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 …
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today said that harnessing of green energy has been given considerable fillip by his Government and generation of solar, thermal and wind power is receiving due attention alongwith launch of hydro electric projects in the State. Omar Abdullah said that the interest of investors in …
From scapping use of plastic in catering items to harnessing solar power, the railway budget has looked at achieving energy efficiency and reducing its carbon footprint. The railways will switch to agro-based and recycled material for catering services. The transporter also plans to set up an energy management company to …
BHOPAL: Wind energy projects of 1,300 MW capacity will be set up in the state by December 2014, according to a press release here on Tuesday. One hundred MW power will be generated by biomass projects as well, according to State department New and Renewable Energy. It said that apart …
The new order will take ONGC toral installed wind power capacity to 153.9 MW Suzlon Group, India's largest wind turbine manufacturer, has received an order for a 102.9 MW project from Oil & natural gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC). The project comprises 49 units of Suzlon's S88- 2.1 MW wind turbines …
Madam Speaker, I rise to present before this august House the Revised Estimates for 2012-13 and a statement of estimated receipts and expenditure for 2013-14. I do so with mixed feelings crossing my mind. While I have a feeling of a colossus today, it is only ephemeral and is instantaneously …
Germany's transition to renewable energy may cost up to 1 trillion euros ($1.34 trillion) in the next two decades, the environment minister said on Wednesday, piling pressure on his opponents to back plans to cap power price rises before the election. With an eye on the September vote, Peter Altmaier, …
Romania aims to lower subsidies for some renewable energy projects from 2014, trying to avoid overcompensating investors while burdening consumers with high power bills. The move announced on Wednesday by an official from the country's energy regulator ANRE follows growing pressure for subsidy reductions in countries such as Britain and …
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has decided to extend the existing upfront tariff for wind power projects in Sindh, which expired on December 31, 2012, by another year.The Prime Minister was presiding over a high level meeting of the Sindh Board of Investment at the PM’s Secretariat on Tuesday afternoon.The …
Tata Power has registered its 50.4 MW wind project at Samana, Gujarat, under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The project is expected to generate about 76,000 CERs (certified emission reduction) per annum. The wind plant at Samana, commissioned in May 2009, uses 63 wind turbine generators of 800 KW each. …
Maharashtra power distribution utility submits petition Wind power may not be all that it’s cracked up to be. Increased wind energy costs proposed in a draft renewable energy tariff for 2013-14 by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has upset the State power distribution utility, which has submitted a petition …
The terms "green jobs" and "green economy" are in vogue due to the observation that many renewable energy technologies seem to create more jobs per unit of installed capacity and per unit power generated compared to fossil fuel technologies. From a policy perspective, it is not only important to estimate …
K. Radhakrishnan, former KSEB Member (Generation), has said that given the peculiarities of the Kerala power system, any decision on large-scale grid connection to seasonal resources such as solar and wind power plants should be taken cautiously to maintain the power system security. He said this while inaugurating a technical …
Wind energy firms have approached the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity to ensure enforcement of the renewable purchase obligations, complaining that the regulators have failed to penalise those found guilty of non-compliance. Indian Wind Energy Association and Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association have jointly petitioned against all 25 state electricity regulatory …
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday gave Congress an ultimatum on climate change: craft a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the dangers of a warming world, or the White House will go it alone. "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will," Obama …
Nearly one million Australian rooftops now have solar panels and 62 wind farms are generating power. SOLAR and wind-power generation are soaring at home and abroad as falling costs combine with rising prices for fossil-fuel alternatives to reshape electricity markets. Australians installed about 1 gigawatt of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels …
Pune: A recent study by citybased Ela Foundation and MES Abasaheb Garware College, to assess the impact of wind farms on birds at the Bhambarwadi Plateau in the northern Western Ghats, found 27 bird species out of 89 at the risk of collision with the rotor blades of the wind …
A relative slowdown in new wind turbine construction in China was offset by increases in the US, Germany, India and the UK Wind power expanded by almost 20% in 2012 around the world to reach a new peak of 282 gigawatts (GW) of total installed capacity, while solar power reached …
A recent poll has revealed that 78% of people want low carbon sources to power Britain in the future, with nuclear power coming top of the list with 26%. Wind and marine energy came joint-second in the poll, which measured public support for Britain's future energy needs. Released yesterday, the …
The Global Wind Energy Council released its 2012 market statistics, showing continued expansion of the market, with annual market growth of almost 10%, and cumulative capacity growth of about 19%. A record year for US installations and a slower market in China mean that the two countries all but tied …
Germany’s national energy project is becoming a cause for disunion. Like many German regions, northern Saxony around Leipzig is humming with the word Energiewende. Literally “energy turn”, it could also mean “energy revolution”. And that is how Germany sees the twin goals it has set itself: to shut down nuclear …
