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 …
Wind mill installations going on across the State With the winds expected to start in two months in the State, wind mill installations are going on across the State. For Coimbatore, wind energy sector has large-scale investments from here and it is also one of the main wind energy sites …
European Union industrial carbon emissions rose by up to 2.4 percent last year, analysts surveyed by Reuters estimated, below the market cap and keeping the 27-nation bloc on track to meet its 2020 climate target. The EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) limits the emissions of over 12,000 installations, including power …
CSE study shows that wind energy business often subverts the purpose for profit, and wind farms do not generate energy It was a trade exhibition abuzz with the restrained chatter of busy suited executives at company stalls making contacts and finalising deals. Nothing out of place — except that this …
The Union Minister for Non-Conventional Energy, Mr Farooq Abdullah, today said it is high time the country tapped non-conventional energy sources to meet its growing power needs as there is huge potential to generate power through means such as solar and wind power. “It is high time India taps non-conventional …
India has begun work to assess the country's potential to generate wind energy offshore but the industry is sceptical about the option because of high costs and cumbersome procedures. Wind energy accounts for less than 10% for India's total power generation, with installed capacity of 16,000 MW. But ambitions for …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is not a stumbling block to development works or projects. It is only discharging its duties in protecting the environment, Union Minister for Forests and Environment Jayanthi Natarajan said here on Thursday. The Minister told reporters on the sidelines of a Tree Growers' …
Lanco Infratech is known to be in talks with international energy majors like AES of United States and Gaz de France to sell a part of its power business. The company had recently said it planned to sell a minority stake in its power business and raise $600-$750 million (Rs …
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed capital cost of Rs 5.75 crore per Mw for wind energy projects. The proposal is a part of the regulations the commission released recently and will be used to determine tariff of renewable energy for 2012-17. The power regulator has proposed a …
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) said on Monday it planned to raise $12 billion to build six geothermal power plants that should generate 585 megawatts by 2016, as it pushes to diversify its power sources. KenGen's Managing Director Eddy Njoroge told Reuters that his company was open to different financing …
Greenko Group, a listed entity of the Alternative Investment Market of London Stock Exchange, focussing on clean energy power plants, is set to commission 165 MW wind energy farms in Maharashtra by May, taking its installed capacity of power generation from about 220 MW now to about 385 MW. The …
Ireland's Mainstream Renewable Power and Chinese wind turbine maker Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. have formed a 50-50 joint venture to build a 70 megawatt wind farm in Chile, the firms said on Monday. Construction of the first 70 MW phase of the Ckani wind farm in northern Chile …
The State-owned aluminium major NALCO plans to spend Rs 900 crore by next fiscal on nuclear power ventures, for which it had signed a joint-venture agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) in November. As per the plan, the investments will be made on unit 3 and 4 …
Britain must not lose its lead in the development of marine energy like it did with wind power, and should focus on reducing costs and setting ambitious deployment targets beyond 2020, a report by a parliamentary committee said Sunday. Seven out of the eight large-scale prototype wave and tidal devices …
In the Sean Connery starrer, You Only Live Twice, they bring three large suitcases to a terrace and from the contents of the boxes they quickly assemble a fighter plane for the 007. What the wind turbine manufacturer, Gamesa, has in mind is somewhat similar — do-it-your-self kits for rooftop …
IN DELHI to participate in the Sustainable Development Summit, Carl Pope, a veteran environmentalist and chairman of Sierra Club, one of the world’s oldest environmental conservation organisations, tells Kunal Majumder why coal is no longer a viable option to meet India’s growing energy needs. You have been advocating that coal …
Chennai The looming power crisis has pushed the Tamil Nadu Inc to the wall. Fearing a substantial loss to the bottom line due to production losses, they are knocking the state government’s door for immediate action. As industrial production is likely to hit the state GDP, the state government should …
Three things stand out in the 2011 clean energy investment numbers detailed by Bloomberg New Energy Finance last month, showing a record inflow of $260 billion into the sector. This was 5% more than the previous year—despite the economic stresses being faced by some prominent countries in renewable energy. First, …
India's largest real estate developer, DLF Ltd, said it is banking on the sale of Aman Resorts and wind energy venture to significantly reduce its . 22,758-crore debt. DLF aims to raise . 6,000-7,000 crore from the sales of its noncore assets. “We believe that . 12,000 crore of the …
Jatakheda, a small village in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh is different from other villages of the State, as it has the distinction of being the first village to have its very own wind energy power unit. Jatakheda sarpanch Devji Mewara while talking to VivaCity said, “Having lived in darkness …
The Indian Wind Power Association, a representative body of investors in wind turbine generators, has sought the Andhra Pradesh Government's support to take up more projects in the State. The association has assured that the State would be able to add 150 MW of wind energy capacity by March-end and …
