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 …
As the Paris climate conference draws ever nearer, and with it the prospect of a global agreement that all countries will cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Europe can look on its contribution to the fight against climate change with pride. But having fostered the fledgling renewable energy sectors of wind …
China is helping Pakistan build a wind power plant near its southern port city of Karachi with a total investment of $115 million, according to HydroChina Investment Corporation which invested in the plant. The Dawood wind power plant, located some 60 kilometers east of Karachi, is expected to generate 130 …
The wind and solar industries cheered while coal companies vowed to kill President Barack Obama’s new limits on climate-change pollution as details of the historic regulations emerged. The rules, to be unveiled at the White House Monday, include tougher limits on planet-warming carbon emissions and more incentives for renewable energy …
ROW after giant row of wind turbines marches towards the snowy peaks of the Tian Shan range, harvesting energy from the air. On a blustery July day in Xinjiang in China’s far west, it is hard to stand upright beside the structures, each 90m (nearly 300 feet) high. China is …
GWYNETH WILSON first spent summer on Block Island 58 years ago. She became a year-round resident five years ago because she loves island life, except for her high electricity bills. The island, which is about a dozen miles (20km) off the coast of Rhode Island, is not connected to the …
The European Wind Energy Association has published three scenarios for the growth of wind power across the EU over the next 15 years. The calculations are in line with the target of 27 percent renewable energy as a share of final energy consumption by 2030. Germany would have the greatest …
Germany drives bumper year for European offshore wind in 2015, installing three times more capacity than current leader, the UK Europe’s offshore wind power industry has set a record for its biggest ever year just six months into 2015. The biggest factor was a huge jump in turbines in German …
KOLHAPUR: The state government has formulated the first comprehensive policy on renewable energy and has aimed to produce 14,400 megawatt (MW) power through non-conventional sources. The district in western Maharashtra would benefit the most; considering that almost 50% of the state's potential sites for wind energy are here and the …
Ames, Iowa: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called for a dramatic national shift to energy sources such as solar and wind, setting a goal of generating enough clean renewable energy to power every US home within her first decade in office. Mrs Clinton, the front-runner for her party's 2016 …
Rhode Island's Deepwater Wind will start installing the foundations for North America's first offshore wind farm on Monday, a milestone the company says could pave the way for an industry long established in Europe but that is still struggling with opposition in the United States. The 30-megawatt wind farm, which …
An emissions trading scheme would be cheaper and more effective than Labor’s 50% renewables goal or the government’s Direct Action policy, Paul Hyslop says The author of the $60bn price tag for Bill Shorten’s new renewable energy goal – cited by Tony Abbott as proof the scheme is unaffordable – …
Setting ambitious goals for producing energy from the sun, wind and other renewable sources, Hillary Rodham Clinton seized on an issue Monday that increasingly resonates with Democratic voters and sets up a stark contrast with the Republican presidential field. With many Republican candidates saying they do not believe that climate …
Lamu county has approved a Sh20billion wind power project at Baharini area in Mpeketoni. The project will be undertaken by a Belgian company Electrawinds in partnership with International Finance Corporation (World Bank) and Kenwind company of Kenya. The project to generate over 90MW once completed. The county assembly said the …
The state government has formulated the first comprehensive policy on renewable energy and has aimed to produce 14,400 megawatt (MW) power through non-conventional sources. The district in western Maharashtra would benefit the most; considering that almost 50% of the state's potential sites for wind energy are here and the sugar …
Deal mandates installation of Gamesa G97-2.0MW T-104m wind turbines across the identified sites Gamesa said as a policy the company will not disclose the value of the transaction. Promoted by AT Holdings Pte. Ltd, Singapore, Orange Renewable (OR) is focused on developing, constructing and operating renewable energy projects in the …
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is set to unveil a bold climate policy goal requiring half of Australia's large-scale energy production to be generated using renewable sources within 15 years. Fairfax Media has learnt that despite Labor's humiliating 2013 election defeat caused in part by voter contempt for its carbon tax, …
A new report has concluded that the falling costs of offshore wind will result in offshore wind projects installed after 2020 being cost-competitive with new gas plants. The report, published by BVG Associates and commissioned by Statkraft UK, the UK division of Norwegian state-owned electricity giant Statkraft, concludes that “tangible …
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- China will develop a renewable energy micro-power grid, to further promote the sustainable development of energy resources, according to the National Energy Administration on Wednesday. Micro-power, the opposite of large power stations, refers to electricity sources that are small, mass producible, quick to deploy, cost …
India has the potential to achieve 60 GW of installed wind energy capacity by 2022 provided concerns related to infrastructure and grid are addressed, according to the industry. Madhusudan Khemka, Chairman of the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers’ Association, and D. V. Giri, its Secretary-General, told presspersons here on Saturday that …
COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu requires sufficient grid facilities to improve its wind energy generation capacity, a top official in the power industry said during a conference in the city on Saturday. According to Madhusudan Khemka, chairman, Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA), more efficient evacuation of power and upgradation of infrastructure …
