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 …
As World Environment Day falls on June 5, Soni Sinha looks at how 70 per cent of work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act can actually be eco-friendly and benefit local communities in India's poorest districts C K Prahalad states in his corporate management book The Bottom of the …
GANDHINAGAR: On rooftops, terraces and gardens in the babu-dominated edifices of Gandhinagar, there seems to be a quiet experiment going on for the last three months. Mini windmills and photo-voltaic cells have been erected to power thousands of tubelights, fans and calling bells the three things that are used incessantly …
The government will conduct a feasibility study soon to produce electricity by using wind energy. This was stated by the Prime Minister's Adviser to Power and Energy Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Bir Bikram after a Meeting on Day Light Saving Time with editors and senior journalists of different print media held yesterday …
India added nearly 3 gw of grid-connected renewable energy in 2008, 2 gw of which came from the wind sector. The government is under intense pressure to increase electricity production and has put strong incentives in place to spur investment into renewable energy from both domestic and foreign investors. The …
Nandini Chandrashekar, Bangalore: Development of renewable energy sources for a power-starved nation seemed a perfect solution as it also addressed environmental concerns. However, the two major sources, solar and wind, have had mixed fortunes. In India, though MoUs have been signed on setting up solar projects, the implementation is yet …
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will help the Commercial Bank of Ceylon evaluate and finance renewable energy projects in Sri Lanka in an initiative that promises to yield environmental and economic rewards. IFC is extending a $15 million equivalent risk-sharing facility to Commercial Bank to support Sri …
Pakistan has become a signatory of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) along with other 87 countries of the world. The Ambassador of Pakistan to Germany Shahid Kamal signed the statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency on behalf of the Government of Pakistan at a special signing ceremony held at …
The world's biggest wind farm, China's Rudong, is unlikely to blow any business the way of foreign turbine manufacturers such as Vestas, Gamesa and Suzlon, according to local officials. Those foreign companies complain that despite jumping through hoops to meet "localization" rules requiring 70 percent of their equipment to be …
Terry Macalister Clean technologies attract $140bn compared with $110bn for gas, coal and electrical power; the biggest growth for renewable investment comes from China and India. Green energy overtook fossil fuels in attracting investment for power generation for the first time last year, according to figures released on Wednesday by …
PB Jayakumar & Makarand Gadgil / Mumbai June 05, 2009, 0:45 IST The world's fifth largest wind turbine maker, Suzlon Energy, which has been grappling with quality issues with its rotor blades in the US and struggling to repay debt, finds itself in rough weather yet again
Schroders is adding wind power and forestry stocks to its climate change portfolio, saying heightened investor interest in the green theme should support share performances in the second half. Government spending on green projects and excitement surrounding the climate change treaty due to be signed in Copenhagen in December all …
The United States may soon take the mantle as the global leader on climate change in part because of its strong research and development on energy, said oil historian and analyst Daniel Yergin. "The United States is way ahead of everybody else," on research and development of alternative fuels and …
BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd)realized the importance of renewable energy sources as early as in the 1980s development, manufacture, and supply of a range of renewable energy products and systems. BHEL developed a range of renewable energy products and systems.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), devised by the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) under the Kyoto regime, has practically taken the climate change market by storm. This article is an attempt to shed light on the recent trends in CDM that have affected the wind power projects …
In conversation with Mr R.K. Sethi, Director, Ministry of Environment and Forests. Mr Sethi's association with CDM goes back to 2001 when he was given the responsibility of the Climate Change and CDM initiative: It was under his guidance that the Designated National Authority (DNA) was established in the country.
Environmentally-friendly investments form part of many recently launched recovery programmes. With the right policies, they could achieve growth and a cleaner planet as well.
Industry refuses to invest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects without strong state support because of a lack of clarity on future emissions rules, Norway's StatoilHydro said on Friday. Norway's biggest oil and gas producer StatoilHydro is one of the world's most active companies in CCS, with two field …
Wind and solar power could become a major source of electricity for the United States, but only if the nation adopts new policies that promote renewable energy and that place a price on carbon. The report cites figures showing that renewable energy sources currently provide only a small fraction of …
The project may be small, but it is symbolically very important. The first wind power plant in West Africa has been connected to the grid in Gambia, and everyone hopes that more will soon follow.
