LONDON: Massive post-pandemic stimulus packages are mostly failing to support action to tackle climate change or halt the loss of biodiversity, but the amount of green spending is slowly tracking upwards, according to a study published on Friday. Advocates of rapid action to slash planet-warming emissions see the packages as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest […]
Goa: Cabinet approves 4-month power bill relief for consumers
JERC issues tariff orders after admitting petitions and holding public hearings. The department has been filing tariff and aggregate revenue requirement (ARR) petitions before the JERC for every financial year Panaji: To reduce the burden on consumers in view of the pandemic, the state cabinet on Wednesday decided to give all categories of consumers a […]
UK’s Johnson to sink millions into wind power
Johnson is expected to make the pledge Tuesday in an address to the annual Conservative Party conference, which is being held online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to pledge that every home in the country will be powered by offshore wind in a decade. Johnson […]
COVID-19 vs Renewables: How the pandemic is impacting Australia’s solar curve
With Australians spending more time at home during the day as a result of COVID-induced restrictions, many are questioning the impact of shifting energy demand patterns on the solar curve. Byron Serjeantson, Regional Manager at Flow Power considers the potential outcomes of these changes. The COVID-19 infection curve is not the only graph under close […]
Tata Power eyes Rs 3,000-crore divestment, revamp of green assets to cut debt
The company aims at raising Rs 3,000 crore from divestment of assets in 2020-21, despite the disruption caused by Covid-19 pandemic in the global economy Mumbai: Tata Power Company hopes to raise about Rs 3,000 crore from divestment of non-core operations and restructuring the renewable energy business with an aim to cut debt by at […]
Aurangabad: Chorus grows for electricity bill waiver
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has appealed to consumers to pay monthly bills using online payment facilities Aurangabad: The demand for waving the monthly electricity bill of all the consumers is gathering momentum with Aurangabad-based citizen group submitting a memorandum to the state government, claiming that income of many families has taken a […]
Gautam Adani sees COVID-19 as opportunity for faster transition to clean energy
“While the immediate economic impact may slow us down, we are presented with an opportunity to pause, rethink, and design a new and faster transition to a low-carbon future,” he said New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani on Thursday said COVID-19 had an immediate economic impact but the pandemic presents an opportunity to design a new […]
Germany, Britain call for ‘green recovery’ from pandemic
Schulze suggested that one way to do this would be to help care workers buy electric vehicles for house calls. “These are many, many vehicles,” she told The AP. “It would help the economy and it would move us forward (in curbing emissions)” BERLIN: Germany and Britain said Monday that efforts to revive the global […]
Outlook on working through pandemic while keeping the core operations intact
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Advisory: Directorate General of Shipping Department
Advisory on non-charging of any demurrage, ground rent beyond the allowed free Period or any Performance related Penalty on non-containerized cargo during the Period of effect of Covid-19 pandemic. For more information please see below link: