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 …
From an economy addicted to coal and nuclear energy, Germany is fast transforming into one driven by renewables. Its aim is to demonstrate to the world that growth and decarbonisation can go hand in hand. Chandra Bhushan and Ankur Paliwal travel to Germany to understand how it is doing so …
Hero Group on Wednesday announced its foray into renewable power generation, with a target to build 1,000 MW capacity with an investment of over R6,000 crore by 2016-17. The renewable business will see the company invest in greenfield and brownfield opportunities in wind, solar and small hydro projects. The group, …
The BM Munjal-led Hero Group today announced its entry into renewable power generation business by unveiling a company ‘Hero Future Energies’ for executing clean energy projects in which it will pump in over Rs 7,000 crore by 2016-17. “Hero Future Energies, an independent power producer plans to develop over 1 …
Renewable energy is fast becoming an important component of total energy mix in India. Since renewable energy’s expansion is happening at a rapid pace, it was felt that the sustainable governance and management aspects of its expansion is critical in its growth and needs to be studied. This study is …
India's significant economic growth over the last decade has led to an inexorable rise in energy demand. Currently, India faces a challenging energy shortage. To grow at 9 per cent over the next 20 years, it is estimated that its energy capacity must increase by approximately 5.8 per cent per …
India's significant economic growth over the last decade has led to an inexorable rise in energy demand. Currently, India faces a challenging energy shortage. To grow at 9 per cent over the next 20 years, it is estimated that its energy capacity must increase by approximately 5.8 per cent per …
AHMEDABAD: After installing solar panels atop some of the main zonal offices of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Sardar Patel Stadium in Navrangpura, the AMC is now turning to wind energy. With the AMC incurring electricity bills worth close to Rs 150 crore per annum, huge savings can …
AHMEDABAD: After installing solar panels atop some of the main zonal offices of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Sardar Patel Stadium in Navrangpura, the AMC is now turning to wind energy. With the AMC incurring electricity bills worth close to Rs 150 crore per annum, huge savings can …
In a breakthrough decision for wind and solar power industry, the power regulator in Maharashtra has directed all distribution firms to meet their obligation for buying renewable energy in the past four years, and said they will have to pay a stiff penalty if the backlog of their “renewable purchase …
Sadiccha cooperative housing society on Paud road reduced its monthly electricity bill by almost Rs 10,000 in July, when it first switched over to compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) for its common areas and parking and replaced its worn-out water pump with a new, more powerful machine. The society, comprising 84 …
Even if hilly Melghat has good potential for solar energy, heavy rain during monsoon makes solar energy projects ineffective. To tide over the crisis wind-solar energy projects can be the best solution for tribal-dominated region in Amravati district, said Maharashtra chief secretary Jayant Kumar Banthia. He, along with principal secretary …
New Zealand scaled back its target for reducing carbon emissions on Friday, saying the move was an interim step ahead of a new United Nations pact from 2020. The government said it would commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. It had previously …
A National Offshore Wind Energy Authority (NOWA) under the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) will be constituted that will be the nodal agency for offshore wind projects in the country. NOWA will carry out resource assessment and surveys in the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of the country and …
Power to be generated from 50 proposed projects, including Gundia Even as the State continues to face frequent power shortage, the government has said that it will create an energy bank of 21,614 MW by the end of the financial year 2021-22. The State government in its annual report for …
Diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd plans to invest nearly Rs 300 crore to add 48 MW wind power generation capacity by early next fiscal. The capacities will be located in Andhra Pradesh. The company currently has a 70 MW wind farm capacity, mostly in Tamil Nadu. According to Pradeep Dhobale, Executive …
Solar and wind continue to dominate investment in new renewable capacity. Global use of solar and wind energy grew significantly in 2012. Solar power consumption increased by 58 percent, to 93 terrawatt-hours (TWh), while wind power increased by 18.1 percent, to 521.3 TWh. Global investment in solar energy in 2012 …
The Indian Wind Power Association has appealed the Government to restore the accelerated depreciation scheme for the wind energy sector. Association chairman K. Kasthoorirangaian told The Hindu that the accelerated depreciation scheme and generation-based incentives were withdrawn for the sector last April This year, Rs. 800 crore was allocated in …
Dr. Basharat Hasan Bashir, CEO Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has recently issued an LOI for a 10 MW solar energy project to be launched in Gharo, Sindh. Dr. Basharat, who assumed the charge of CEO AEDB w.e.f. June 12, 2013, is encouraging alternate energy projects with particular emphasis on …
According to International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013) which was released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), world energy consumption is projected to increase by 56 percent over the next three decades! This projected increase is mainly due to the growth of the developing world. EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski …
Guidance aims to help local authorities weigh up renewable energy projects against other environmental concerns The renewable energy industry has welcomed new planning guidance designed to help local authorities weigh up the need for renewable energy projects against other environmental concerns. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) today …
