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 …
REGIONAL leaders have agreed to cut tariffs on solar panels, wind turbine blades, solar hot water systems and other ''environmental goods'' in what has been hailed as a shift against protectionist sentiment after global financial turmoil. Meeting in the Russian port city of Vladivostok, the 21 leaders of the Asia-Pacific …
Mumbai India needs to stem an influx of cheaper imports from China and ease taxes on locally made solar cells to boost domestic manufacturing, Tata Power Solar Systems’ newly appointed CEO Ajay Goel told FE in a telephonic interview on Wednesday. The government aims to turn India into a major …
Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that besides various concessions for generation of renewable energy in Madhya Pradesh, the State Government is giving other facilities including identifying sites for setting up units in this sector. He said that a new scheme has been chalked out in Madhya Pradesh …
The NSW government has promised to triple the amount of energy generated by wind turbines and solar panels in NSW over the next eight years, at no extra cost to the public. Its draft "renewable energy action" plan, released this morning, confirms its existing commitment to a 20 per cent …
Fauji Fertiliser Company Limited has completed the country’s first Wind Energy Farm at Jhimpir, district Thatta, Sindh. According to a press release FFC has assured its complete and withstanding commitment to the uplift and well-being of underprivileged communities around the project. The 50MW wind energy farm has been completed in …
The Mt Mercer wind farm project is based in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 30 km south of Ballarat Suzlon Group-subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, has signed a $268 million contract with Meridian Energy Limited to supply 64 MM 92 wind turbines, each with 2.05 MW of rated power, to the Mt …
THE price paid to Victorian households for rooftop solar power they feed into the grid has been cut under a overhaul of incentives for small-scale renewables by the Baillieu government. The changes will reduce the price paid for each grid-fed kilowatt-hour of solar power to 8¢ from next year, down …
Toshiba Corp, Hitachi Zosen Corp, JFE Steel Corp and three other companies plan to invest 120 billion yen ($1.53 billion) over a decade to set up offshore wind turbines, the Nikkei reported. Potential sites for the project, which will have a production capacity of 300,000 kilowatts, include areas off the …
Several proposals to set up windmills remain in cold storage Non-conventional or renewable energy projects, which have become the topic of discussion these days following the acute crisis faced by the power sector, have not come up to the desired level in the State despite their vast potential. The State …
The state government is spending a whopping Rs 2,000 crores to segregate agricultural feeders to cut transmission and distribution (T&D;) losses. Experts say that by using solar energy for captive generation in between feeders, the huge T&D; losses can be arrested. However, instead of tapping into non-conventional energy options, the …
The Sindh government has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Czech Republic company, WIKOV Wind, for the generation of 50 megawatts of electricity at the so-called wind corridor in Gharo-Jhimpir in Thatta district. The MoU was signed by Sindh Board of Investment director general Mohammed Riazuddin and Czech Republic …
There has been a manifold increase in Karnataka’s energy deficit, from 2.1 per cent in 2006-2007 to 11.2 per cent in 2011-201. This can be overcome with exploration of renewable energy sources, says a report compiled by PwC on behalf of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The report, which …
The solar power sector is gaining momentum in Karnataka ever since the government introduced a solar energy policy (2011-16). The government has recently concluded a bid process, in which 80 Mw (60 Mw for solar PV and 20 Mw for solar thermal) was allotted to developers at tariffs between Rs …
Of the projected 30,000 MW capacity addition, around 15,000 MW would be from wind power India is expected see renewable energy capacity addition of 30,000 MW, with significant contribution from wind power, over the next five years. "At the end of 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), the country is expected …
India is expected see renewable energy capacity addition of 30,000 MW, with significant contribution from wind power, over the next five years. “At the end of the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), the country is expected to have a total renewable energy generation capacity of 55,000 MW,” Joint Secretary in …
A new study into the efficiency and reliability of wind farms has concluded that a campaign against them by Conservative backbenchers and others is not supported by the evidence. The report, from the left-leaning thinktank IPPR in association with the leading energy consultancy GL Garrad Hassan, concludes there is no …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday to accelerate the expansion of offshore windparks, a crucial part of a planned shift to green energy from nuclear. While Germany is making headway with its renewables targets due to rapid growth in the solar and onshore wind sectors, …
The report which has been drafted jointly by Greenpeace and the Chennai based industry research firm Energy Alternative India (EAI), presents a detailed economic and environmental roadmap based on the Green Telecom Directive issued by Department of Telecommunication (DoT) based on the recommendation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India …
Germany's energy strategy will cost consumers dearly as costs for new renewable power generation units and networks must be passed on, the head of the German unit of Swedish state-owned energy group Vattenfall was quoted saying on Monday. The comment came a day before Chancellor Angela Merkel is to meet …
Valediction of the ‘Energy Conservation Week’ celebrations were held here on Saturday. When the celebrations began on August 21, students of various schools took out an awareness rally at Palayamkottai to highlight the need for saving power. In the valediction held at Palayamkottai, Commissioner (in charge), Tirunelveli Corporation, T. Mohan, …
