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 Sun is believed to be 4.6 billion years old and it has never ever failed to show up. No one owns the sun and yet everyone owns it. It supplies its energy free to all who wish to take it. Supplies are inexhaustible. There are no rate hikes. In …
Japan fell from the top position in the world as a solar battery producer in 2007, replaced by Europe, a survey by a U.S. industry journal said Saturday. Japan's annual production of solar cells came to 920,000 kilowatts last year, down 11.3% from the previous year, while that of Europe …
Solar Semiconductor, a solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and services, on Thursday entered into a strategic partnership with IBC Solar of Germany, a distributor of system integrators of solar PV products in Europe. The partnership is valued at Rs. 2,300 crore ($575 million) in the next three years. Solar Semiconductor CEO …
An electric company plans to install a huge patchwork of solar cells, 10 times bigger than any previous such installation, on more than 100 large rooftops around Southern California. Times Topics: Solar EnergyThe California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, will take part when Southern California Edison announces the plan on Thursday. The …
The then advisor to Prime Minister on Power Yasin Malik has said that solar energy is the best solution to the ongoing power crisis in the country. This he said while addressing as a chief guest the 2nd International Conference on Alternate Energy and Power held here at Expo Centre …
The Green Ventures Carbon Fund has tied up with a few major European financial partners and are actively looking for Indian strategic partners and project developers either for carbon credits or to jointly set up environment friendly projects. Though names of the partners was not revealed, Green Ventures India MD …
The government today passed a bill defining a "township' to prevent "mushrooming of buildings' without infrastructure. "A township means a clearly delineated planned development project... having... basic urban infrastructure and amenities,' says the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) (Amendment) Bill, 2008. It divides townships into three categories
Japanese sailor Kenichi Horie, who has sailed non-stop around the world and crossed the Pacific in a solar-powered boat made of recycled aluminium beer cans, is off on his next solo adventure at sea. He set sail for Japan on Sunday from the Hawaii Yacht Club on what he says …
Tata BP Solar, which specialises in solar photovoltaics, has signed an agreement with Calyon Bank (Credit Agricole CIB) and BNP Paribas to raise a $78 million debt to fund its 128 mw solar cell expansion project in the city. According to the company, the present production capacity is 50 mw …
It will be the California-based firm's largest global facility. California-based photovoltaic modules maker Signet Solar has said that its Indian operations, expected to start production by 2009-end, will be the company's largest global facility. The upcoming plant at the special economic zone in Sriperumbudur near Chennai will produce 300 mw …
Visitors to Thalheim in eastern Germany enter a grey landscape of abandoned industrial buildings, the remnants of the communist-era chemicals industry. Yet amid the blight, a few dozen shiny low-lying factories provide signs of a long hoped for revival. Dubbed the Solar Valley, the area around the town south of …
In a cityscape dotted by energy guzzling high-rises, the municipal corporation has decided to set the precedent for going green. The first ever civic green building complex is all set to come up on a sprawling 52,000 sq m plot in Borivali. The project is part of the BMC's upgradation …
Kenichi Horie, who has crossed the Pacific in a solar-powered boat made of recycled aluminium, is getting ready for his next solo sea adventure. The 69-year-old Japanese sailor will set out March 16 on what he says will be the world's longest voyage in a wave-powered boat. Speaking through a …
On February 22nd, at an event featuring film stars, astronauts and technology gurus, Acciona, a Spanish conglomerate, is due to inaugurate a new power plant a few miles from Las Vegas. In fact, the plant has been running since last June. But the technology it uses, known as "concentrating solar …
Spurred by environmental concerns, the West Bengal Government is set to make it mandatory to have rainwater harvesting and solar power facilities in buildings. "Global warming and climate change are threatening us. We must, therefore, have greenhouse concepts like solar power and rainwater harvesting in new buildings. I am talking …
An Australian subsidiary of CLP Holdings Ltd, the larger of Hong Kong's two power utilities, has agreed with Melbourne-based Solar Systems to develop the world's largest solar power station. TRUenergy will contribute an initial A$7 million ($6.5 million) to develop a 2-megawatt heliostat concentrated photovoltaic pilot plant, subsequently investing up …
Japan's Sharp Corp will team up with Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd and Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd to develop large lithium-ion batteries that can store solar energy for houses, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. The deal will help Sharp, the world's largest producer of solar cells, expand …
An Australian subsidiary of CLP Holdings Ltd, the larger of Hong Kong's two power utilities, has agreed with Melbourne-based Solar Systems to develop the world's largest solar power station. TRUenergy will contribute an initial A$7 million ($6.5 million) to develop a 2-megawatt heliostat concentrated photovoltaic pilot plant, subsequently investing up …
Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency will invite proposals soon Officials will visit Germany and Spain where large solar photovoltaic power plants have come up Programme to encourage generation of grid quality power from megawatt-sized solar plants CHENNAI: Half-a-dozen companies have expressed interest in implementing the recently unveiled national programme on …
Entrepreneurs and NGOs find innovative models to take solar energy to rural homes in the country. As dusk slowly lapses into night, it is time for millions to call it a day. For, before the night falls, farmers with their cattle have to be at home, children have to finish …
