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 …
China's first green bond has raised $300 million after pricing last week, as the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases seeks new funding sources to help raise about $1.6 trillion over five years to help fix its environmental problems. China is scrambling to lift environmental standards in a country where …
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hostility to "visually awful" wind farms has sent a chill through the industry and could jeopardize the country's biggest renewable energy project, a $2 billion-plus wind and solar plant in the country's north. In an early sign that a new Federal policy could curtail major …
THE Philippine Solar Producers Association (PSPA) has expressed strong opposition to the move to impose installation caps on solar and wind projects. PSPA president Tetchie Capellan said the move by the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) has no basis and would just dissuade investors. “Putting a cap, I think, doesn’t …
For the development of new and renewable sources of energy in the State, various incentive have been declared from time to time to create installed capacity through projects of different sources of renewable energy. There are abundant new and renewable energy sources available in the state. Apart from the wind …
The proposed National Renewable Energy Act, 2015—the draft of which has been put up for public comments—seeks to give sweeping powers to Government of India to develop the renewable energy industry in India. Under the first chapter—on ‘Institutional Structure’—the Act says that the Central government “shall have the power to …
An Edinburgh company has won the UK's top engineering prize for its digital hydraulic power system. The MacRobert Award judges said Artemis Intelligent Power's "digital displacement" system was a "technical advance of global importance". The technology could increase the power of offshore wind turbines and cut fuel consumption and carbon …
Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world’s population, a nuclear industry report shows. While nuclear stations on average produce about twice as much electricity as …
Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world's population, an atomic industry report shows. While nuclear stations on average produce about twice as much electricity as …
Sky-high power prices in Brazil following the worst energy crisis in 15 years will favor quick expansion of distributed solar generation in the country, according to investors and consultants. Startup companies are already offering packages that include financing for installation, embarking on a generation model that has caught the government's …
Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world's population, an atomic industry report shows. While nuclear stations on average produce about twice as much electricity as …
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015 provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on operation, production and construction. The WNISR assesses the status of new‐build programs in current nuclear countries as well as in potential newcomer countries. This edition provides an analysis of the evolution …
TANZANIA has immense solar and wind power potential that could provide much-needed energy for the developing nation, according to preliminary findings from a World Bank renewable energy resource mapping project. The country's resources suitable for solar power generation are estimated to be equivalent to those of Spain, and areas of …
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has asserted that the government will prioritize the development of environmentally friendly power plants to meet its target of generating an additional 35,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2019. “It has been stated by the state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina president director [Dwi Soetjipto] that …
Kenya set in motion the construction of Africa’s biggest wind power farm this week, near Laisamis, 550km north of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Known as the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, the wind farm site covers 40,000 acres (162km2), which will be powered by the ‘Turkana Corridorwind.’ It is a low-level …
Laisamis — President Uhuru Kenyatta has broken ground to start Africa's biggest wind power project in Laisamis, Marsabit County, as Kenya took giant steps in asserting its position as a leader in green energy production globally. The project is also the biggest single private sector initiative on the African Continent, …
NEW DELHI: In the run up to UN climate change conference in Paris later this year, a green body today urged India to work with developing nations and push for a "fair and equitable" global deal which saves the world from catastrophic climate impacts. The Centre for Science and Environment …
Tamil Nadu, which has over 7,300 MW of installed wind energy capacity, sees wind energy generation reaching its peak usually between May and October. This year, it is almost a month since the winds started picking up in the State and the daily wind energy consumption is approximately 50 million …
Wind energy will have a key role to play in countries aiming to go in for 100 per cent renewable energy in the future. The World Wind Energy Association plans to create a network of cities in different countries that are committing to go in for 100 per cent renewable …
Wind energy major Suzlon Energy Ltd is planning to add 11,000 megawatts (MW) of wind and 4,000 MW of solar to the country’s renewal power generation capacity in next five years. After offloading its German subsidiary to reduce debt and release cash, wind energy major Suzlon Energy Ltd is planning …
CHENNAI: Japan-headquartered telecommunications and Internet major SoftBank, Indian business conglomerate Bharti Enterprises and Taiwan-based design and manufacturing services provider Foxconn have come together with plans to form a joint venture, SBG Cleantech ,to promote the adoption of clean and safe energy in India. SBG Cleantech will be a harbinger of …
