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 …
A week at the American Academy in Berlin leaves me with two contradictory feelings: One is that Germany today deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, and the other is that Germany tomorrow will have to overcome its deeply ingrained post-World War II pacifism and become a more serious, activist global power. …
Bengaluru-based co sees a potential market in India's villages having no regular power supply Enzen Global Solutions, an energy-utility systems integrator and advisory , has acquired Pune-based wind turbine manufacturer Luminous Renewable Energy Solutions for about `. 12.6 crore ($2 million), eyeing a huge potential market in India's many villages …
Apple has pledged to create enough energy through renewable sources to power its global operations. Now it’s setting a far more ambitious goal to do the same for its manufacturing supply chain. Apple says it generates renewable energy – from solar, wind, biogas, fuel cells, geothermal and small hydropower plants …
A deal to end the lengthy stand-off over Australia’s renewable energy target has hit a dramatic late hitch after Labor accused the Coalition of trying to include the burning of wood waste as a renewable energy source. The federal government and the opposition have held on-off talks for several months …
A new report from GlobalData has found that Germany is set to overtake the UK as global leader for annual offshore wind turbine installations this year, with an estimated 2,071 MW set to be added this year. Germany’s anticipated installation figures for this year are an almost fourfold increase from …
Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority has received 14 times more pre-license applications than its allocated capacity for wind power plants, Mustafa Yılmaz, head of the authority, revealed on May 6. Speaking at the opening session of the 21st International Energy and Environment Fair and Conference (ICCI ), which is sponsored …
The need for the African continent to fully exploit the renewable energy sources for power generation as once again hit the front burner, as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), declared that energy insecurity is a key challenge to growth and development in Africa. The group in …
Online retailer Amazon has reinforced its pledge to power its global data centres entirely from renewables after successfully closing financing for the development of a 150MW wind farm in the US. The Amazon Wind Farm (Fowler Ridge) in Benton County, Indiana, will provide the Amazon Web Services data centre with …
Germany will install more than 2,000 MW of offshore wind capacity in 2015, taking the UK's crown as the global installation leader. The figures come from Globaldata, an international research and consulting firm. The 2,000 MW mark is an almost fourfold increase over 2014 for Germany, while the UK will …
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government has decided to implement a comprehensive action plan to make the state a renewable energy hub in the next four years. As part of this plan, the government has contemplated to achieve 5,000 MW solar power and 4,000 MW wind power by 2019 to meet the …
A new guide for measuring the environmental impact of offshore renewables has been published today by Innovate UK and the BSI (British Standards Institution). PD 6900 – developed with input from RenewableUK, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Marine Scotland – will identify best practice as well as higlighting unnecessary …
A new report released has revealed that the UK's onshore wind industry contributed £906m to the UK economy last year, of which almost 30% directly benefits local areas. The report, undertaken by BiGGAR Economics for RenewableUK, shows the industry's contribution to the UK economy is increasing, having risen by 65% …
The Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA) has scheduled its 4th International Wind Conference - “WE20 by 2020” – for June 22 and 23 at the Codissia Trade Fair Centre in Coimbatore. The Conference is being held jointly with World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), Bonn, Germany. IWPA Chairman and Vice President …
ANANTAPUR: The green cover of the Rayalaseema region is being ruthlessly destroyed as windmills are being set up in forest and government lands and the state government has not asked the companies to develop alternative greenery. Thanks to suitable climatic conditions and also availability of adequate land to set up …
The European Commission on Thursday gave Germany the green light to support the construction of 20 offshore wind farms by paying operators a premium on top of the market price for electricity, it said in a statement. The Commission concluded that the projects would contribute to reaching Germany's 2020 targets …
India has 900 GW of commercially exploitable sources of renewable energy if 3 per cent of the country’s wasteland is made available, according to the Ministry for New and Renewable Energy. The renewable sources of energy include wind and solar power, biomass and waste-to-energy apart from small hydro power plants. …
Developers of new coal-based power plants will have to set up renewable power units amounting to 10% of the total capacity, as the government integrated its commitment to reduce the emission intensity of the gross domestic product in a new tariff policy announced earlier this week. While the new thermal …
South Africa said it plans to more than double the amount of renewable power it gets from private companies by securing a further 6,300 megawatts as it named preferred bidders for contracts to build 13 clean-energy projects. Scatec Solar AS, Biotherm Energy, Sappi Ltd., Sun Edison LLC and Enel Green …
Brazil will increase the use of renewable energy, target zero net deforestation and push for low-carbon agriculture as part of its climate proposal, Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said in an interview. In its proposal to the United Nations climate conference in Paris this year, Latin America’s largest nation will propose …
India has ambitious targets for renewable energy growth. As part of its Union Budget 2015-2016, India aims to install 60 GW of wind power capacity and 100 GW of solar power capacity by 2022, which is more than six times the current installed capacities of approximately 22GW and 3GW, respectively. …
