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 …
Government support for renewable energy must end gradually and in tandem with cuts in fossil fuel subsidies, say investors and lobbyists who complain bitterly about unpredictable chopping of incentives. Most green energy sources still struggle to compete with fossil fuels except in favorable areas, for example for onshore wind in …
Germany aims to cut bureaucratic red tape that can hold up the construction of offshore windparks by bundling and transferring all responsibility for their approval process to one state authority. "This draft bill is a key first step toward a new energy concept by the federal government," transportation minister Peter …
COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation has proposed Rs.4,000-crore project to set up a special corridor for wind power transmission. Chairman of the corporation C.P. Singh told reporters here on Tuesday that it was proposed to connect Khaitar, Aralvaimozhi, Theni and Udumalpet through the special corridor. The project …
CHENNAI: While Tamil Nadu is staring at a severe power crisis on the one side, it continues to lead the way in renewable energy production on the other. But the complicated policies and lack of long-term strategy for the renewable sector, according to experts, is deterring the state from utilising …
Domestic consumers also evincing interest in solar energy COIMBATORE: Increasing power cut here, which has disturbed production plans in several industries, has encouraged many to explore renewable energy options. During the last one year, nearly 1,000 MW was added to the installed wind energy capacity in the State. The State …
Germany on Monday launched its first commercial-size wind power park in the Baltic Sea, adding to some small existing capacity in the North Sea, operator EnBW said. The 48.3 megawatt unit called Baltic 1, which is some 16 kilometers north of the Darss/Zingst peninsula, has started feeding power into the …
The deadly tornadoes that tore across the South last week highlighted the cruel and ruthless side of wind, an energy source championed as an earth-friendly alternative to fossil fuels. Wind industry experts say their business was largely unaffected by the worst U.S. tornado disaster since 1925, because the twisters carved …
This report produced jointly by by GWEC, WISE and IWTMA focuses on the market opportunities and the legal and regulatory framework in India. Also provides an insight into the challenges and offers suggestions on how to overcome hurdles for wind power development. According to the ‘Indian Wind Energy Outlook 2011’ …
This report sets the Committee's (Committee on Climate Change) advice on the potential for renewable energy development in the UK, and advice on whether existing targets should be reviewed.
The World Institute of Sustainable Energy has been supported by the Department for International Development, Govt. of UK, to undertake a study for preparing a Renewable Energy Action Plan for Bihar. The key objectives of the study are: To estimate the potential of renewable energy in Bihar and identify key …
The power major is targeting to add 35 MW solar power in FY12 for . 550 crore Tata Power Company (TPC) on Wednesday said it will invest . 1,300 crore in 2011-12 to add 185 MW generation capacity from wind and solar energy. The company, which commissioned a 3-MW solar …
Inc has not given up on its goal of making renewable energy cheaper than coal for consumers but it is not predicting victory soon, its director of green business operations said. "We are still moving forward," said Rick Needham, in an interview at the company's office in Washington. "I think …
Attappady tribes accuse department of helping windmill companies PALAKKAD: Tribal people have alleged that the Forest Department has been encroaching upon their land at Kottathara in Attappady, where some windmill companies had earlier allegedly tried to usurp their property. As in the local body elections last September, during the latest …
The Western Ghat Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) on Thursday inspected the Andhra Lake Wind Power Project, promoted by Enercon India Ltd. (EIL), for environmental impact assessment at a time when local activists had alleged environmental violations. The company, through its Rs. 772-crore project, plans to erect 445 wind turbines in …
Windmills cannot be displaced as they are important for power generation, observed the Bombay high court while hearing a public interest litigation challenging installation of windmills in and around Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary. A division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and RJ Ketkar was hearing a PIL filed in September 2011 …
Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Chairman Klaus Rave on Thursday urged Indian IT firms to combine their engineering capability of renewable energy to create a smart grid so that they could be leaders in the field. Participating at the inaugural function of
The project in the KanyakumariMadurai belt, which has a large operational wind power capacity. Kolkata based engineering firm Techno Electric and Engineering Company has just commissioned a 15 MW wind power project in Tamil Nadu. The project has been set up under a wholly owned subsidiary, Simran Wind Projects, and …
Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy has raised its holding in its German unit REPower Systems to 95.16 per cent, and initiated steps to push for a 100 per cent buyout of the company through a
The clean energy race is on. The investment and finance data presented in this report show that countries are jockeying for a leadership position in this growing and increasingly competitive sector. Countries with clear, consistent and constructive clean energy policies are powering investment forward. The clean energy race is on. …
Diversifying into renewable energy, state-run SJVN Ltd will set up wind power project having a capacity of 50 MW by next year involving an investment of Rs 300 crore. Hydroelectric power major SJVN has received the Board
