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eSolar Awarded DOE Funds to Develop Molten Salt Power Storage

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 8, 2010

eSolar, Inc. and its project team member, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), have been selected to receive up to $10.8 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to design, build and test a modular, baseload molten salt power plant...

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IEA report signals energy technology revolution underway, but warns more must be done

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 8, 2010

=A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds early indications that an energy technology revolution is underway. Released on July 1, 2010 the report shows that global investment in renewable power generation has reached all-time highs but warns much more...

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A Slowing Economy Could Cast a Shadow on Solar Energy

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 7, 2010

On July 4, President Barack Obama unleashed a $2 billion torrent of solar subsidies that went to two companies. One, Abengoa Solar, will use $1.45 billion to build a massive solar power plant in Gila Bend, Ariz.. Another slug will help Abound Solar Manufacturing build high-...

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Subject Tags: Business , energy

Govt to take IITs’ help in effort to clean up Ganga

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 7, 2010

New Delhi: India has turned to seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to help it prepare a plan to clean the Ganga. The move comes after the government has failed to do so after spending around Rs900 crore over 25 years through the Ganga Action Plan.

The joint...

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Subject Tags: Business

UL Launches Certification for Solar PV Installers

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 6, 2010

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Carbon Taxes May be Ineffective in Discouraging Emissions

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 6, 2010

Of the many ways considered by Western governments to fight climate change, perhaps the most troublesome is raising a tariff wall in the name of clean environment.

One month after France and Italy called for implementation of a carbon tax at European borders, two U.S....

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India conspires again

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010

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Subject Tags: Business , India , War , World Bank

NMC bus service for Kalmeshwar starts

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010

Catering to the needs of commuters in rural parts of the district, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Sunday started city bus service for Kalmeshwar. It was just a few days back that bus service for industrial township Butibori was started by the civic body....

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India needs more quality research in science: PM

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 3, 2010

Pitching for greater collaboration between institutions like IITs and the corporate sector, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the country urgently needs to increase quality research in science and technology to meet newer challenges like climate change.

Addressing...

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Obama announces $2 billion for solar power

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 3, 2010

The government is handing out nearly $2 billion for new solar plants that President Barack Obama says will create thousands of jobs and increase the use of renewable energy sources.

Obama announced the initiative in his weekly radio and online address Saturday, saying...

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Subject Tags: Business , Labor , Law