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 …
Power from renewable sources could emerge as a mainstream source of energy if backed by right policies and initiatives, leaders of the wind energy sector said while announcing details of the forthcoming ‘Wind Power India 2012’ international conference and exhibition. New estimates Led by WPI-2012 organising committee chairperson V. Subramanian, …
Energy Minister John Hayes has attacked onshore wind farms, calling them a "terrible intrusion", and has ordered a new analysis of the case for wind farms and their effect on local communities. Talking to the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph, Hayes claimed the UK is "peppered" by wind farms and …
There has been no change in the government's policy on renewable energy, the prime minister has said. It comes after a Tory energy minister sparked a coalition row by claiming the UK had "enough" onshore wind farms. John Hayes was slapped down by his Lib Dem boss Ed Davey after …
Renewable energy in India has grown at a fast pace in the past few years, led by Wind, but also having substantial contributions from Biomass, Small Hydro and, more recently, solar energy. Wind energy deployment is now more than a decade old in Tamil Nadu and other states in South …
This paper examines the development of the solar PV and wind industries across China, Germany, India, Japan, and the United States from 2001–2011. It takes a unique, comparative approach to track the policies and incentives put in place by these key competitors, documents the state of play in each market, …
A green revolution to make EU energy almost totally carbon-free by 2050 would generate 3 trillion euros ($3.9 trillion) in fuel savings, a report commissioned by environmental campaigners said. The energy shift would already create around half a million extra jobs by 2020, researchers from German aerospace center DLR, which …
Wind turbines have become a familiar sight in the blustery port of Choshi on the eastern tip of the Kanto Plain, but this 126-meter-tall machine is different. Besides being one of the biggest wind turbines in Japan, it stands in the ocean, ready to take advantage of steady marine winds. …
Karachi—The windmill project, based on 66 turbines, at Jhampir town of Thatta district will start generating 106.4 MW per day in January 2013. The Thatta air corridor has the generating capacity of 50,000 MW electricity per day. The project, which was launched by former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani …
With the State facing an acute power shortage, the Tamil Nadu Government in its solar energy policy has made it mandatory for large-scale power consumers to meet six per cent of their energy requirements from solar power by 2014. The new solar energy policy envisages production of over 3,000 MW …
More than two-thirds of people would rather have a wind turbine than a shale gas well near their home, according to a new opinion poll published on Tuesday. Asked to choose between having the two energy sources within two miles of their home, 67% of respondents favoured a turbine, compared …
U.S. wind power developers are installing record-high numbers of turbines in 2012 but that growth could weaken if a production tax credit expires at the end of this year, an industry group said. The U.S. wind industry in August for the first time surpassed 50,000 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity …
Oct 15, Colombo: Four islands off of Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula in the North will be fully electrified with a combined network of solar and wind power. The Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka has revealed that the islands of Delft, Nainathivu (Nagadeepa), Analathivu and Elivathivu islands will …
The state government has directed Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGenco) to expedite power projects so that 4,000-Mw additional capacity be added by 2014, besides requesting Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) to complete connectivity between the southern, northern and western grid by 2013. Minnie Mathew, chief secretary, …
Going tough for green energy co on global gloom, huge debt Can Tulsi Tanti salvage Suzlon Energy? Will he lose control over the world’s fifthlargest wind turbine maker, which he built from scratch? The company, which defaulted on a $209-million foreign currency convertible bond repayment on Thursday, has piled up …
Germany's environment minister outlined plans on Thursday to limit support for wind energy and biomass generation following a similar cap imposed on the photovoltaic sector, as part of a proposed reform of renewable energy policy. Peter Altmaier also raised Germany's green targets, saying he wanted renewables to account for 40 …
Investments highest in solar power followed by wind energy New investments in renewable energy and fuels reached $257 billion worldwide last year, with India logging the sharpest surge and China attracting the largest amount at $52.2 billion, says a report. In 2010, the total global investment in renewable power and …
A group of seven multinational companies has told the British government that they could halt their investment in the UK green energy sector if state support for renewable energy wanes. Britain is the world's biggest offshore wind market in terms of capacity and has attracted interest from global players in …
Mytrah Energy Ltd. has proposed to add another 270 MW of wind-based power taking its total operational capacity across the country to 610 MW by mid-2013. The two-year-old Independent Power Producer company with a revenue of Rs.165 crore in the first half of the current fiscal and a projected profit …
Company likely to break even in first half of this fiscal Hyderabad-based Wind energy company Mytrah Energy Limited on Wednesday said it expects to make a profit before tax (PBT) of $10-12 million (Rs 52-62 crore) on a projected revenue of $28-30 million (Rs 146-156 crore) in the first half …
GDF Suez would demand compensation from Poland if the country brings in a new renewables law cutting support for green energy, Chief Executive of GDF's Polish unit Grzegorz Gorski was quoted saying on Wednesday. The French company is most concerned about plans to cut support for biomass co-firing, the largest …
