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 …
Two decades after setting foot on the land of blizzards, India is all set to rebuild Maitri, the first permanent station on Antarctica. The research station would be totally redone with a view to making it eco-friendly and independent of fossil fuels. Though use of petroleum products cannot be totally …
From making slippers out of plastic water bottles to setting up small wind turbines to run computers in remote village schools, the Take Care Take Charge (TCTC) campaign has galvanized citizens across the country to devise effective green ideas that can power sustainable living. Responding to the call for green …
Gajendragad (Karnataka): Wind on this hilltop town of Gajendragad, 700 m above sea level, is strong enough to keep the rotors of wind turbines set up there running at a fair speed and generate electricity. The power generated is transferred to the grid for use by the consumers of the …
After two years, a fair wind seems to be blowing behind the sails of Suzlon Energy. India’s largest and one of the top four wind turbine makers in the world has posted a profit (Rs 431.5 crore) for the first time since December 2009 in the fourth quarter of 2010-11 …
The single largest emitter of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in India is the power sector. Sixty-five percent of our electricity is produced by thermal power plants that emit GHGs. It is believed that by 2040 India will exhaust its coal reserves. Is alternative energy the future?
Germany's planned exit from nuclear power received backing from the cabinet on Monday, the economy and environment ministers said in Berlin. The far-reaching energy strategy, spurred by the crisis in Japan, reverses longer life cycles granted to nuclear power stations only last autumn. It will entail changes to power grid …
The state forest department has issued eviction notices to 49 windmills stating that they have illegally encroached on forest land at Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary in Satara district. The department action has come following the Bombay high court observation which highlighted that around 206 windmills and resorts have been built by …
New Delhi, Former President APJ Abdul Kalam has emphasised an urgent need to evolve a global energy independence policy for 2030. Speaking at the FE-EVI Green Business Leadership Awards, he said climate change and energy policy should be integrated to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions.
Pressing ahead with its diversification plans, Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) plans to set up a 50.4-MW wind power project at a cost of . 274 crore in Gandikota, in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. The wind power project will be executed through Suzlon Energy Limited. Under the …
With non-renewable energy sources in India, such as coal, petroleum and natural gas, on the verge of extinction, the need to tap into renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy has risen considerably. Although a number of NGOs and individuals have taken the lead, the government
COIMBATORE: During the last three days nearly one-fourth of the power consumption in the State is from wind energy. According to data published by the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation, of the 236 million units consumed on May 31, 57.7 million units were from wind energy. It was 51 million units …
This article examines cross-border technology transfer between Indian and Danish/German firms in the wind energy industry between 1990 and 2005. The analysis shows the increasing technology gaps between the two sides during this time period, the fragmented and nonperformance-oriented market mechanism, the small market size, the policy inconsistency, the institutional …
With the emphasis on renewables surmounting the development of intelligent grids is crucial. This will ease pressure on the grid and increase its capacity.
By virtue of their size, wind farms are unsuitable for cities where space shrunk by the hour. But, there's hope by way of innovations such as IMPLUS, which could well be the next best alternative in providing power.
Touted as the latest technology to have gripped the wind energy sector, floating offshore wind turbines appear to be a possibility that the world would be looking towards, in terms of alternative energy.
