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 …
MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India) has sponsored a R&D; project to ERDA. As part of this project, a 2 x 5 kW wind turbine is installed and integrated with water electrolyser. Complete demonstration system is expected to be ready soon. This demonstration project is undertaken …
A study commissioned by the German government aims to show how wind power will affect red kites, white-tailed eagles, and Montagu's harriers in the future. Even not mowing the grass around tower bases would help, ornithologists say.
A special report by Down To Earth on Koyna sanctuary situated in Satara district, Maharashtra, where the windmills and resorts replace wildlife with government's help. Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is threatened by ceaseless loot of land, with government help.
Electricity wires hang dangerously over a bituminous road. Unending rows of gigantic windmills look down from where, perhaps, a tiger should have kept an eye on its territory. Instead of birds, turbines create a humming noise. Trees are hardly in sight and one has to be lucky to spot wildlife. …
AFTER scuttling talks on transfer of technology in the recently concluded climate change conference in Cancun, the US now wants China to stop its clean energy programme. The US, on December 22, filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) that China is unfairly helping its domestic wind power …
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will detail on Tuesday a tender for the construction of the country's first offshore wind power farms, an ecology ministry spokeswoman said on Monday. France aims to build wind power capacity of 25,000 megawatts by 2020, including 6,000 MW offshore, for an investment of 20 billion …
Files complaint in WTO; says China unfairly helping equipment makers. After scuttling talks on transfer of technology in the recently concluded climate change conference in Cancun, the US now wants China to stop its clean energy programme. The US, on December 22, filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State may soon be pioneering another revolutionary project in the renewable energy sector, offering economic benefits to the tribal community of the Attappady hills, Paul Antony, Principal Secretary (Power), said here on Thursday. He was speaking at a reception given to
The energy consumed in irrigation pumping constitutes a major share of the total energy utilised for agriculture. As the increasing demand of energy has aroused viz. in electrical, oil and gas, hence there is a strong need to explore the possibility of using the alternate and renewable energy sources like …
Baja California, Mexico, wants to become the first Mega Region energy warehouse-producing, storing and exporting renewable energy to the US and Canada.
M. Soundariya Preetha Workers migrating from other districts for jobs in windmills REAPING THE benefits:Wind farms that have sprung up near Coimbatore have provided employment to many in the villages.
The United States on Wednesday accused China of illegally subsidizing the production of wind power equipment and asked for talks at the World Trade Organization, the first step in filing a trade case. U.S. trade officials said they were concerned Chinese manufacturers of wind turbines and related parts and components …
Some legitimate questions have been raised over the green credentials of wind turbines. Politics must not block research where it is needed. (Editorial)
Orient Green Power Company Ltd has placed orders for windmills for 205 MW of installed capacity, worth Rs 1,200 crore. The company, which raised Rs 900 crore through its initial public offering in September, is buying 135 MW of Vestas machines and 75 MW of Gamesa's. The company has an …
New Delhi: Indian and Chinese companies signed 48 agreements worth nearly $16 billion as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao began his threeday visit seeking to deepen trade and investment relations between the two Asian giants. Top Indian and Chinese companies signed agreements in several sectors including power, telecom, steel, wind energy …
C -WET is a knowledge based insti tution established by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to cater to a healthy, orderly and quality conscious technology development in the country. C-WET seeks to find total solutions in wind energy sector. It supports the wind turbine industry in achieving and …
WHILE harnessing wind energy could satisfy growing demand for electricity and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, turbulence from wind turbines could affect the growth of surrounding crops, US researchers said. Led by atmospheric sciences professor at University of Illinois, Somnath Baidya Roy, the researchers suggest careful placement of windfarms. Roy …
