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 …
EY report says Conservative government has sentenced renewable energy sector to death by a thousand cuts and left investors puzzled at policy changes. The UK has dropped out of the top ten of a respected international league table on renewable energy for the first time since it began 12 years …
Making a powerful pitch for energy conservation, Union minister for power, coal and new and renewable energy Piyush Goyal said the government's ambitious programme to replace all electric bulbs in Indian households with energy-saving LED bulbs over the next three years is attracting reputed companies from India and abroad as …
Investment in onshore wind energy is already being hit by the early withdrawal of government subsidies, according to a survey of lenders. In June, UK ministers said new onshore wind farms would be excluded from a subsidy scheme from 1 April 2016. Research for industry body Scottish Renewables suggests investors …
From rooftop solar panels to vast fields of groaning wind turbines, renewable energy is growing in Africa. And that has utilities racing to upgrade and expand dilapidated power grids so they can carry the electricity generated by a constellation of new producers large and small. “We’ve pushed them to be …
Global renewable energy giant SunEdi son will invest nearly Rs 12,000 crore to create about 2 gigawatts or 2000MW of renewable energy power assets, both wind and solar power projects, in Tamil Nadu over five years, the company said on Wednesday after signing agreements on Wednesday during the Global Investors …
The Cabinet has cleared the policy to generate electricity from offshore windmills. India is already among the world's top producers of electricity from windmills on land, with a capacity of more than 23,000 mw, but extending the success to offshore regions has not made much progress so far. Under the …
The new offshore wind policy will be a boost for the Suzlon Group thanks to the off-shore wind capability it has got from its erstwhile group company, Senvion. When the Suzlon Group sold 100% stake in Senvion SE to Centerbridge Partners they also had, as part of the agreement, an …
Research and technology development in the field of renewable energy sources will be carried out at the institute Odisha may soon have a National Institute of New Energy to carry out research and technology development in the field of renewable energy sources. "The institute will carry out research and development …
Up to 10 new large-scale solar farms are to be built across Australia through $350m in funding from two government renewable energy bodies, following the creation of the southern hemisphere’s largest solar farm in New South Wales. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) …
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has rejected four planned onshore wind farms in mid-Wales with a potential capacity of more than 350 MW. The reasons behind the refusals included adverse visual effects, local wildlife damage and a negative impact on tourism. A DECC spokesperson said: “Careful consideration …
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved National Offshore Wind Energy Policy which will pave the way for development of this renewable source of energy, including setting up of projects and research in the area. "The Cabinet today fixed policy guidelines for offshore wind energy in the coming days," Power, Coal …
Britain is poised to reject a large wind farm project in the English Channel as it would jeopardise the UNESCO World Heritage Site status of the country's Jurassic Coast, British newspaper The Telegraph reported. The project, Navitus Bay, was to be built near the Isle of Wight by Eneco Wind …
NTPC Ltd-the country’s largest public sector power utility is planning to establish wind energy projects at its three thermal power stations in Chhattisgarh including the joint venture captive power unit in Bhilai. NTPC currently has its thermal power stations in Korba and Sipat ( Bilaspur district) and another coal-based captive …
Cairo — Three Egyptian electricity companies have secured $243 million fund from Japan, International Cooperation Minister Najla Ahwani said on Monday in an official statement. The fund will aim at enhancing the capacity of electricity distribution in Egypt, which is desperately short of power. Cairo targets 7.2GW of operating wind …
There is need for a holistic approach while planning to increase the power generation capacity in India, a senior power systems company official said. M. Rajagopalan, market development director-Middle East and Asia at Wartsila India, said such an approach is needed so that power cuts do not continue to plague …
The recent renewable energy roadmap released by WWF-India and World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) for the Palakkad District shows that it is both feasible and practical for the district to meet 50 per cent of its energy demand with renewable sources by 2030. The district of Palakkad can make …
India’s installable wind energy potential has been estimated to be 302 GW with towers of a height of 100 metres. This has been estimated by the National Institute of Wind Energy and the new findings were released in the form of a wind atlas launched by the Minister of State …
Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday said the government has equal focus on all forms of renewable energy, including solar and wind. "The Union Government has equal focus on various forms of renewable power and does not discriminate between solar, wind or biogas power in terms of providing support …
Against a target of 1,400 MW for FY16, the achievement in first four months was 358 MW Grid-connected solar power installed capacity has crossed the 4 GW-mark, according to data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Against a target of 1,400 MW for 2015-16, the achievement in …
The Asian Development Bank will soon provide debt finance for Sri Lanka’s wind energy program. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated $200 million to support the wind energy sector in Sri Lanka. The Bank would provide financial support by buying debt instruments issued in the national and international market. …
