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 …
Suzlon Energy, Asia's third-largest maker of wind turbines, plans to develop a A$1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) wind farm in South Australia, according to the state government. The 600-megawatt project would produce enough electricity to power more than 200,000 homes a year, Mike Rann, premier of the Australian state, said on …
Wind power company Suzlon Energy is planning a $1.3-billion project in South Australia to power 225,000 homes a year. According to an ABC report today, Suzlon Energy Australia said the $1.3-billion wind farm will be built 20 km South-West of Ardrossan, a small town on the East Coast of the …
This paper offers a strategic framework for policymakers seeking to capitalize on the low-carbon transition. The first section presents innovation as a key strategy to achieve economic development, energy, and environmental goals. The second section explains why the innovation process is unique in the low-carbon power sector and introduces the …
Wind power company Suzlon has launched a campaign titled Pure Air Lovers’ Society, (P.a.l.s) a movement to focus on the importance of clean air. Gaadi Band, the movement’s first activation, is based on the premise that around 70% of air pollution in India comes from vehicular pollution. It appeals to …
Tamil Nadu is losing nearly 1,000-1,500 MW of wind power on a daily basis as the power is not being evacuated by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, which could sell this unutilised energy to power traders, according to the Indian Wind Power Association. The State Government should relax …
New Delhi Public sector steel major SAIL has dropped its plan to set up a stainless steel special economic zone (SEZ) at Salem in Tamil Nadu. Instead, the company has decided to set up a wind energy plant to meet its renewable energy requirement. The government-owned steel major has already …
German carmaker Volkswagen will boost its planned commitment to renewable energy, investing almost 1 billion euros ($1.44 billion) in the production of environmentally friendly energy over two years, the Financial Times Deutschland reported. This would be a substantial increase over the previous mid-term target of roughly 600 million euros Volkswagen, …
Standing under the enormous swinging blades of the world’s most powerful wind turbine near the German city of Magdeburg, it is hard to imagine that Europe’s wind industry has much to worry about when it comes to foreign rivals. The turbine, which is almost as high as the Great Pyramid …
Lucknow Any talk on climate change ends up focusing on the energy sector and with India poised to grow exponentially in the coming decades, the need of the hour is not to abstain from using energy but to use it efficiently, so as to mitigate the effects of climate change. …
In a major climbdown from its stand during the opposition days, the Congress in Kerala on Wednesday decided not to evict energy major Suzlon from tribal land at ecologically-sensitive Attappadi hills, where the firm had illegally erected windmills. During the previous LDF regime, the Congress had vigorously campaigned to evict …
Optimal utilisation of wind energy is an integral part of the overall strategy to become power-surplus Even before Chief Minister Jayalalithaa assumed charge, she rightly identified power shortage as a top priority area of the administration. In her early interactions with the press, she emphasised that her government would make …
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has come out with a draft regulation for the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) and Renewable Energy Certificate Framework Implementation 2011. The draft will be finalised after a public hearing with the stakeholders. The draft states the minimum quantum of power that discoms will have to …
Japan's lawmakers have the opportunity to show how strong their support is for boosting renewable power supply to replace nuclear reactors with the passage of a green energy subsidy scheme likely within days. The country is struggling to overhaul its energy policies after the March quake and tsunami triggered a …
It won't be easy to run a national railway on renewable energy like wind, hydro and solar power but that is what Germany's Deutsche Bahn aims to do for one simple reason: it's what consumers want. Deutsche Bahn says it wants to raise the percentage of wind, hydro and solar …
Italy's Enel Green Power (EGP) has won power supply contracts for three wind projects with a total capacity of 193 megawatts in Brazil where it aims to expand in the growing green energy market, EGP said on Friday. The three wind farms are expected to start commercial operations by 2014 …
As part of the energy conservation programme, the Andhra Pradesh Government will distribute over two crore compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs to domestic consumers before June 2012 at nominal cost. This was disclosed by Mr Chandana Mithra, Managing Director, New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (NREDCAP), …
Mannar and the adjoining coastal areas were identified as the most suitable for setting up a wind energy park, the Power and Energy Ministry said. It said that plans to harness wind power along the north western coast of the country was a top priority and high on the agenda …
Mannar and the adjoining coastal areas were identified as the most suitable for setting up a wind energy park, the Power and Energy Ministry said. It said that plans to harness wind power along the north western coast of the country was a top priority and high on the agenda …
The Asian Development Bank will provide a loan to fund the first privately owned and financed wind farm in Pakistan. The plant will provide the much-needed additional power for the country and improve energy security besides low reliance on fossil fuels. Zorlu Enerji Electrik Uretim will use the $36.8 million …
Sri Lanka plans to harness the wind power along the northwestern coast of the country and has identified Mannar and the adjoining coastal areas as suitable for setting up a dedicated Wind Energy Park. The Cabinet of Ministers Wednesday approved a proposal made by Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika …
