China-backed hydroelectric dam threatens world’s rarest orangutan
A billion-dollar hydroelectric dam development in Indonesia that threatens the habitat of the world’s rarest great ape has sparked fresh concerns about the impact of …
Hydro & Biofuels
To boost clean energy in India states ask for subsidies, support, protection and right policies
States on Wednesday urged the Centre to provide a level-playing field for domestic investors in the renewable energy sector and categorise large hydro projects as …
Nepal to award 1,200 MW hydroelectric project to Chinese company
Nepal has revived a deal with a Chinese state-owned firm to construct a USD 2.5 billion hydroelectric plant, that had been scrapped by the previous …
UN secretary general to attend second Global RE-Invest summit in National Capital
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres will be visiting India to attained 2nd Global RE-Invest summit and the first assembly of ISA in National Capital on …
China mulls exit from Nepal’s Seti hydropower project
Citing high resettlement and rehabilitation costs, China is planning to make an exit from 750-megawatt West Seti hydropower project in Nepal, reported the South China …
India invites experts from Pakistan to visit two hydropower projects on Chenab
India has invited Pakistani experts to visit the sites of its two hydropower projects on the Chenab river next month to address its concerns, but …
India’s first biofuel powered flight undertakes maiden voyage
Biofuel technology developed indigenously by CSIR a game changer: Dr. Harsh Vardhan A historic flight powered by indigenously produced aviation biofuel based on patented technology …
Green group favors impact assessment of each hydropower project in HP
Environment group Himdhara Collective on Sunday sent a letter to the expert committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, demanding cumulative impact …
Bengal govt promoting renewable energy sources: Mamata Banerjee
The West Bengal government is drawing up several schemes for the promotion of solar power and other sources of renewable energy, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee …
Arunachal CM Khandu stresses on hydropower potential to transform state
Recalling years of economic struggle post-statehood in 1987, with lingering memories of war with China in 1962, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday …