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 …
Unrest in North Africa has set back in the short term ambitious plans to develop solar energy for use locally and in Europe, but for the longer term the region's abundant sunshine offers huge investment potential, the head of France's Medgrid said on Thursday. The grid alliance's chairman Andre Merlin …
Two major European consortiums joined forces on Thursday in an ambitious project to capture solar and wind energy across Arab deserts in order to power homes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The German-led Desertec Industry Initiative (DII) signed a memorandum of understanding with Medgrid, founded by French …
Wind energy projects, which were on the back burner after the Suzlon related controversy over the Adivasi land issue in Attapadi, has gathered steam again in the state with the private sector INox Renewables Limited and the the public sector National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) geared up to set up …
The renewable energy ministry has sought a 10-fold increase in fund outlay for the next five years. The ministry estimates requirement of . 40,000 crore to ramp up its capacity to 30,000 mw by 2017. An outlay of . 4,000 crore was earmarked for development of renewable energy in the …
Union minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah has said his ministry was focusing mainly on solar, wind, geo-thermal and biomass sectors. “Till every person understands his or her responsibility, India’s development path would not be easy,” he said addressing a national conference on ‘Infrastructure and its role in …
Suzlon Energy, a supplier of wind turbines, today announced its fourth consecutive order from gas utility company GAIL. The order consists of 11 units of Suzlon's S88-2.1 megawatt wind turbines, totalling to 23.1 megawatts. This is to be commissioned in the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka by the end …
One thousand and nine hundred mini-solar photovoltaic (SPV) plants of 500 Watt each will be established in various village panchayats during the current financial year under the State government's scheme of energisation of street lights with solar power. These mini-SPV plants are meant for 19,000 street lights, new and the …
“Prior permission must from local bodies before installation” A windmill will certainly fall under the definition of factory as it converts wind energy into mechanical energy of the turbine before converting it into electricity and therefore it is absolutely necessary to obtain permission for its installation from the local body …
The top U.S. environmental regulator will propose early next year twice-delayed rules on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, she told the energyNOW television show. "I can't tell you what the regulations say right now, but what we are planning to do is release them early next calendar year," Lisa …
General Electric Co. is sticking to expectations that its revenue from the world's fastest-expanding economies, including many in Asia, will grow at low-double-digit rates on average next year despite economic clouds over western Europe and the U.S. "We see growth in the low teens and we feel comfortable about that," …
Renewable energy, especially wind energy, will play a crucial role in ensuring power for all in the country, according to Swaminathan Krishnamurthy, Associate Director of Ernst & Young. Speaking at a renewable energy conference organised here on Wednesday by Comnet Conferences, a division of Exhibitions India Group, Mr. Krishnamurthy said …
When the Netherlands built its first sea-based wind turbines in 2006, they were seen as symbols of a greener future. Towering over the waves of the North Sea like an army of giants, blades whipping through the wind, the turbines were the country's best hope to curb carbon emissions and …
General Electric, the US conglomerate, is set to help build Mongolia’s first wind energy park in a $100m deal with Newcom, a Mongolian private investment company. The agreement marks GE’s entry into a market it hopes will generate infrastructure contracts that could help make up for slower growth in mature …
PMK leader S. Ramadoss, who has been running a campaign against nuclear power plants, on Tuesday wanted the closure of the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station by 2020, saying the plant was posing health hazards to the people in Kancheepuram and Chennai districts. Talking to reporters, Dr Ramadoss said the Kudankulam …
The government plans to add 5,000 MW of capacity in the 12th Five-Year Plan by encouraging retrofitting of older wind power farms, and tightening existing rules that let promoters enjoy tax breaks even without producing electricity. Although the ministry of new and renewable energy resources has not finalised a policy …
The United States expects Asia Pacific leaders on Sunday to take a "significant step" toward reducing tariffs and other barriers that block trade in environmentally-friendly good and services, a senior administration official said on Sunday. "We're in a good place. We has some very constructive discussions around the important issue …
The State Government of Rajasthan has published the draft for a comprehensive policy for generation of electricity from wind which offers solution to various problems faced by developers, power producers and utilities. This Policy will be known as “Policy for Promoting Generation of Electricity from Wind,2011”.
Punaji Thubal, a farmer in Kharpud village, about 80 km from Pune, points at a mass of gravel that has entered his paddy field. He says it came from a road laid uphill to transport parts of a series of windmills. Some of these are being set up 3.5 km …
Singapore Australia is set to unlock more than A$13 billion in government funds for clean energy that could boost investments for large solar power stations, but wind farm developers are at risk if the money disrupts an existing green scheme. The Senate on Tuesday passed laws supporting renewables and a …
China Longyuan Power Group Corp on Monday said it agreed to buy from its parent, China Guodian Corp, wind energy and biomass assets worth 1.51 billion yuan ($238.2 million). China's largest wind-power developer said it is buying the assets to boost installed wind capacity and enter the biomass business. China …
