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 …
This paper points out the challenges in identifying goods used solely for renewable energy generation purposes for computing trade statistics. It also highlights goods for which identification is relatively easier and those sectors which appear to be more trade-intensive than others. In addition, it shows the key exporting and importing …
At his inaugural remarks in January 2009, US President, Mr. Barack Obama proclaimed: "Our time of standing pat, of protecting national interest and putting off unpleasant decisions-that time has surely passed." The meager result in Copenhagen unfortunately confirms that unpleasant decisions are indeed still being put off. World leaders continued …
This fifth IEA report under the clean energy technology roadmap series on wind energy discusses the rationale for investing in wind energy, actions and milestones envisioned for its development and the policy frameworks. Says that today
This paper, prepared in support of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) Global Partnership by the International Energy Agency, seeks to inform decision making and prioritisation of RD&D; investments and other policies to accelerate low-carbon energy technologies in the MEF and IEA member countries and others by providing three primary sets …
This paper focuses on the potential role that large-scale energy storage systems can play in future power systems. The starting point and basis for simulations is the Energy Technology Perspectives 2008 (ETP) BLUE scenario for power supply. According to the scenario, increased use of renewable energy and nuclear technologies can …
Jerome Cartillier The rapid boom in wind farming in China places it behind only the United States, Germany and Spain IN THE MOUNTAINS above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy. At …
CHENNAI: Numeric Power Systems, a leader in uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems, is venturing into the green energy segment by making a foray into solar power, wind energy generation and LED (light emitting diode) lighting. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, R. Chellappan, Managing Director, said the company had already floated …
R. Sairam MADURAI: Theni is emerging a major source of electricity generation through wind power with the district identified as having potential to generate over 500 MW in the next few years. A few private companies have already installed windmills in Kandamanur, Kamatchipuram and Andipatti in the district. The present …
The Gaafaru wind farm project that was inaugurated by President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday has grabbed the attention of the international community as the news was captured by the international media. The Strait Times of Singapore described it as the beginning of Maldives efforts to make the country carbon neutral …
THE new energy sources like solar and wind were set to become the major source of energy in the next decade over taking conventional sources. Interacting with the students of SSN College of Engineering here on Tuesday, Noble laureate Walter Kohn opined that global oil and natural gas production was …
The world may have to wait until the dying seconds of a U.N. climate summit in December for a global deal to channel business dollars into low-carbon energy, industry and analysts said on Wednesday. Senior executives warned progress so far in U.N.-led climate talks was inadequate to guarantee the future …
TE Narasimhan / Chennai October 14, 2009, 0:25 IST India has a potential of generating over 48,000 Mw through wind energy farms, and for that it would require just 1 per cent of its land, according to an estimate by the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET). The centre, in …
A technology to bury underground the greenhouse gas emissions produced from burning coal must be ready for global deployment by 2017-2019, U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu said on Monday. Coal is the world's single biggest source of carbon emissions, at 40 percent. Other sources included burning oil and natural gas, …
Britain must cut greenhouse gas emissions six times faster than at present and consider more aggressive intervention in energy markets if it is to meet its low carbon targets, the government's chief climate change adviser said on Monday. In a report two months before world leaders meet in Denmark to …
Europe will this week launch a campaign to triple funding for energy research to 8 billion euros ($11.7 billion) a year in a technology race with Japan and the United States, a draft document shows. Solar power should get 16 billion euros over the next decade and up to 30 …
