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 …
Developing countries have made unprecedented pledges to consume more clean energy tomorrow even as they are leading the way today with record new wind and solar project completions, the latest edition of Climatescope concludes. Climatescope, the clean energy country competitiveness index and online tool supported by the UK and US …
Renewable power has seen a dramatic expansion in recent years thanks to sharply falling costs. But this growth has raised a new challenge for power-system operators and regulators: wind and solar PV have sometimes been deployed before the power system, including both policies and infrastructure, was ready to handle such …
This report focuses on integrated hybrid renewable energy projects consisting of wind and solar energy. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy directed National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai to prepared a report on hybrid wind and solar energy production analysis. NIWE, has chosen 24 wind potential sites based on met-masts …
This report focuses on integrated hybrid renewable energy projects consisting of wind and solar energy. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy directed National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai to prepared a report on hybrid wind and solar energy production analysis. NIWE, has chosen 24 wind potential sites based on met-masts …
Europe’s policy and finance environment has enabled some of the fastest deployments of renewable assets globally. In 2016, it became the first region in the world to surpass 100GW of solar PV capacity, with 140GW of wind power installed. But policy and finance issues are now arguably at least as …
This briefing note examines the potential for mini-grids to complement grid-based electrification in southern Africa, and the conditions needed to support their successful development. Southern Africa faces a number of severe energy pressures. Power production falls far short of demand, grid development has been slow, and the electricity sector depends …
This briefing note examines the potential for mini-grids to complement grid-based electrification in southern Africa, and the conditions needed to support their successful development. Southern Africa faces a number of severe energy pressures. Power production falls far short of demand, grid development has been slow, and the electricity sector depends …
The Dutch government on Wednesday proposed a 33 percent increase in its budget for renewable energy projects in 2017, as it attempts to catch up after lagging on its 2020 emission reduction targets. In a letter to parliament, Economic Affairs Minister Henk Kamp said the government plans to spend 12 …
Wind energy is the fastest growing renewable energy source in India. With an installed capacity of close to 28 GW, it constitutes about 61% of the country’s installed renewable power capacity. Commercial wind power projects in India are promoted through fiscal and promotional incentives. The main driving force for initial …
Power generation from renewable energy sources like solar and wind has increased to 7.54 per of the total electricity generated in the country during April-September this fiscal, Parliament was informed today. During the period, out of total power generation of 631.84 billion units (BU), 47.62 BU was generated from renewable …
Wind turbine maker Suzlon Group has bagged an over 50 MW wind power project in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. Suzlon, a leading global renewable energy solutions provider, today announced winning this order from a "leading business house". "The project consists of 24 units of S95 90m tubular tower with rated capacity …
As per terms of the contract, Gamesa will supply 25 units of G114 - 2.0MW T106 turbines which will be set up at Amba, Madhya Pradesh Gamesa has bagged a contract from ReNew Power, India’s leading renewable energy company, for a 50 MW turnkey project in Madhya Pradesh. The order …
Advances in energy storage technology could pull down prices of solar and wind power to levels close to those of coal-fired power within the next five to seven years, energy analysts just back from the UN climate conference in Morocco said today. These emerging advances in battery-based storage systems have …
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 …
New and Renewable Energy Ministry expects to complete the process for awarding 1,000 MW wind power projects worth around Rs 6,000 crore by December-end. "The nodal agency Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has already floated Request for Selection (RFS) document for selection of bidders under the scheme for awarding …
CHENNAI: The Union ministry of new and renewable energy has issued guidelines for setting up an inter-state transmission system to evacuate wind power to the extent of 1,000MW from windy states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. As per the guidelines, wind power projects will be selected through an …
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 …
Reanalysis models are rapidly gaining popularity for simulating wind power output due to their convenience and global coverage. However, they should only be relied upon once thoroughly proven. This paper reports the first international validation of reanalysis for wind energy, testing NASA's MERRA and MERRA-2 in 23 European countries. Both …
India will get electricity generated by wind-propelled plants installed in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu in about five years as part of the country's green energy development programmes, an energy expert has said. "We are preparing India for offshore wind (and) providing MNRE a road map for offshore wind for Gujarat …
