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 …
Solar energy has ticked off all the necessary boxes to become a favourite of the suppliers in search of an efficient source of power. Solar energy is the way forward towards clean energy in the state rather than wind energy given its low rate in the state. In last few …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pressed the button to start the country's first solar-powered district court in Khunti on October 2, 2015. Modi had arrived in the tribal heartland, four days after he emphasised on India's commitment to realise the vision of 175 GigaWatts of clean energy by 2022 at a …
Residents owning rooftop solar systems in the national Capital could save up to 95 per cent on their electricity bills according to an independent study released by the Council on Energy Environment and Water (CEEW). The study also revealed that residents buying power from a community rooftop solar PV plant, …
CHENNAI: Out in the park and worried about your mobile phone running out of charge? Visitors to at least three of the eight parks being renovated under the Smart City project won’t have to worry about this as the parks will have mobile phone charging points powered by solar panels. …
NEW DELHI: State-run IndianOil Corporation is harnessing solar power to make cooking gas refills available to homesteads and security establishments dotting the cold desert of Ladakh – also known as ‘roof of the world’ – in J&K; as India’s largest oil refiner and fuel retailer moves to reduce its carbon …
Solar system costs have declined by 27 per cent over the past three years. However, despite a 30-per cent government subsidy, households have installed only about 400 MW of rooftop solar across the country. Households having rooftop solar panels could save up to 95 per cent of their monthly power …
Pass-through facility and likely fall prices of Chinese PV modules enthuse investors. After a brief lull caused by fears of a rise in the cost of imported modules, solar developers have regained their competitive aggression. The latest reverse auction for 2,000 MW capacity has discovered tariff of 2.44 per unit, …
In water-scarce Shimla, where energy ministers from across India flew to discuss woes of the power sector, the host state pushed for immediate and long-term reforms in the hydro power sector. Along with other hydro rich states, Himachal Pradesh asked the government to give hydro power the same status, priority …
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Power, has commissioned a 100 MW (50 MW x 2) solar capacity at Anthapuramu Solar Park, Andhra Pradesh. With this, the overall operating renewable capacity of TPREL now stands at 2,215 MW in India. The sale of power …
CHANDIGARH: The ministry of new and renewable energy has enhanced the city’s solar power generation target from 50 megawatt (MW) to 69 MW to be achieved by 2022, compounding the problems of the administration which is struggling to catch up. Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest) has …
The objective of the programme was to promote non-conventional energy to save on conventional energy and also to reduce the carbon footprint. VIJAYAWADA: There are only around some 250 to 260 households with rooftop solar power units in Vijayawada city, one of the 60 cities shortlisted by the Central Government …
The institutions will be allowed to export energy to the grid under two models Tamilnadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), Staté’s nodal agency for developing renewable energy, has come out with draft plans to allow educational institutions to set up solar energy plants with capacities of 1-5 MW each. The move …
KOLKATA: Solar dome, an innovation developed by city based solar power expert Santi Pada Gonchaudhuri that instantly generates power by absorbing solar energy, has been adopted at the Prime Minister’s residence at 7, Race Course Road, New Delhi. Gon Chaudhuri, who had came up with the design of the solar …
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has set out to produce comprehensive, reliable data sets on renewable energy capacity and use worldwide. The Renewable Energy Statistics 2018 yearbook shows data sets on renewable power-generation capacity for 2008-2017, renewable power generation for 2008-2016 and renewable energy balances for about 120 countries …
Off-grid renewable energy solutions have emerged as mainstream and support the expanding access to modern energy services in a timely and environmentally sustainable manner. Off-grid renewables are able to deliver a wide spectrum of electricity services for households, public services, commercial and industrial uses. The number of people served by …
In their article, "Solar Irrigation Cooperatives: Creating the Frankenstein's Monster for India's Groundwater", Sahasranaman et al. (2018) erroneously conclude that, "the Dhundi pilot...is an experiment that has gone terribly wrong". While the article is full of miscalculations and internal inconsistencies, as fellow researchers, welcome their critique. In the first half …
Sale of renewable energy certificates has declined by about 32 per cent to 8.96 lakh in June on Indian Energy Exchange and Power Exchange India Ltd as compared to 13.15 lakh in May this year, as per official data. The renewable purchase obligation (RPO) is mandated by central/state regulatory commission …
A proposal seeking safeguard duty on imported solar cells and modules could get derailed due to difference among manufacturers on whether projects under Special Economic Zones (SEZs) should also get protection. A safeguard duty is levied to prevent product imports into the country from causing harm to domestic manufacturers of …
Access to electricity can bring about a transformative change in the economic conditions and growth of any country. It not only helps in improving the living conditions of the society at large, but also provides them with ample revenue opportunities to earn a livelihood. In India, the lack of electricity …
Expressing concern over the threats posed by global climate change, the president of Seychelles, Danny Faure spoke on the role of the global community in tackling this challenge. He said this while addressing faculty and Indian Forest Service probationers at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) here on Wednesday. …
