefits from the government which encouraged companies to set up projects are today no longer attractive. As a result, labourers are finding themselves jobless …
The Chinese government has launched a "Ride the Wind' project to achieve 1,000 megawatts (MW) of installed power capacity by the end of the year 2000. The state planning commission has appointed Luoyang First Tractor Factory and Xian Aero Engine Company as local partners in this ambitious project, to avoid …
