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 …
Energy generated by using wind, solar, small hydro, tides, geothermal heat and biomass is known a non-conventional energy. All these sources are renewable process of energy generation and do not cause environmental pollution. Standing Committee on Energy present this Twenty-nineth report on "Availability of Identified Non-conventional Resources of Energy – …
Chief Minister announces measures to tide over crisis Faced with flak from all quarters over the government’s handling of the energy crisis, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said that the State had sought an additional 500 MW of power from the central power generation stations in the …
“Consider monthly payment for wind energy supplied to grid” Tamil Nadu, which has the largest number of wind mills installed in the country, has seen a drop in installation of new wind turbines during April-June this year. According to the Indian Wind Power Association, just about 80 MW of wind …
Cape Wind cleared its last bureaucratic hurdle Wednesday when the Federal Aviation Administration released its finding that the project poses no hazard to planes. The finding came after a court-mandated re-evaluation of possible safety hazards the 130-turbine project poses to planes and a GOP inquiry into whether the FAA's initial …
A new Greenpeace India campaign is gearing up to take on the Indian coal industry, coal ministry and even the Prime Minister. The environmental action group is determined to create awareness about how coal mining in Central India destroys forests, forest dependent communities, endangered tigers and other wildlife. Of course, …
Cost of wind power is now on a par with price of coal-fired energy Anyone thinking of setting up coal-based power projects may want to think again. The stratospheric rise in the price of imported coal and the shortage of the fossil fuel at home have given rise to a …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Monday emphasised on chalking out mechanism to tap the massive potential of renewable energy in the state. "Our hill locks, mountains and river banks has enormous potential for developing wind energy which if rightly harnessed can generate good revenue," Tuki said while delivering …
ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh government will chalk out mechanism to tap the massive potential of renewable energy in the State. “Our hill locks, mountains and river banks has enormous potential for developing wind energy which if rightly harnessed can generate good revenue,” Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today said while delivering …
Thermal power plants in Pakistan were inefficient and consumed a large quantity of fuel to produce a unit of electricity: Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) used 11 to 18 cubic feet of gas to generate just one KWh of electricity. Data compiled by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) showed …
The world's first integrated wind-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station has been installed in Barcelona. The charging station combines vertical wind turbines with electric vehicle (EV) charging technology and provides clean energy to power electric vehicles. Urban Green Energy (UGE) supplied the wind turbines for the project, while GE incorporated …
A new report confirms the critical importance of offshore wind in replacing aging power plants, saving up to £89bn from the UK's energy bill, and has the potential to take a large share of a global £1 trillion market by 2050. As well as reducing reliance on imported gas and …
The Cabinet approved guidelines Friday for drafting the fiscal 2013 budget, emphasizing financing for an economic growth strategy and the development of renewable energy resources. The guidelines also stress that the government will maintain fiscal discipline, maintaining the current fiscal year's ¥71 trillion cap on major policy spending and ¥44 …
China cut its energy usage by 2.01 percent last year to 0.79 tons of standard coal equivalent for every 10,000 yuan ($1,570) of China's GDP, according to government data issued Thursday. Beijing posted the greatest decline, dropping its energy use by 6.94 percent to 0.45 tons of standard coal equivalent …
Germany's plan to wean itself off nuclear power has suffered a submarine setback. Utility companies have had to delay construction of a 25,000 megawatt windfarm off the coast because of fears the noise may kill thousands of porpoises. E.ON and RWE are spending millions on developing technology to reduce the …
Access to clean, affordable and reliable energy has been a cornerstone of the world’s increasing prosperity and economic growth since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Our use of energy in the twenty-first century must also be sustainable. Solar and water-based energy generation, and engineering of microbes to produce biofuels …
The Kalpasar dam project, envisaged more than a decade ago to resolve the water woes in Saurashtra and Kutch region in Gujarat, is yet to take off, official sources said. The project, which is estimated to cost Rs 33,000 crore, was conceptualised in 1998 to establish a fresh water reservoir …
Standard Chartered Bank, which is targeting improvements in energy and resource efficiency in its buildings, has taken a stake in a wind farm to source green energy for an office in Chennai. It has taken a 26 per cent stake in Green Infra to source over 1.5 million units of …
The Power and Energy Ministry of Sri Lanka announced today that another 30 megawatts of electricity through wind power will be added to the national grid from Thursday (09). According to the Ministry, 30 megawatts of power is generated through three wind power plans in Kalpitiya of northwestern coast. The …
Renewable energy has the potential to stabilise India’s power grid by catering to “peak-load demands”, but the programme needs better policies to improve investor interest, economic viability and capacity utilisation, say experts. Sunlight, wind and water are the most important renewable sources of energy. However, despite immense potential, India’s renewable …
BIKANER: Wind power came to the rescue of Jodhpur Discom during the Northern and Eastern power grid failure, whereas the other Discoms had to wait until the power units at Kota, NTPC and power plants at Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar resumed supply. "The power generated through wind energy …
