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 …
a new solar panel unveiled by Georgia Tech Research Institute in Atlanta in April 2007 promises to produce about 60 times more electricity than traditional solar cells. The new cells are smaller and less complex. Conventional flat solar cells reflect a significant portion of the light that hits them, reducing …
us researchers have fabricated a solar cell out of everyday plastic, hoping to meet the growing energy demand with a more affordable way to harness the Sun. Scientists at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California at Los Angeles (ucla), led by Yang Yang, hope …
Solar power is getting a major boost in Bhutan. More schools, health units and monasteries in remote areas will get solar energy now. The officials of the department of power in Bhutan have distributed 50 solar panels and trained 60 technicians in solar power usage. These technicians were given tips …
we are always the first to start. Invariably the last to finish. This is also, possibly, the story of renewables in the country. Way back in 1980, the government created the commission on additional sources of energy. In September 1982, the department of non-conventional energy sources was set up, and …
solar wasted sunshine POTENTIAL: India receives 5,000 trillion kilowatt hours per year of solar energy, estimated at 20 mw per sq km. INSTALLED: 0.385 million solar lanterns; 0.18 million home lighting systems; 41,000 street lighting systems, 4,204 water pumping systems; about 1.2 mw aggregate capacity of stand alone power plants, …
#1. Subsidies on fossil fuels (both covert and overt) make renewables uncompetitive. The biggest barrier to commercialisation of renewable energy is political. Politicians use subsidies as sops to retain power. The Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, requires sebs to earn a minimum rate of return (ror) of 3 per cent on …
when darkness approaches Sagar Island in the Sunderban delta of West Bengal, life no longer comes to a standstill. A silent revolution is slowly taking place in this remote island. More than 1000 houses are today electrified by solar energy through distribution lines, and more such projects are in the …
picture this: it is the peak of summer in Kolkata and an office operates normally without any air conditioner, but none of the people inside are sweating (or complaining). West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency ( wbreda ) has proved its efficiency in renewable energy once again. Its new office …
the world's first solar-powered aircraft, Helios, successfully completed its 18-hour test flight over the Pacific Ocean on July 15, 2001. Helios, the unmanned aircraft of National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( nasa ) powered by 62,000 solar cells, reached an altitude of almost 22 kilometres (km) before descending. The craft …
The world's first solar-powered funicular, a type of cable railway, has started operating between Italy's Livorno town and the Montenero sanctuary. Photovoltaic (PV) panels on buildings bordering the funicular's parking lot supply 90 per cent of the electricity drawn by funicular's year-round operation. The PV panels are connected to an …
The long-standing record for electricity produced by solar cells made from cadmium telluride has been broken by researchers working at the US department of energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Cadmium telluride is used in one of the most promising technologies, called the
A small hydrogen cell recharged by a miniature super efficient solar cell could soon replace the rechargeable batteries used in mobile phones. Developed by Fraunhofer Institute, in Germany, the technology is being adopted by many cell phone manufacturers who are busy building prototype devices using the new power cells. The …
a new refrigerator run on solar power, developed by Hyderabad-based public sector giant Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (bhel), could go along way in eradicating polio in remote areas of the world besides helping in other vaccine programmes. Vaccines are transported and stored from the place of manufacture up to the …
Released barely three months ago, the solar power pack, produced by Solardyne Corporation, a private corporation, and weighing less than 11 kilogrammes provides the users with 120 watt-hour power a day. It has multiple uses and can be operated and transported by a single person says a report on the …
scientists in South Korea have shown how sunlight could be used to prevent rusting of steel. And the method promises to be inexpensive and easy. Rusting of iron leads to losses worth billions of dollars. Preventing rust with either paint or galvanisation of iron is also an expensive proposition. Rusting …
Solar electricity produced by photovoltaic solar cells is one of the most promising options yet identified for sustainably providing the world's future energy requirements. Although the technology has, in the past, been based on the same silicon wafers as used in microelectronics, a transition is in progress to a second …
the German capital of Berlin is today showing what the future of energy may look like. When the German government moved from Bonn to Berlin in 1991, it was proposed that solar power should be featured in the form of photovolataic ( pv ) facades in the governmental quarter. One …
