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 …
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released ‘Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2014’ few days back. It claims that there are approximately 6.5 million people working in the renewable energy sector across the globe, a 14 per cent growth from 5.7 million jobs in 2012. “With 6.5 million people directly …
The U.S. Energy Department will award as much as $47 million each to developers planning wind farms off the coasts of Oregon, Virginia and New Jersey. The projects have a total of 67 megawatts of capacity and are expected to be connected to the grid by 2017, the agency said …
The U.S. Energy Department will award as much as $47 million each to developers planning wind farms off the coasts of Oregon, Virginia and New Jersey. The projects have a total of 67 megawatts of capacity and are expected to be connected to the grid by 2017, the agency said …
Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) Chief Operating Officer Asjad Imtiaz Ali said Tuesday that up to 1,000 megawatt wind power would be added to national grid by March 2015, while another 1,000 megawatt solar energy will be added by 2016. In an interview with The Nation, he admitted that Alternative …
Suzlon Group has secured a Rs 720-crore wind-turbine supply order from US-based PowerWorks, reviving its order book after scripting the country's biggest convertible bond default in 2012. People with knowledge of the matter said Suzlon's US-based subsidiary, Suzlon Wind Energy Corp (SWECO), has forged an agreement with PowerWorks to supply …
Coalmining in Australia is entering a “structural decline”, with projects set to become unviable due to unrealistic expectations over the potential to export the fossil fuels to China and India, according to a new report. The study, by the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, suggests that two …
France must decide in the next few years whether it wants to continue its nuclear-driven energy policy at a cost of up to 300 billion euros ($415 billion) or if it wants to embark on an equally costly route towards using other fuels. Most of the country's 58 nuclear reactors …
Document for energy sector includes Coal India rejig and adopting a satisfying gas pricing formula The BJP’s blueprint for the energy sector includes restructuring coal India by creating new companies to handle problematic mines with world-class technology and management; adopting a gas pricing formula that satisfies both producers and consumers; …
Conservationists plan to sue the U.S. government over new rules they say loosen protection for eagles killed by wind farm turbines, arguing they threaten decades of protection that saved the bald eagle, America's national emblem, from extinction. The American Bird Conservancy notified the administration on Wednesday of its intent to …
This report presents a comprehensive overview of the opportunities for value creation from the deployment of large-scale solar and wind energy technologies. It contributes to bridging the existing knowledge gap on the topic and gives policy makers and other stakeholders evidence on economic value creation from the accelerated deployment. The …
Wind energy is a widely available, affordable, reliable, non-emitting, readily quantifiable and verifiable, and rapidly deployable electric generation method for significantly reducing air pollution, including emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). Indeed, the current fleet of wind turbines in the U.S. is already reducing …
The National Transmission Line of electricity is yet to reach Dhaubadi-1 of Nawalparasi but the homes here are all lit with wind energy. The locals who were forced to spend dark nights with the help of oil-fed lamps are now enjoying 24 hour power supply, thanks to support of the …
Four years since report on encroachments in Attappady. Though it has been four years since the High Power Committee headed by the Chief Secretary found that 85.21 acres of tribal land was encroached upon at Attappady and sold to windmill companies, action has not been initiated either against the officials …
Segolene Royal, appointed French energy and environment minister this month, said on Friday she planned to create 100,000 jobs in the next three years with a drive for green growth. Royal told a news conference she wanted to accelerate investment in renewable energies like wind, solar, biomass and marine energy, …
France may be the world's most nuclear energy dependent country, but times are changing as the country looks to increase the amount of wind—sourced electricity in its power mix. When French President François Hollande took the reins of power in 2012 he pledged to reduce the country's nuclear dependency from …
Sindh government has succeeded in getting foreign investment of more than $1 billion for its first sponsored Wind Power Project at Jhampeer wind corridor district Thatta/Jamshoro.The project having capacity to generate 650 megawatts (MW) electricity would provide jobs to more than 1,000 people of the area.Chief Minister Sindh Qiam Ali …
Five offshore windfarms and three biomass projects will provide millions of homes with clean power The UK government has agreed deals to financially support eight major new renewable energy projects that will power millions of homes. Five of the schemes are offshore windfarms, which the Conservative party plans to back …
Bacardi Ltd. is a world famous maker of rum, but the company is becoming known for something else: its sustainability measures. After highlighting significant reductions in water and energy use in its 2013 corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, Bacardi recently announced new energy efficiency measures. These measures include installing solar …
Observing that climate change is altering the planet in ways that will have profound impacts on humankind, US President Barack Obama has urged Americans to protect environment for a healthy and sustainable future. US President Barack Obama "Today, we face a problem that threatens us all. The overwhelming judgement of …
Sri Lanka's Central Bank has sounded a note of caution and over the rising burden of renewable power on consumers as the proportion of non-conventional renewable power (NCRE) increases in the grid. "Although the country is keen on including more renewable energy to its total generation plan due to its …
