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 …
TANGEDCO has started selling surplus power to other States From a clear power deficit situation a few years ago, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has claimed not only that it has achieved a position of surplus, but that it has also started supplying power to other States. …
India's wind power capacity is set to grow 30 per cent or 4,300 MW in 2016-17, helped by capacity addition in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, among others, Suzlon Group Chairman Tulsi Tanti said. At present, the total wind power installed capacity in the country is around 27 GW, …
Tulsi Tanti, chairman of Suzlon Group, one of the country’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, has welcomed the government’s move to award wind power projects through competitive bidding, but has cautioned that the sector would remain competitive only if the tariff remained above R5/unit. Tulsi Tanti, chairman of Suzlon Group, one …
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission's (GERC) proposal to share generation based incentive with utilities or consumers is likely to result in 75bp lower rate of return for wind energy developer's projects, says India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra). Ind-Ra believes such policy levels changes which impact the developer IRRs would lead …
Brexit will make it harder for Britain to play its role in tackling climate change, the UK energy and climate secretary has said. But Amber Rudd said that the UK remained committed to action on global warming and Whitehall sources have told the Guardian that on Thursday she will approve …
State-run National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is planning to invest around Rs 3,000 crore over the next five years to set up solar and wind projects across the country. The company is looking at opportunities in states like Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, among others. "After …
JAIPUR: With an aim to the protect the state bird, the Great Indian Bustard (or Indian bustard), locally known as "godawan", the Rajasthan government has now decided not to set up any windmills for wind power projects in the areas where these birds are found, an official said on Monday. …
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) launched a new report: “Supply Chain, Port Infrastructure and Logistics Study” for offshore wind development in the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu in India. This study is a significant step forward in preparing a roadmap for offshore wind power in India by the …
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) launched a new report: “Supply Chain, Port Infrastructure and Logistics Study” for offshore wind development in the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu in India. This study is a significant step forward in preparing a roadmap for offshore wind power in India by the …
Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau and Enrique Peña Nieto will commit to a new regional clean power goal at a summit this week in Ottawa, the White House has said. The leaders of the US, Canada and Mexico, meeting on Wednesday at the so-called “Three Amigos” summit, will pledge to have …
A new report commissioned by IHS Towers, the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, has disclosed that Africa must deliver a renewable power revolution as happened with telecommunications, to reach its ambitious targets. According to the report themed, “Power Up, Delivering Renewable Energy in …
Scaling up renewable energy calls for mobilising a massive investment increase. Renewables bring far reaching benefits in terms of human health, energy access, environmental protection and the response to climate change, along with the potential to create new jobs around the world. Amid rapidly falling technology costs, meanwhile, renewable energy …
Suzlon Group, one of the leading renewable energy solutions providers in the world, announced the completion and commissioning of the 4.20 MW maiden wind project for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The wind energy project, located at Nakhatrana, Kutch comprises of two units of Suzlon's newest product variant, S97 120 meter …
Equis Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based infrastructure investor, plans to pump $1 billion into Indian renewables in the next two years, doubling its portfolio to nearly two gigawatts of wind, solar and hydro energy installations, Chief Executive Officer David Russell said. "It would be our expectation to double our current position …
Will the inclusion of competitive bidding in the government's draft guidelines for the sector change the industry’s climate, asks M Ramesh If ‘solar’ is the new darling of Indian renewable energy proponents, and has seized mind-share from the time-tested incumbent, ‘wind’, the reasons are not far to seek. Solar prices …
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh signed an MoU worth one billion dollars with Sany group of China on Monday. The Chinese company evinced interest in investment in 500 MW wind energy sector and building industrial infrastructure, a government spokesman said. Speaking on the occasion, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan promised "full cooperation" …
Renewable power sector expects CERC to soon come up with tariff framework for its smooth implementation Tata Power acquires Welspun's renewable energy assets Renewable power sector players have said that the success of the draft hybrid wind and solar policy depends on the tariff level which may be either feed-in …
China is on track to generate more than a quarter of its electricity from wind power by 2030, and the figure could rise to nearly a third with power sector reforms, a new study has found. Within 14 years, more new generating capacity – mostly clean energy – will come …
German capital goods major Siemens will get a stronghold in the Indian wind energy, where it had a late entry, after signing an agreement with Spain's Gamesa to combine their wind energy business to create the world's biggest builder of windfarms. Siemens has struggled to turn its wind energy business …
NTPC is planning to sell rupee-denominated offshore green bonds to raise up to $250 million by the end of July as part of efforts by India's biggest power producer to enter renewable energy business. If this happens, the state-run company will break almost a year-long jinx to emerge as the …
