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 …
India: Understanding market conditions for business to go 100% renewable sets out options for businesses seeking to switch more of their electricity supply to renewable sources of energy, through direct investments in their own assets, purchased electricity from a third party, or the buying of renewable energy credits. Because despite …
Setting the tone for Paris climate change conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that India will not create any "problems" for the world in combating global warming, an apparent response to the US' contention that it will be a "challenge" at the meet. He said India needs huge amounts …
U.S. federal agencies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations to 41.8 percent below 2008 levels by 2025, the White House announced on Monday. The announcement comes one week before nearly 200 countries meet in Paris to negotiate a United Nations climate change pact and eight months after President …
Sooner than it takes to build a nuclear power station, lithium-air batteries could be helping wind and solar to make coal, oil and nuclear obsolete, say Cambridge scientists. Five times lighter and five times cheaper than current lithium batteries, Li-air would open the way to our 100% renewable future. Scientists …
– The Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Tuesday presided over the commissioning of a 30-megawatts wind power plant erected in Nouakchott, the capital. The renewable energy plant is made up of 15 wind turbines of 2 megawatts each, a system of monitoring and control, a voltage transformer of …
Suzlon Energy rose 0.68% to Rs 22.30 at 11:40 IST on BSE after the company announced that it has won its maiden order from Hero Future Energies, an Independent Power Producer company. The company made the announcement during market hours today, 23 November 2015. Meanwhile, the S&P; BSE Sensex was …
The considerations to meet energy demands, sustainability, energy security and lower costs are driving India’s renewable energy growth. This report presents an overview of the Indian renewable energy sector and its potential to transform the electricity landscape in India.
Hyderabad: After the solar power policy, the Telangana State government is all set to come out with an investment-friendly Wind Power Policy by the month-end. Energy secretary Arvind Kumar said that final touches are being given to the policy. Meanwhile, independent private power producers have urged the government to speed …
Policy reforms spur growth, low investment continues to hurt: Bloomberg New Energy Finance's Climatescope report Considering India's notable policy reforms in the renewable energy sector, Bloomberg New Energy Finance has ranked the country at fifth place on a list of 30 countries on ease of doing business in the renewable …
JOHANNESBURG – Heavily reliant on coal-fired electricity, South Africa is launching ambitious new projects aimed at diversifying its energy sources and avoiding the regular power cuts that have hobbled the economy in recent years. Solar and wind energy plants are mushrooming across the country while the government is planning a …
In line with the Centre’s aim to boost renewable energy generation, India is likely to see its solar power capacity go up by 3,645 MW in 2016, clean energy consultant Mercom Capital Group said on Tuesday. India is targeting 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022. “Mercom forecasts about …
MUMBAI: The Western Railway will go green and instal a 100 KWP solar power system on the rooftop of its Churchgate station building. This will generate cheaper, reliable power for most of the departments in the WR headquarters located in the building. "It is yet another initiative by WR to …
Global investment in activities to reduce planet-warming emissions and vulnerability to climate change grew 18 percent to $391 billion in 2014, as private backing for renewable energy technologies surged, researchers said. More money than ever before was channelled into action to curb climate change and its impacts, after funding levelled …
Coal power plants are not the solution to help billions of people without electricity or clean cooking facilities, aid agencies have warned. Analysis by Cafod, Christian Aid and thinktank the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) suggests that continuing with current energy policies that focus heavily on coal, risks leaving a billion …
With 392 GW installed, wind energy can be the single largest source of power generation in the EU by 2030 ahead of coal and gas. Wind energy already plays a significant role in the European power sector. In 2014, the wind industry installed 11,791 MW in the EU - more …
JAISALMER: Now, trains in state are set to run on wind energy. To promote non-conventional energy sources, the Railways with an investment of Rs 160 crore has set up wind power project at Dangri village at Fatehgarh sub-division of Jaisalmer district. The 25MW project is ready for generating power and …
PUNE: The wind and solar energy project installed on the premises of Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce, Pashan road, has helped reduce the institute's expense on electricity drastically. The project produces 13 kilowatt (kW) power and the institute has been able to cut its electricity bill by Rs …
IL&FS; Energy Development Co Ltd, the power generation and infrastructure development arm of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd, proposes to rapidly ramp up its solar power generation capacity. “After having done about 1,004 MW in wind energy, we now want to ramp up in the solar space. The structuring, …
MUMBAI: The country's wind power capacity will grow by 2,800 MW this fiscal, registering a jump of 20 per cent, mainly on the back of strong policy support that has encouraged independent power producer (IPP) and non-IPP segments, rating agency ICRA has said. The 20 per cent growth in FY16 …
The union cabinet on Thursday approved an agreement between India and Belgium on new and renewable energy at the federal and regional level. "The objective of this Memorandum of Understanding is to establish the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and …
