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 fight against climate change began in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro that gave birth to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. And culminated with a global agreement in Paris last year. THE PARIS Agreement on climate change, which India ratified on Sunday, is close …
The projects will be executed on turnkey basis across locations in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Wind energy solutions provider Inox Wind Monday said it has bagged cumulative orders worth over Rs 2,000 crore for the supply and installation of wind turbine generators of 350 megawatt (MW). In a BSE …
Political fissures on climate issues extend far beyond beliefs about whether climate change is occurring and whether humans are playing a role, according to a new, in-depth survey by Pew Research Center. These divisions reach across every dimension of the climate debate, down to people’s basic trust in the motivations …
India’s ambitious renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022 has firmly placed renewables as a mainstream electricity supply option. This has attracted a great deal of attention from diverse stakeholders in India as well as the international community. While the social and environmental benefits of renewables are well known, …
India’s ambitious renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022 has firmly placed renewables as a mainstream electricity supply option. This has attracted a great deal of attention from diverse stakeholders in India as well as the international community. While the social and environmental benefits of renewables are well known, …
With the government's focus on environment-friendly fuel, Indraprastha Gas, Mahanagar Gas and Suzlon's earning prospects look bright Starting October 1, the price of administered natural gas will fall from $3.06 per mmBtu (million British thermal unit) to an estimated $2.5 to $2.7, benefitting companies such as Indraprastha Gas and Mahanagar …
Power was restored to the state of South Australia on Wednesday after storms a day earlier caused an unprecedented statewide blackout which disrupted operations at mining majors like BHP Billiton, closed ports and halted public transport. The blackout of the country's fifth most populous state, with 1.7 million people, prompted …
India's energy policy would have to be in tune with the international commitments on emission reduction Worries of India being left out of the negotiations for the Paris Agreement rulebook starting November have ended with the government moving to ratify the global climate change compact on October 2. A ratification …
The order entails the supply of 25 units of G114-2.0MW T106 turbine for the 50 MW project, which is scheduled for commissioning in March 2017, at Bijapur district in Karnataka Gamesa has bagged an order for a 50 MW turnkey wind project from ReNew Power, one of India’s leading renewable …
The Regulators and Policymakers Retreat (RPR) hosted by IPPAI with an overarching theme of ‘India meeting the Aspiration’ focused on the 360 degrees of the Indian power sector, both the challenges and its solutions. Eminent panelists like Rajya wardhan Ghei, CEO, Domestic Solar Hindustan Power; Kasi Viswanathan Director, Solon GmbH; …
State-owned NHPC today said three hydro power projects, including Subansiri Lower, with an aggregate installed capacity of 3,130 mw are at the construction stage. Five future projects with a planned capacity of 4,995 MW are in process. A 50 mw wind power project in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan is …
PUNE: Wind energy firm Suzlon will start working on its plans for a hybrid wind-solar model next year, a senior company executive said. This is the company's first step in working towards an integrated model where wind, solar and storage batteries will be a part of the same renewable energy …
MUMBAI: The sun is finally setting on SunEdison in India. The US company that started the solar power frenzy around the world and especially in India with super high growth projections and super low tariff bids for new projects before it went belly up earlier this year and filed for …
Science is a public good and deserves to be valued more highly and used effectively by decision-makers at all levels. But science requires more resources to become the game-changer it could be in dealing with global challenges. In fact, all nations must invest more in science technology and innovation (STI), …
40 per cent requirement met by windmills, solar energy. Guntur: KL University at Tadepalli will be riding high on wind and solar power. Wind turbines have been installed on the rooftop of the university buildings to generate electricity. These rooftop turbines and solar panels will be generating a sizeable fraction …
Various power sector experts, including those at Central Electricity Authority (CEA), have warned that the unprecedented surge in renewable energy capacity in the next few years will severely stress thermal power plants, but power secretary PK Pujari remains upbeat about the sector. Thermal power plants are operating at an all-time …
Finding funds for renewable energy projects remains a challenge, writes M Ramesh The sun shone and the wind breezed past. The mood was upbeat with talk of capacity expansions and increases in installations. At Renewable Energy India 2016, the country’s largest such fair, solar and wind companies appeared to be …
High cost of power the cause for overdues Wind power producers that have plants in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are struggling to get their payments for over a year now. The problem is particularly acute in Maharashtra, where, in addition to the companies not getting their payments, many wind …
The U.K. could build facilities to capture and bury carbon pollution under the sea at a similar price to offshore wind farms and nuclear plants, a government adviser will say Monday, setting out options for tackling climate change. Carbon capture and storage could be deployed at a cost of 85 …
Karnataka suffers from chronic electricity shortages and daily load-shedding, which are expected to persist despite planned additions of conventional power. Using four illustrative scenarios based on different assumptions, we estimate the additional contributions wind and solar power sources could make to reduce these deficits by FY2022. The method developed estimates …
