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 …
MumbaiTwo years after it dropped plans to set up wind power capacities in the US and Europe, the R18,854-crore (FY 2010 revenues) Tata Power is again eyeing the US, Spain, Portugal and Germany for a wind energy foray, its first outside India. The company, which has operational assets of 3,000 …
As part of its diversification, state-run telecom player Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) plans to set up a wind power plant in Maharashtra. The company will soon appoint a consultant for carrying out a feasibility report over its proposed power plant. A senior official from MTNL confirmed the development and …
The government will create a corpus out of penalties paid by state-run power distribution utilities to promote wind energy projects of 10 MW or more capacity. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved the fund, its chairman Pramod Deo said. The renewable regulatory fund would bear charges imposed on …
Germany's policies prove that renewable sources of energy are a viable option. IN September 2010, the German Federal Environment Agency announced that by 2050 the country would be in a position to meet all of its electricity requirements from renewable energy sources as opposed to the present 16 per cent. …
Faced with demands for better evacuation of wind energy, the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) has agreed to set up two 400 KV sub-stations in the State. The two stations will be set up in Gadag and in Jagalur near Chitradurga. Speaking to reporters here on Monday, member of …
Gandhinagar: The state has sold 2,220 million units of power to other states during the last two years, the government told the assembly on Monday. In two different replies, the government said that the state was enjoying a surplus as far as power production was concerned. Against demand of 40,793 …
Although it is hard for the hill State to exploit its wind energy resources given its geographical terrain, Uttarakhand is soon going to have its first wind power project in Bachelikhal, a small Tehri hamlet. If all goes as planned, the concerned agency will begin work on this ambitious wind …
There is a growing concern that wind generation may not be able to deliver the contribution which has been predicted and used in government projection assumptions. Several studies have indicated that output is often less than anticipated or was claimed, at the planning stage of development. Every wind farm proposal …
This report represents a full decade of Clean Edge data and trends analysis. This special anniversary edition looks at the past 10 years of clean-energy activity in the U.S. and abroad. The report also outlines five key trends that will impact clean-energy markets in the coming years: Incandescent Phase-Out Lights …
Chennai RRB Energy (RRBEL), one of the key players in wind power sector, is planning to develop and manufacture wind electric generators (WEGs) of 3 mw capacity. It is likely to sign an agreement with a German company for technology and development support within the next two months. "We have …
India has to make the most of its renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, ocean and bio-energy owing to its advantageous location in the tropical region, speakers emphasised on the first of the two-day national conference on
Rapid recent solar and wind price falls are likely to bring new markets and mass adoption a step closer over the next decade and raise the prospects of mergers. The financial crisis coupled with a ramp-up in China, which now leads the world wind and solar manufacturing, have led to …
WIND energy producers now have a year’s respite to comply with a government directive to accurately forecast their electricity supply to a power grid. An accurate forecast helps prevent demand-supply imbalances in a grid and reduces burden on states and power generators who have to make arrangements for last moment …
A WIND farm project under way in Khed and Mawal talukas of Pune has partially destroyed protected forests and threatens farmland in the area. On December 16, 2010, the Bombay High Court, responding to a public interest petition by a people’s forum, ordered a halt on tree felling. But blasting …
This new World Bank report assesses the feasibility of developing renewable energy in India & says that renewables can play an important role in increasing country's energy security by diversifying supply, reducing import dependence & mitigating fuel price volatility. This World Bank report says developing indigenous renewable energy sources which …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will be providing a loan to help fund the first privately owned and financed wind farm in Pakistan. The output from the plant will provide much-needed additional power for Pakistan; improve the country
THENI: With high potential for wind power generation and availability of large tracts of open land and an excellent climate, several new companies, including foreign wind power units, have been thronging the district for setting up of windmills. Such an overwhelming enthusiasm has resulted in sharp increase in the number …
Moving from 20% to 50% of wind power calls for need for improved wind power forecast and optimal reserve capacities, strong price signal to wind energy generator against deviation from forecast and strong transmission grid. Therefore wind energy developers have to come forward with the developing infrastructure for forecasting wind …
Indian renewable energy market has come a long way from its initial era of sizable government subsidies, tax benefits, feed-in tariffs and various other support schemes being practiced since 1980s and creating localized markets for renewable energy. With the emergence of REC mechanism, a national level market platform would be …
