Hydroelectricity

Expert panel extends clearance for Tehri project

The Environment Ministry's Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on river valley and hydroelectric projects has recommended a three-year extension to the validity of the environmental clearance (EC) for

Publication Date:

23/06/2017

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Tehri Garhwal, Central Expert Appraisal Committee (CEAC), Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Compensation, Hydroelectricity, Environment

Energy

Over the next decade solar cost will come down by 60 per cent’

International Renewable Energy Agency chief Adnan Z Amin on where the clean market is headed

Publication Date:

21/06/2017

Author(s): M Ramesh

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Biomass, Thermal Power Plants, Wind Energy, Hydroelectricity, Energy Technology, Energy

Climate Change

Climate change and renewable energy generation in Africa

This paper contributes to the economics literature on renewable energy generation by investigating climate-change impacts on renewable energy generation in Africa (with special focus on hydropower generation as it is the main renewable source of power in the continent). The analysis includes 51 African countries over the period 1996-2012.

Publication Date:

19/06/2017

Author(s): Boris Odilon Kounagbè Lokonon, Adeleke Oluwole Salami

Source: African Development Bank

Tags:

Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Africa, Hydroelectricity, GDP

Dams/ Irrigation

New Amazon dams would be 'massively' destructive - study

Paris - Building the 428 hydroelectric dams proposed for Brazil's Amazon basin - three times the existing number - would devastate the environment and could even disrupt regional weather, an intern

Publication Date:

15/06/2017

Source: News 24 (South Africa)

Tags:

Dams, Environment, Amazon, Ecosystems, Hydroelectricity, Brazil, Biodiversity, Dams/ Irrigation

Energy

Govt readies plan to revive stalled power projects, ease burden on banks

The government is close to finalising a mechanism to prevent stressed or stalled thermal and hydro power projects from becoming a bad loan burden for banks and institutional lenders, provided the p

Publication Date:

14/06/2017

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, Ministry of Power, Power Transmission, Renewable Energy, Energy

Energy

BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2017

The 2017 edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, shows global energy markets continuing to undergo long-term changes as they also adapt to nearer-term price challenges.

Publication Date:

13/06/2017

Source: BP Plc

Tags:

Energy, Statistics, Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, Hydroelectricity, Renewable Energy, Electricity, Coal, Carbon Dioxide, India, Global

Energy

Goyal links '24x7 Power' with consumer honesty

Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday linked 24x7 power supply with the transmission and distribution (T&D) losses and consumer honesty.

Publication Date:

13/06/2017

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Electricity, Ministry of Power, Power Transmission, Uttar Pradesh, Hydroelectricity, Energy

Dams/ Irrigation

Ethiopia: GERD Adds 100 Years of Existence to Aswan Dam - Research

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has an immense contributions to the downstream countries: Egypt and the Sudan, researchers indicated.

Publication Date:

08/06/2017

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Dams, Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, Water Resources, Energy, Hydroelectricity, Africa

Environment

MoEF treads carefully on project to make Jog Falls perennial

The future of the government’s proposal to make Jog Falls in Shivamogga district perennial will now be decided by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the locals of the region.

Publication Date:

08/06/2017

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Hydrology, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Hydroelectricity, Forest Clearance, Wildlife Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Forests, Environment

Environment