APT Translations

This move aims to revitalize the country's aging wind turbines, many of which were installed before the year 2000, and allows the repowering or replacing of older turbines with more efficient ones, even before the end of their design life, through modifications in components such as gearbox, blades, generator, and controller.

According to the analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Bluerisk, 99% of India’s existing and planned green and blue hydrogen capacities face extreme water stress conditions by 2040.

It is also exploring different options such as pumped storage with 2 GW capacity by 2030 and offshore wind with 1 GW capacity by 2035

The Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) facilitated by IRENA held a Ministerial event during the COP28 entitled ‘From targets to turbines: Next Steps in offshore wind’.

Monitoring Climate Mitigation Efforts of 63 Countries plus the EU - covering more than 90 per cent of the Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, India has received a high ranking in the greenhouse gas Emissions and Energy Use categories, but a medium in Climate Policy and Renewable Energy, as in the previous year.

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that the agreement seeks to establish institutional mechanisms to enable the 14 countries to work together on supply chains in critical sectors and key goods.

At the ongoing climate change negotiations, called the Conference of Parties (COP28), the Global Stocktake (GST) text is the most crucial document set to be finalised by the negotiators by the end of this two-week long annual meet.

Shortly after opening, IREDA's retail division quickly sanctioned its first loan amounting to Rs 58 crores under KUSUM-B, it said.

The CM had laid the stone for this 32 MW ambitious project on December 2, 2023 with a deadline for completion before the first week of February 2024, a statement issued here said.

"I want to make my industry green so I will impose on you a certain tax because you are coming up with non-green products and with that money I will make my industry green... Border adjustment tax logic just goes against the concerns of the global south.