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 …
It has state-of-the-art features, says former President The former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on Sunday visited the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) and asserted that there was no need for any panic as it had state-of-the-art safety features. At the same time, Mr. Kalam made it clear that he had …
Bhopal : Madhya Administration’s new Electricity Board conducted a meeting at Hotel Palash on November 4th inviting all the investor, developers and manufacturers involved in the development of wind energy for discussing policies for the new Wind Energy projects in the Capital under the leadership of Unconventional Energy Minister Ajay …
Tamil Nadu will soon come out with a renewable energy policy that will feature ambitious targets and several innovative features, M. Velmurugan, Executive Chairman, Tamil Nadu Industrial Guidance Bureau, said on Thursday. Addressing an Italian business mission, which is scouting for partnerships on sustainable urban infrastructure and energy, he said …
China and other developing countries are resisting a U.S. proposal to cut tariffs on environmental goods, casting doubt on one of President Barack Obama's goals for a Pacific Rim summit he hosts next week. The U.S. has been pressing for years, with little success, to liberalize trade on "green" goods, …
Japanese utilities will largely avoid power shortages this winter despite prolonged reactor shutdowns amid public concerns over nuclear safety, but hurdles remain for next summer, the government said on Tuesday. It also unveiled ways to bridge the gap next summer, when peak-hour demand is expected to exceed supply by 16,560 …
Even as the global population has crossed the seven-billion mark, delegates to the Clean Energy Expo 2011, Singapore, were busy discussing the booming energy requirements of a growing world. As concerns of energy crisis loom large over several parts of the world and promises of green and renewable energy emerge, …
The policy environment over the past year has helped set the stage for a more competitive renewable energy market in India. The current capacity has been achieved largely due to supportive legal framework anchored in the Electricity Act, 2003, which has been complemented by capital subsidies, feed-in tarriffs (FiTs), accelerated …
The generation-based incentive (GBI) scheme for wind energy projects was launched by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to stimulate wind power generation rather than merely subsidise capacity creation.
The Indian wind power segement recorded its highest ever capacity addition in 2010-11. A total of 2,350 MW capacity was added during the year (accounting for about 16 per cent of the total capacity addition in the power sector and 74 per cent in the renewable segment) compared to the …
Several countries and states have set targets for substantially increasing renewable energy (RE) contributions in their electricity grids. As the potential for additional hydro-electricity is limited in the US most future RE penetration is envisioned to be in the form of wind and solar. Our simulations, based on hourly resource …
So far, Rajasthan has accounted for 80 per cent of the total project allocation under the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission (JNNSM). The state has assigned top priority to stepping up private investments in solar power and has taken several steps in this direction. Rajasthan also has high potential for the …
This information paper accompanies the IEA publication Deploying Renewables 2011: Best and Future Policy Practice. It provides more detailed data and analysis, and explores the markets, policies and prospects for a number of renewable energy technologies. This paper provides a discussion of ten technology areas: bioenergy for electricity and heat, …
This Greepeace report is a documentation of 10 successful case studies from across India on how communities and individuals have used decentralised renewable energy to energise and empower their lives. Asserting the fact that renewable energy holds the key to India’s energy future, Greenpeace released the report Taking Charge: Case …
This edition of the Technology Transfer Perspectives Series focuses on how to create an 'enabling framework' for the diffusion of renewable energy technologies in developing countries. The nine case studies from around the world provide examples of policies for the diffusion of specific technologies such as solar, wind and biomass, …
The Ernst & Young country attractiveness indices (CAI) provide scores for national renewable energy markets, renewable energy infrastructures and their suitability for individual technologies. The indices provide scores out of 100 and are updated on a quarterly basis. The CAI take a generic view and different sponsor or financier requirements …
Wind energy, if improperly sited, can impact wildlife through direct mortality and habitat loss and fragmentation, in contrast to its environmental benefits in the areas of greenhouse gas, air quality, and water quality. Fortunately, risks to wildlife from wind energy may be alleviated through proper siting and mitigation offsets. Here …
China, the world’s biggest market for wind power, is bracing for a sharp slowdown in wind turbine installations this year, a move that will spark a “bloodbath” among wind turbine producers, industry executives say. The slowdown has already claimed its first victim, as Germany’s Repower told the Financial Times that …
Subsidies for households to install solar panels are about to be slashed by ministers in a controversial move which could make a further dent in the coalition’s green credentials. Ministers are also on Thursday expected to announce a shake-up of wind power incentives from 2015, which will cut subsidies for …
China's wind power generating capacity, already the world's largest, could reach 1,000 gigawatts by 2050, a study prepared by a think tank of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) showed on Wednesday. China had more than 41 GW of wind power capacity at the end of 2010. The potential …
