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 …
After making rain water harvesting a mass movement, the state government is now working towards a mass revolution in generating solar power from the rooftops, according to chairman and managing director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency, Sudeep Jain Hit hard by a power crisis, the state is focusing on …
Mytrah Energy (India) Ltd is putting up a 100 MW farm near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The farm will be fully built by September, U.B. Reddy, Chief Operating Officer, Mytrah Energy, told Business Line on Friday. The project is a part of Mytrah’s 240 MW expansion programme. Currently, the AIM-listed wind …
Rajasthan is set to play a major role in solar and renewable energy, according to its Governor Margaret Alva. “Energy is the key to progress. At the same time, it is a big challenge too. Rajasthan is a national leader in solar energy and under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar …
BHOPAL: Striving for a place under the sun - Madhya Pradesh could outdo other states in renewable energy sector, government officials claimed on Thursday. The state hopes to increase renewal energy production from current levels of 499 MW to 3.3 GW by June 2015. Addressing a conference on 'investment opportunities …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at a conference on 'Green Norms for Green Energy', organised today, brought together different stakeholders to discuss environmental impacts of these sectors and modes of monitoring and regulating them. It focused on the wind and small hydro sectors. The conference shattered a lot …
The Union ministry of new and renewable energy has approved a Rs 1028.47-crore master plan submitted to it by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to make Guwahati a solar city. A senior GMC official said the ministry recently approved the master plan of the solar city project, which was submitted …
This financial year has begun on a promising note for the authorities of the Nathpa Jhakri hydroelectric project with generation surpassing the target for April. There had been a sharp decline in production during 2012-13. The project owned and operated by the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has generated 449 …
In the wake of recent statements made by the Prime Minister of India during the Clean Energy Ministerial meet in New Delhi that the new initiative launched is to double the renewable energy to 55000 MW by 2017, Ramesh Kymal, chairman, Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association said that the statements …
Europe needs to adopt clearer policies on energy to encourage investors, says a House of Lords report Investment totalling a trillion euros (£846bn) is required before the end of this decade if the European Union is to stave off an energy crisis. That is the conclusion of an eight-month inquiry …
Renewable Energy Ministry is extending both technical and financial support for the implementation of various schemes The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has released around Rs 153.46 crore during the last five years targeted at various renewable energy programmes in Tamil Nadu. New and Renewable Energy minister, Farooq Abdullah, …
The renewable energy sector in India, led by the wind energy segment, is seeing a rebound in investment with around five deals worth $500 million (approximately . 3,000 crore) being sealed in 2013. In contrast, there has not been a single deal in the conventional energy segment. “Investors are shying …
The country that is the world's largest investor in clean energy was dragged into yet another investigation into the subsidies it provides last week. The European Commission initiated an anti-subsidy probe into imports of solar glass from China, based on a complaint by lobby group EU ProSun Glass. "Under trade …
Energy wasting amongst Brit's remains high despite 80% saying they consider energy saving measures, according to the latest Government figures. Published today, the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) latest public attitudes tracker, which surveys more than 2,000 people, found that 67% of people admit to at least occasionally …
The new planning approach will see changes to wind farm developments A revamp of planning rules in Scotland could see wind farms being outlawed in the country's national parks and designated scenic areas. Planning Minister Derek Mackay is also proposing to locate turbines further away from cities, towns and villages. …
Britain's Green Investment Bank plans to invest in British clean energy projects over the next seven years along with United Arab Emirates' state-owned renewable energy firm Masdar, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday. The bank, formed with 3 billion pounds ($4.65 billion) of UK government funding, is designed …
To make solar power generation a mass movement In a bid to encourage more households to set up solar power plants, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced an investment subsidy of Rs. 20,000 per KW. She said it was part of her government’s plan to make solar power generation a …
Honda Automoveis do Brasil Ltda (HAB), the Honda automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, on Thursday announced plans to invest in wind power generation to be more proactive in using renewable energy to minimize the environmental footprint of its business activities. HAB will be the first automobile manufacturer in …
Tata Power today said that it has commissioned its 21-MW wind power project in Rajasthan. The company said in a statement that it has signed an agreement for installing a 30-MW plant in Rajasthan, of which 21-MW has been commissioned. With this, the total power generation capacity of Tata Power …
The Madras High Court has passed an interim injunction restraining Shanghai Electric from violating its February 2012 agreement with Chennai-based Vayuvidyut Projects to manufacture wind turbines in India. The order, passed recently, was in response to a petition filed by Vayuvidyut Projects, which alleged that Shanghai Electric terminated its 10-year …
Report of the Central Empowered Committee in Application No. 1209 filed before it by the Kudremukh Wildlife Foundation and others regarding alleged illegal diversion of forest lands for non-forest uses in the Western Ghats region in Karnataka.
