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Solar power mooted for hospitals, health centres

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 20, 2012

The State Government is planning to adopt solar energy for hospitals and health centres for ensuring uninterrupted power supply to the institutions.

The objective is to make provision for adequate back-up power to tide over frequent power disruptions and maintain...

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Subject Tags: energy , Politics , Technology

Wind industry charged up by revival prospects of generation-based incentive scheme

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 17, 2012

The wind power industry, which has been subdued in terms of capacity addition since the beginning of the year, is now charged up with the prospect of revival of the generation-based incentive scheme (GBI).

Thanks to the repeated public statements made by the Ministry...

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Subject Tags: Politics

Mahindra seeks to take lead in electric vehicles segment

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 7, 2012

Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, the only manufacturer of electric cars in India, plans to introduce at least five such vehicles in the next three years to take advantage of a government plan to spend Rs. 14,000 crore to boost the popularity of electric and hybrid vehicles in the...

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Subject Tags: Mahindra Ltd. , Politics

Andhra Pradesh government to provide solar power to new villages

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 27, 2012

The Non-conventional Energy Sources Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NEDCAP) plans to provide total solar power to newly constructed villages under the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Scheme of the Andhra Pradesh government, its project director M Ramamohan said...

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Subject Tags: Politics , Technology

Sustainability gets supporters from all sectors

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 23, 2012

Unless we conserve energy and resources along with attempts to reduce global warming, we are calling for a disaster, said M Veerappa Moily, minister of power and corporate affairs at The Energy and Resources Institute’s 11th Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture on Wednesday.

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Subject Tags: energy , Politics , Technology

India Considers $35 Billion Debt Revamp After Blackout

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2012

India plans to restructure about $35 billion of loans held by its utilities to boost their ability to supply electricity and avert outages like the one that cut off power to half the nation’s 1.2 billion people.

Half of the short-term borrowings of the state-owned...

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Affordable wind energy not hot air

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 21, 2012

Anyone thinking of setting up coal-based power projects may want to think again. The stratospheric rise in the price of imported coal and the shortage of the fossil fuel at home have given rise to a scenario once thought impossible: For the first time, the cost of wind power...

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Subject Tags: energy , Politics

Soon, BEST to power its bus depots with solar energy

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 21, 2012

Taking a leap towards conservation of energy, the BEST has decided to experiment with the use of solar power to provide electricity to its 25 bus depots across the city.

BEST incurs a huge power bill, which runs into lakhs of rupees annually, at the bus depots-...

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Subject Tags: electricity , energy , Politics

Solar energy to be used for irrigation

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 16, 2012

The state government has launched a plan to boost the lift irrigation projects in the state wherein it will install solar panels on irrigation canals to generate power. In the first phase, this project would be implemented in Yadgir, Raichur and Bijapur districts and then...

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Subject Tags: Politics

South Asia's energy crisis demands collective action

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2012

The colossal collapse of India's power grid, twice in as many days last week, highlights how severe the consequences can be if nations do not address their energy demand and supply situation.

Hundreds of millions of people were without electricity, there were massive...

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