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 …
This new report by World Bank describes the key environmental and social impacts that are associated with large-scale, grid-connected wind power development. This report identifies good practices for managing the key environmental and social issues associated with wind power development and provides advice on how best to address these issues …
The “Development of Solar Cities” programme by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, is an immense opportunity for contributing towards a sustainable India in the coming years. This programme is a crucial step towards supporting Indian cities for the development of renewable energy and energy …
The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) on Thursday claimed that more than 12 wind power projects with generation capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and estimated cost of $1.6 billion are lying in the pipeline and will be operational in 2013, besides 10 other wind power projects of installed capacity of …
Dec. 26: Raj Bhavan will glow in solar power and lead the way in use of renewable energy when a 30KW solar power plant is installed on the premises in another six months. The power plant project, to cost Rs 67 lakh, has been sanctioned by the ministry of new …
Some remote and inaccessible border areas in the state will soon get electrified through solar and wind energy. This is being done under the Remote Village Electrification Programme (RVEP) to be commissioned by the Science and Technology Department of the state. “The project will provide electricity to remote inaccessible areas, …
Keeping in view the fast depleting hydrocarbon energy sources in the world, Germany has set a target to entirely shift to renewable energy sources by 2030 and in the process the country has not only been phasing out its 17 nuclear power plants, but also many of its coal mines …
The people of Dhaubadi village in Nawalparasi district have been using electricity in their homes twenty four hours a day at a time when the country is reeling under harsh load shedding. Altogether 46 households are using the electricity through Nepal’s first Micro Wind-Solar Electricity System. The people now need …
Touted as the country’s biggest, a hybrid power generation system which uses solar and wind energy has been inaugurated in western Nepal to help residents facing acute shortage of electricity. Environment minister Hem Raj Tated inaugurated the wind-solar energy centre at Hurhure Danda area of Nawalparasi district which will benefit …
The Union Government plans to provide financial assistance to State Governments to set up transmission networks to evacuate renewable energy generated in the States, a senior government official said. “Renewable power generation capacity in the country is enormous. But the issue is of evacuation. We plan to provide some assistance …
The Government of Nepal, with support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), is switching on the country's first mini wind-solar hybrid power system in the Dhaubadi village of Nawalparasi district. For the villagers of Dhaubadi, the electricity from the mini-grid means less time and money spent on their search for …
Jammu: Nearly 17,000 households have been covered under Remote Electrification Programme (RVE) against the target of 25000 households so far in the State, revealed Minister for Science and Information Technology, Aga Syed Ruhullah, while reviewing physical and financial achievements of the programme at a high level meeting held here today. …
China has further revised up its solar power development target for 2015 by 50 percent from its previous plan, state media reported on Thursday. The government has set a target for installed solar power generating capacity to reach 15 gigawatts by 2015 and wind power capacity to hit 100 GW, …
The Government's roll-out strategy for sources of renewable energy are misguided, according to a highly critical report released today by the Adam Smith Institute and the Scientific Alliance. The UK’s plans for renewables are unrealistic, and these technologies cannot provide the secure energy supply the country needs, the report suggests …
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy sources will rise until 2030, when they will level off as fuels such as natural gas replace dirtier supplies of coal, Exxon Mobil said on Thursday. That forecast, part of Exxon's annual global outlook that stretches out to 2040, calls for total energy demand to …
China will install wind and solar power capacity equivalent to 180 nuclear power reactors in the next 10 years to meet its growing energy needs, the International Energy Agency said on Monday, citing its latest estimate. Fatih Birol, chief economist at the IEA, also told Reuters that one in two …
Libya’s new transitional government was only sworn in four days before the start of the UN climate summit in Durban on Monday. But that has not stopped it sending a six-person delegation, whose members are telling anyone who will listen about Libya’s plan to rescue the world from the perils …
Jaisalmer: Suzlon Energy Limited, which ranks fifth in the world for generating power from winds, is set to generate power from sea winds. Suzlon has invested Rs 10,000 crore and installed wind mills to generate 300 megawatt (MW) at places where there are seas in England, Germany, Netherlands and France. …
Plan to set up the unit at a cost of Rs.50 crore Suzlon Energy, one of the world's leading wind energy groups, plans to set up a rotor blade manufacturing facility near Madurai at a cost of Rs.50 crore. The company is in the process of identifying a suitable site …
China remains the largest wind market in the world, but the domestic sector is facing a tough period of consolidation. New regulations aim to improve quality and grid integration.
India is unable to effectively harness its renewable energy resources, even though it is facing mounting pressure to contain its emissions. This is unfortunate given that the country has only limited tools to cut emissions. India’s greenhouse emissions are rising due to an increase in energy consumption, a function of …
