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 world’s biggest producer of wind turbines has accused Britain of obstructing use of new technology that can slash costs, preventing the wind industry from offering one of the cheapest forms of energy without subsidies. Anders Runevad, chief executive of Vestas Wind Systems, said his company's wind turbines can compete …
In a bid to promote non-conventional energy sources, railways with an investment of Rs 160 crore has set up wind power project in Dangri village at Fatehgarh sub-division in Jaisalmer district. Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu will inaugurate railway's biggest 25 MW power project on December 30. The preparations for …
One of India’s major advantages today and going forward is that its renewable energy (RE) potential is vast and largely untapped. Recent estimates show that India’s solar potential is greater than 750 GW and its announced wind potential is 302 GW (actual could be higher than 1000 GW). India Energy …
In another “green initiative”Union Railways Minister, Suresh Prabhu, on Wednesday dedicated a 26-Mega Watt windmill plant in Jaisalmer to power procurement for the railways. Indian Railways consume about 15 billion units for traction purposes and 2.5 billion units for non-traction purposes annually. Ever increasing passenger and freight traffic is likely …
China is suspending the approval of any new coal mines for three years to eliminate stockpiles and increase new-energy consumption, according to a report in Economic Information Daily on Wednesday. Nur Bekri, director of the National Energy Administration, was quoted as telling a conference on Tuesday that with production overcapacity …
China will continue improving its energy consumption structure and efficiency in 2016, a senior energy official said Tuesday. China will lift the ratio of consumption of non-fossil fuels among total energy consumption to 13.2 percent next year, compared with about 12 percent in 2015, and reduce that of coal from …
Work on solar and wind energy projects in Jordan is likely to pick up swiftly in 2016 for companies that were awarded in projects in the recent auctions. According to media reports, two international companies are set up to start work on solar power projects, while an 80 MW wind …
The Alternate Energy Development Board (AEDB) has embarked upon an ambitious plan to enhance the energy mix up to 20-25 per cent by adding 3000-3500 megawatt wind-based electricity to the national grid system by 2018. “Out of this, as many as 1,396 megawatt wind-based electricity will include in the system …
Non-fossil fuels accounted for 12 percent of China's primary energy mix at the end of 2015, exceeding an earlier target of 11.4 percent, Xie Zhenhua, China's senior envoy on climate change, told reporters on Wednesday. China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases but has pledged to cap CO2 …
The U.S. wind power industry is celebrating after reaching a new milestone in November: 70 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity. "That's enough to power about 19 million homes," says Michael Goggin, senior director of research at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). There are more than 50,000 wind turbines operating …
Like everybody else in the energy business, Anil Gupta had followed the negotiations for the climate change deal in Paris closely. His firm Smart Buildings was formed in Bengaluru three years ago, as the more enlightened IT companies in the city had set about improving their energy efficiency. Now that …
The Intertubes have been buzzing with news of the new US federal budget deal, which basically gave away the store to the domestic clean power industry by including a 5-year extension of key tax credits for wind and solar electricity production. This guarantee of a predictable federal policy comes at …
India's total installed solar power generation capacity is 4,878.88 MW, led by Rajasthan and Gujarat, Parliament was informed today. The total installed solar power generation capacity of the country was 4,878.88 MW as on December 11, 2015, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the …
The Lake Turkana wind project will start generating power next year, Denmark Foreign Affairs minister Kristian Jensen said yesterday. The project, funded by the Danish government, will contribute 310 Megawatts of wind energy to the national grid. Jensen spoke at the World Trade Organization conference at KICC, Nairobi. The project …
India is running the largest renewable capacity expansion programme in the world. The government is aiming to increase share of clean energy through massive thrust in renewables. The year started with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's statement "India is graduating from Megawatts to Gigawatts in Renewable Energy production. The quote …
European renewable energy stocks rallied on Monday following an agreement over the weekend at the Paris global climate summit to find ways to stop global warming. Goldman Sachs' analysts described the deal in Paris as the most important climate agreement since the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, adding it would boost the …
The proposed policy aims to provide incentives to renewable energy projects as well as push for efficient use of power generated from conventional sources of energy like coal and others. Union Cabinet is likely to approve next week a new power tariff policy to boost regulatory mechanism for discoms and …
For those wanting to understand what a clean electricity footprint looks like, go to Uruguay. In less than 10 years, the country has shrunk its carbon footprint while lowering electricity costs, without calling on the government for renewable energy subsidies. In fact, this country now obtains nearly 95% of its …
Spanish conglomerate Abengoa, teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, has halted construction of power transmission lines in Brazil, a potential setback for the South America nation's bid to emerge from its worst energy crisis in 14 years. Unions representing construction workers, a wind power industry group and Abengoa's sub-contractor on …
The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has just launched two online maps, one each for wind and solar radiation. The Wind Energy Resources Map of India has been launched at 100 meter above the ground, while the solar radiation map has been set up at ground level on the …
