The Renewable Generation Obligation mandate will help India ensure that 50% of its energy comes from non-fossil fuel sources by the end of 2030, claim experts.
By Prof. Nimal Gunatilleke This is a sequel to my earlier article, titled ‘The Sri Lankan Debt Crisis: A Layman’s Review’, which appeared in two parts on the 01st and 02nd June in The Island Midweek Review and also in the Daily Financial Times on the 06th and 07th June 2022. In the second part […]
John Kerry brings objection to Rampal Power Plant to the fore The New Nation 16 April 2021
Although experts have repeatedly expressed concern that Rampal coal-fired power plant will put the Sundarbans at risk, the government has paid no heed. Rather, the government is setting up the plant stating that it has taken up various initiatives to protect the world s largest mangrove forest. We are concerned too over the government s contradictory stance concerning the Sundarbans.
US president Joe Biden s special envoy on climate, John Kerry, has also bluntly raised the question during his talks with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. Mr. Kerry raised the US objection to the construction of Rampal coal-fired power plant, says a news report published in a national daily on Wednesday, quoting several government sources present at the talks between Kerry and Momen. At that meeting Mr. Momen apprised Mr. Kerry of the government s various initiatives to protect the Sundar