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 …
This report presents an approach to quantify the power generation potentials for solar and wind energy resources in Africa, as well as an estimation of the bioenergy potential from selected first-generation biofuel crops. The analysis is based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data and has the aim to present a …
This paper examines the status, future prospects, environmental implications, investment and infrastructure requirements, and risks of alternative energy sources such as solar resource, wind power, and unconventional gas. Solar resource is considered excellent across developing Asia, while the wind resource is strong in several economies. While shale gas is a …
The UK's renewable electricity generation increased by 30% in 2013 according to DECC's annual UK energy statistics, released today (31 July). Electricity generated from renewable sources accounted for 14.9% of the UK's total electricity generation last year, up from 11.3% in 2012. In a statement released by DECC, energy secretary …
While China and India are responsible for the biggest growth in carbon emissions, China is now the largest global investor in renewable energy and India saw the highest growth rate in recent times between 2010 and 2011. This paper looks at what the primary drivers of investment in wind and …
Malaysia's state-owned utility company Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has signed an agreement to invest in a hybrid wind and solar power project in Sri Lanka's Northern Jaffna peninsula. TNB, one of the largest companies listed on Bursa Malaysia, announced in a market disclosure that it signed an investment agreement with …
Renewable sources such as solar, wind, biomass met a record 28.5 percent of German electricity demand in the first half even as Europe’s biggest economy is cutting energy consumption, according to the BDEW utility lobby. Power generation by wind and solar plants rose 21.4 percent and 27.3 percent respectively, BDEW …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s flights around the world helped fund a wind farm on a luxury hotel in India and a biogas plant run by a Chinese beer maker. Germany spent about 9.9 million euros ($13.3 million) from 2008 through 2012 to offset the greenhouse-gas emissions made by the air …
New polling data reveals that almost half of UK voters see investing in renewables as a priority over any other form of energy when it comes to ensuring the nation's energy security. Figures released last week by RenewableUK found that 48% of voters see investing in renewables as their number …
Labor’s state conferences in NSW and Tasmania have backed more ambitious climate change action, maintaining pressure on their federal counterparts to stick with a carbon price policy. Delegates at weekend conferences in both states backed a motion calling on the party’s leadership and organisation to take immediate steps to achieve …
Union minister for environment Prakash Javadekar said here on Sunday that all cities across the country will be required to produce a city environment plan that will deal with issues of pollution and solid waste management, among others. “Every city will have to produce its own environmental plan. We are …
Brazil’s development bank BNDES received a $335 million loan from Germany’s KfW to finance wind farms that will be developed by local companies. The loan is the largest in Brazil to date from the German development bank, BNDES said today in e-mailed statement. “The loan will help to meet the …
New Delhi : ONGC is looking for joint venture partners to set up 6,000 MW of solar and wind energy projects. The state-run company has floated an expression of interest seeking strategic partnership to set up 3000 MW each of wind and solar projects. The joint venture would invest R3,750 …
Cities should invest in green energy production to compete with the main UK energy suppliers, a centre-left think tank has recommended. UK cities and local authorities could reap the benefits of renewable energy subsidies, a report by IPPR suggested. Regulators are currently probing whether the "big six" UK energy suppliers …
The Rampion offshore wind farm off the Sussex coast has today (16 July) been given ministerial consent by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to go ahead. DECC announced that it had confirmed the project with E.ON. The wind farm is expected to support more than 750 jobs …
China is three years behind schedule on a plan that would make it the world’s biggest market for offshore wind, a setback for the $15 billion industry that’s seeking to produce affordable electricity from the one of nature’s most reliable energy sources. China set out an ambitious plan in 2011 …
Global investment in clean energy increased to $63.6 billion in the second quarter, boosted by the biggest deal in the industry’s history, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. Financing swelled 9 percent from a year earlier, and 33 percent from the first quarter, the London-based research company said today in an …
More than £500k has been secured by 30 local renewable energy projects across the UK as the first recipients of investment from the Government's Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF). Unveiled today (14 July) by the Fund's administrator WRAP, the 30 projects receiving loans represent a variety of technologies, including community-scale …
Arun Jaitley's maiden budget tries to make electricity environment friendly in a country that has the world's second largest population with moderate per capita power consumption. Besides allocating funds and reducing tax burden on solar and wind power, the finance minister has also attempted to clean coal-fired 1.48 lakh MW …
Tax breaks and duty benefits for fresh capacity creation The Budget has focused on two key areas of power reforms - revival of the distribution sector and clean-energy generation - inspired from the Gujarat model. The reforms include tax breaks and duty benefits for fresh capacity creation. Finance Minister Arun …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been carrying out a Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) Programme in the country through the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), Chennai in association with State Nodal Agencies. The Ministry has initiated a new scheme on implementation of Wind Resource Assessment in …
