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 …
Other states may follow suit as cash-strapped state discoms find the going difficult. Odisha government has asked the Centre for a subsidy to purchase solar power, saying it is too costly. The move makes Odisha the first state in the country to openly express its inability to purchase costly renewable …
Britain and the United States will agree to collaborate on developing floating wind turbine technology at a clean energy ministerial meeting in London this week, the UK's department of energy and climate change (DECC) said on Monday. Energy ministers from 23 of the world's biggest economies meet Wednesday and Thursday …
Polish state-controlled power company PGE said it won permits to build three wind farm projects on the Baltic Sea with a combined potential capacity of 3.45 gigawatts, taking the lead in the development of Poland's offshore wind industry. Poland, which produces around 90 percent of its energy from coal, is …
NLC aims to achieve this during the FY13, will allocate power to Tamil Nadu that is facing acute shortage State-run Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) plans to add an additional 75 MW through wind and solar energy which would be allocated to Tamil Nadu that is facing acute power shortage. NLC …
India's "National Solar Mission", with a goal of 20 GW of solar power installed by 2020, helped drive the seven-fold jump in solar energy investments, to $4.2 billion, says a report by an American NGO.WASHINGTON: With Indian receiving $10.2 billion investments in clean energy, the country has emerged as one …
Three weeks ago, President Barack Obama stood in front of a sea of gleaming solar panels in Boulder City, Nevada, to celebrate his administration's efforts to promote "green energy." Stretching row upon row into the desert, the Copper Mountain Solar Project not far from Las Vegas provided an impressive backdrop …
With India receiving $10.2 billion investments in clean energy, the country has emerged as one of the top performing clean energy economies in the 21st century, an eminent American non-profit organisation said in a report. The Pew Charitable Trust, in its report, said India's clean energy sector continued to flourish …
India continued its ascent as a top destination for private clean energy investment, according to a research report released by The Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-profit organisation. The country’s ‘National Solar Mission,’ with a goal to have 20 GW of solar power installed by 2020, helped drive the seven-fold jump …
CLP India said that it has signed a pact with the Rajasthan Government for a 102.4-MW wind power project. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the CLP Group, which is listed on the Hong Stock Exchange. The wind farm will use 800 kW gearless turbines designed for medium …
Biomass-based power producers, with an installed capacity of 2,664 Mw, have made a strong pitch for according priority sector status on the lines of agro sector. These producers have also appealed to the Centre to launch biomass mission on the lines of solar mission to attract more investments. They have …
New Delhi India is banking on its wind power potential to meet the renewable energy target set under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) for the 12th Five-Year Plan (April 2012- March 2017). NAPCC aims to increase the share of renewable energy in the overall grid power from …
MUMBAI: Will the wind mills, whose project cost has been paid fully by state's consumers, be allowed to sell electricity at higher rates in the open market? The state power ministry has objected to the Maharashtra electricity regulatory commission's (MERC) nod to around 40 wind mills to sell their power …
The Indian Wind Power Association has said 3200 mw of wind power generation capacity was commissioned in the country during 2011-12 in spite of tough times. Prof. K.Kasthoori Rangaian, Chairman of the association said while the wind industry has been complaining about issues relating to grid in Tamil Nadu, the …
Pune Loss-making Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy is considering a stake sale in its wholly-owned subsidiary REpower Systems SE, reports say. Repower is based in Hamburg, Germany, and manufactures onshore and offshore wind turbines with installation of around 3,600 wind turbines around the world. Suzlon had acquired Repower at a …
Suzlon Energy Ltd, Asia’s third-biggest wind turbine maker by sales, is studying options for its German Repower Systems SE subsidiary, including a sale or listing a stake, people with knowledge of the matter said. Pune-based Suzlon is seeking at least 1.5 billion euros ($1.96 billion) from a sale, while a …
Loss-making Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy is considering a stake sale in its wholly owned subsidiary REpower Systems SE, reports say. REpower is based in Hamburg, Germany, and manufactures onshore and offshore wind turbines with installation of around 3,600 wind turbines around the world. Suzlon had acquired REpower at a …
Bangalore As revised estimates point to a two-fold increase in India's potential for wind energy generation with the use of taller towers for wind turbines, the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET) is setting up 75 monitoring stations across the country to validate the prediction and also assess the land …
A new picture is emerging in the U.S. power sector. In 2007, electricity generation from coal peaked, dropping by close to 4 percent annually between 2007 and 2011. Over the same time period, nuclear generation fell slightly, while natural gas-fired electricity grew by some 3 percent annually and hydropower by …
Loss-making Suzlon Energy has sold a part of its wind energy farm for $40 million (. 200 crore) to an undisclosed private utility and plans to divest stake in its components business to raise funds to repay debt, the wind turbine maker said. The deal is expected to be completed …
Chennai Corporation to tap into alternative energy to light up coastal roads in newly-added areas Imagine 15-metre towers with micro wind turbines above and four solar panels below vying with huge palm trees to create a geometrically regular pattern along the East Coast Road. These towers, with a hybrid of …
