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 …
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 …
Australia could slash its carbon emissions to zero by 2050 and still experience average economic growth of 2.4% a year, according to a UN-backed study. The Deep Decarbonisation Pathways report, released by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, analysed the 15 countries that account for 70% of greenhouse gases emitted …
ISLAMABAD (APP): Sapphire Wind Power Company (SWPCL), a subsidiary of Sapphire Group, has secured LOI from Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) for the development of 50 MW wind power project in Jhimpir District Thatta, Sindh. According to a press release issued here on Monday, the company has completed the project …
AHMEDABAD: Come October and Ahmedabad will have probably India's first smart grid system in place where consumers will be able to pick a suitable plan for electricity consumption like they do for cellphones. Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Pvt Ltd (UGVCL) is set to roll out a modernized electric grid or …
The U.S., European Union and 12 other governments in the World Trade Organization have opened negotiations on a trade deal aimed at ending tariffs on environmental goods such as wind turbines and solar panels. The WTO members agreeing to the talks announced today in Geneva account for 86 percent of …
Insurers are developing plans to protect investors in solar and wind power projects against the sudden withdrawal of crucial state subsidies that have battered the European renewable energy industry. Willis, the world’s third largest insurance broker, is in advanced discussions with insurers including at Lloyd’s of London to put together …
Powergrid Corporation has already submitted its report detailing the renewable potential available, cost of setting up the projects and economic viability With depleting fossil fuel reserves and environmental concerns surrounding conventional power generation, the government has started work on a long-term plan to tap into India's solar and wind potential …
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved on Thursday 12 development projects with an estimated cost of over Rs440 billion, including Rs310bn for the Karachi-Lahore motorway. Presiding over a meeting of the council, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar asked the departments concerned to devise a mechanism to …
Brazil’s development bank BNDES approved 557 million reais ($251 million) in loans for wind projects in two states. The wind farms in the northeastern state of Ceara and the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul have a total capacity of 195.6 megawatts, the development bank said in a filing …
Finavera Wind Energy Inc. ("Finavera" or the "Company") (TSX-V: FVR) is pleased to announce that the 184MW Meikle Wind Energy Project (the "Project"), initially developed by Finavera and subsequently sold to Pattern Energy Group LP ("Pattern Development"), the current developer of the Project, for gross consideration of up to $28 …
The wholesale price of electricity should remain flat and could even fall, according to new research from the rating agency Moody's which will be welcomed by government and consumers. New offshore wind farms, better insulated houses and the possibility of weaker gas prices are likely to combine to help halt …
The number of renewable energy projects in the UK has soared by 40% with almost £300m invested in commercial-scale, independent schemes last year. Figures compiled by SmartestEnergy for this year's Energy Entrepreneurs Report show that there are now 2,930 renewable energy projects of over 50kW capacity now in operation, independent …
The solar policy unveiled by the AIADMK government when it came to power in 2002 aims to create 3000 MW of new solar capacity by 2015. Of this 1500 MW was to come from big plants called utility-scale, 350 MW from building rooftops and remaining 1150 MW to be achieved …
The Western and Far-Western regions of the country have vast wind energy resources that could be extracted commercially, according to a study. A preliminary study conducted by the National Atmospheric Resource and Environment Research Laboratory at the Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University (TU), showed Dadeldhura, Darchula in the Far-Western …
The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday said it would provide a $150 million loan to support construction of the proposed Cape Wind development off Massachusetts' Cape Cod beach resort area. Developers of the planned wind farm, which would feature 130 turbines capable of producing enough electricity to meet the …
Energy supplier E.ON opened its Camster wind farm in northern Scotland on Tuesday, which could power around 30,000 homes a year, the Germany-based company said. The wind farm, located between Lybster and Watten in Scotland, has 25 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 50 megawatts. Authorities gave permission in …
At least 70 jobs to be created as Norway's state-controlled Statoil and Statkraft prepare to invest in 67-turbine Dudgeon project with the Government's help Two Norwegian state-controlled energy companies are in line to receive £1.6bn in subsidies from UK consumers, after deciding to invest £1.5bn in building a wind farm …
The European Union’s top court backed Sweden’s refusal to subsidize a Finnish wind farm in a ruling that supports the EU’s current system where a government usually pays for power projects only in its own country. Sweden’s Energy Agency was justified to refuse aid to Finnish power producer Aalands Vindkraft …
Renewable energy may reap as much as two-thirds of the $7.7 trillion in investment forecast for building new power plants by 2030 as declining costs make it more competitive with fossil fuels. About half of the investment will be in Asia, the region where power capacity will grow the most, …
The Asia-Pacific Renewable Energy Assessment (APREA) provides an overview of the current and possible future costs of renewable electricity generation in selected reference economies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and Australia.
