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 International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has launched the world's first open-access global atlas of renewable energy resources to help countries assess their renewable energy potential. The atlas will also help companies bring together data and maps from leading technical institutes and private companies worldwide. Currently charting solar and wind …
Clean energy investment slid 11 per cent last year after governments in industrial nations slashed subsidies for technologies ranging from wind turbines to solar power and biomass. The $US268.7 billion ($254.4 billion) invested in the industry last year was down from a record $US302.3 billion in 2011, the second highest …
The wind energy industry, in its pre-budget memorandum to the finance ministry, has made a strong pitch for the restoration of accelerated depreciation (AD), waiver in the uniform customs duty of five per cent for components used in generation and inclusion of projects under the priority lending category for the …
More than 500 villages will be initially electrified though promotion of clean and renewable solar energy through photovoltaic process. Talking to APP here on Monday Director General Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) Khalid Islam said that social and political struggle for economic development cannot be fully realized without …
Electricity generated from clean energy resources in China rose 28.5 percent year-on-year in 2012 as the country moved to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels in its energy structure. China generated 1.07 trillion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity from clean energy resources, accounting for 21.4 percent of the country's total electricity …
Investment in clean energy projects dipped 11 per cent last year, according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which confirmed the $268.7bn invested still made 2012 the second most successful year on record for the global clean energy sector. The analyst firm also revealed the rapid expansion …
China announced Sunday that it aims at becoming a full member of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in 2013, a move which was widely welcomed. Currently, China has an observer status at the 148-member IRENA, which was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi. The IRENA strives to increase …
MPs raise concerns about terms of licensing system for constructing transmission lines The government's plans to bring more offshore wind power on to the grid are flawed and could lead to higher electricity prices for consumers, an influential committee of MPs has warned. Offshore windfarms require heavy-duty transmission infrastructure to …
One of the leading wind turbine makers in the world Suzlon Group's wind park in Kutch district of Gujarat has crossed 1000 Mw of installed capacity. This makes the company's Kutch wind park one of the largest of its kind in India. Suzlon currently has a total installed capacity of …
In a bid to promote solar power generation in a big way, the Odisha government has decided to finalise a comprehensive solar policy in two months. The department of science & technology, which is finalizing the policy, has targeted solar power production of 80 Mw in three years. “We had …
Technology giants Apple and Google have both announced investments in renewable energy projects, focusing largely on wind energy. Yesterday, Google made an approximate $200m (£125m) equity investment in the Spinning Spur Wind Project, a 161 megawatt facility located in Oldham County, Texas and built by EDF Renewable Energy. Senior manager …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government has roped in a Mumbai-based company to tap the maximum potential of canal-based solar power generation. The company aims to save on the cost of land for laying solar panels, while simultaneously preventing water evaporation and theft. The state government is all set to sign a memorandum …
In a first of its kind of initiative, leading corporate entities have come together and aggregated their demand for green energy. A consortium comprising nine companies across sectors like information technology (IT), manufacturing and retail, among others, have joined hands for group buying of renewable energy like that from wind, …
French power company EDF has launched its first wind farm in Poland, a 48 megawatt (MW) facility located in the northern part of the country, the firm said on Thursday. The utility's unit, EDF Energies Nouvelles, bought the Linowo windfarm last year to strengthen its position in the coal-dependant European …
A consortium of businesses has agreed a deal to buy a portfolio of France-based onshore wind farms for around €350m (£284m). The 32 wind farms have a combined capacity of 321.4 megawatts using turbines from a variety of manufacturers and the transaction will also include an "earn-out" of up to …
Friday, January 04, 2013 - FEDERAL Minister for Water and Power Ch Ahmad Mukhtar has said that 45 Wind Power Projects of around 3200MW capacity are under process and about 106 MW of electricity would soon be added by a few of them that are ready for commercial operation. Credit …
The U.S. wind industry is powering up once again after Congress extended a critical tax credit that wind companies say will save tens of thousands of domestic jobs and allow more clean energy projects to ramp up this year. About half of the sector's 75,000 jobs in the United States …
Out of 8.5 Lakh certificates offered for sale in Dec, 1.73 L find takers Renewable energy certificates (REC) for power generated from wind, bio-mass, bio-fuel and small hydro plants are stacking up in the absence of takers, eroding a key incentive for renewable electricity. Out of 8.5 lakh such certificates …
Federal Minister for Water and Power, Ch Ahmed Mukhtar has claimed that around 45 wind power projects with a total capacity of 3,200 MW are under process in the country while 106MW wind projects are ready for commercial operation. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of Pakistan’s first 50 MW wind energy …
Federal Minister for Water and Power Ch Ahmed Mukhtar has said that 45 Wind Power Projects of around 3,200 megawatts (MW) capacity are under completion process, out of which some are ready for commercial operation. Among them wind projects worth 106 MW are ready for commercial operation, while another 150 …
