Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bhuwan Chandra Bhatt Vs Member Secretary, Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board & Others dated 13/02/2025. The application, based on a letter petition, a resident of village Kunidhar, tehsil Bhikiasen, Almora had made a complaint about indiscriminate felling of Chir and Banj …
Renewable energy sources should be fully tapped not only meet growing energy needs but also to protect environment and scale down use of petrol and diesel, said Central Electro Chemical and Research Institute Acting Director Vijaya Mohan K. Pillai. He was inaugurating a national conference on renewable energy utilisation - …
A dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) is a thin film cell that uses thin layers of photosensitive organic dye deposits on a substrate to produce power from solar energy. In 2011, this technology took several important steps towards cost effective commercialisation, with major industrial players such as Tata Steel Europe (formerly …
The development of an ecosystem- through economic, social, institutional arrangements- is of utmost importance in supporting technology dissemination and adequately serving the needs of a community. The National Solar Mission of India has not paid adequate attention to this aspect in its objective to promote off-grid applications of solar energy. …
New Delhi Tata Power, the country's largest integrated private power player, on Tuesday said it would acquire BP Alternative Energy Holding's 51% stake in joint venture Tata BP Solar. The decision was made days after BP decided to exit its 40-year old solar business. Though financial details of the deal …
Countries protect their renewable energy equipment. Exporting nations see it as trade barrier. The world is witnessing an increase in trade disputes in the renewable energy sector. Countries are trying to strengthen their renewable energy base by preferring indigenous products over imports. This is an obvious dampener for countries with …
Singapore/Hong Kong The solar industry’s rapidly growing demand for silver could hit a wall next year, as the rising price of the precious metal forces solar cell makers to cut use of the metal in their battle against overcapacity and a near halving of product prices. Silver consumption by solar …
The growing emphasis on solar energy utilisation to achieve energy security as well as to combat the menace of climate change and global warming has resulted in the formulation of one of the world’s most ambitious solar missions in India. While the larger focus of the Mission is on grid-connected …
This guidebook has been developed to provide and overview of National Solar Energy Generation Programs within the umbrella Mission for the solar energy development in India i.e. the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) under the National Action Plan for Climate Change. It provides information on key regulations and …
This Greepeace report is a documentation of 10 successful case studies from across India on how communities and individuals have used decentralised renewable energy to energise and empower their lives. Asserting the fact that renewable energy holds the key to India’s energy future, Greenpeace released the report Taking Charge: Case …
This brochure focuses on innovation in low-emitting technological alternatives for the electricity sector, in particular solar photovoltaics (solar PV) and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Technological change will be crucial in the electricity sector, as power generation stands for between one-third and one-half of all global CO2 emissions. Global electricity …
An Indian-origin researcher-led team in Singapore claims to have exploited nanostructure technology to make a highly efficient and yet cheaper silicon solar cell. Navab Singh, who led the team from Nanyang Technological University and A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics hopes that their new product would halve the cost of solar energy. …
Solar energy has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years due to both technological improvements resulting in cost reductions and government policies supportive of renewable energy development and utilization. This study analyzes the technical, economic and policy aspects of solar energy development and deployment. While the cost of solar energy has …
This paper offers a strategic framework for policymakers seeking to capitalize on the low-carbon transition. The first section presents innovation as a key strategy to achieve economic development, energy, and environmental goals. The second section explains why the innovation process is unique in the low-carbon power sector and introduces the …
The objectives of these guidelines are: To facilitate a quick start up of the JNNSM; To ensure serious participation for projects to be selected under JNNSM; To facilitate speedier implementation of the new projects to be selected to meet the Phase I target of JNNSM; To enhance confidence in the …
It always comes as a surprise to non-specialist observers that, despite the fact that India has 300 days of sunlighton average, solar power plays an almost insignificant role in the Indian energy mix. What they fail to see is the technological, financial, institutional and structural complexity that needs to be …
The British government plans to plug a loophole in its support scheme for solar power plants which would have allowed producers to benefit from higher tariffs for large-scale plants which the government intends to curb. The Department of Energy and Climate Change announced on Wednesday it intends to change a …
This report presents an analysis of solar promotion policies in seven countries - Germany, Spain, the United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, and India – in terms of their outlook, objectives, policy mechanisms and outcomes. The report presents key insights, primarily in qualitative terms, and recommendations for two distinct audiences. The …
The Nation Solar Mission is dependent the performance of its first phase and its later phases are contingent on the first phase outcomes. Certain portion of the subsidy is also contingent under a potential climate deal in future. There is thus an emergent need for accelerated progress for implementing the …
A solar energy plane made the world's first international flight powered by the sun on Friday to show the potential for pollution-free air travel. The Solar Impulse took off from an airfield at Payerne in western Switzerland on Friday morning and landed at Brussels airport after a 13-hour flight. "The …
A new method of making electricity from sunlight has just been testedAT THE moment, there are two reliable ways to make electricity from sunlight. You can use a panel of solar cells to create the current directly, by liberating electrons from a semiconducting material such as silicon. Or you can …
