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BHEL commissions 100 MW hydro project in VietnamBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 1, 2013
BHEL today said it has commissioned a 100 MW hydro power generating set in Vietnam, a development that is likely to open up more opportunities for the state-run major in the fast-growing market. The leading power equipment maker has commissioned the first unit... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology , Vietnam |
From Carbon20 to Betterbusiness: Reckitt Benckiser makes sustainability corner stone of its growth agenda By : Anindita Chakraborty, Jan 31, 2013
Reckitt Benckiser launched a new sustainability strategy in 2012 upon early achievement of its successful Carbon20 programme. The new betterbusiness strategy is based on an analysis of key global trends of decreasing resources and was developed to integrate it with a new... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Environment , Labor , Law , Reckitt Benckiser , Resource Efficiency , Technology |
IFC To Infuse Debt In Bhilwara EnergyBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2013
IFC is planning to provide an ‘A’ Loan of up to R41 Cr ($7.5 Mn) to Bhilwara Energy Limited to finance a part of the project being developed under SPV - LNJ Power Ventures Limited. LNJ Power Venture is developing a 20MW wind power project in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan... Read more.. Subject Tags: Bhilwara Energy Limited , Technology |
SAIL R&D unit ties up with Shyam Metallics for energy saving projectBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2013
The Research and Development Centre for Iron and Steel (RDCIS), Pune, SAIL’s research wing, on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with Odisha-based Shyam Metallics & Energy Ltd for a special energy-saving scheme. According to a press statement, Shyam Metallics... Read more.. |
Coordinated effort vital to meet renewable energy target: Climate ParliamentBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2013
The Climate Parliament in its report on ‘Review of India’s progress in achieving NAPCC target of 15 per cent renewable energy by 2020’ said there is an urgent need for co-ordination amongst the key Government bodies for implementation of the renewable energy targets.... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
NHPC finds Myanmar projects unfeasibleBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 29, 2013
State-owned power utility NHPC Ltd has termed as unfeasible two strategic hydroelectric projects in Myanmar, potentially dampening India’s economic diplomacy initiative to engage the South-East Asian nation. NHPC, in a detailed project report (DPR), said Myanmar... Read more.. |
Resource crunch could delay second phase of national solar missionBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2013
The second phase of the national solar mission could get delayed due to lack of government finance for the upcoming projects. "Government investment is not flowing in, so execution of the next phase will get delayed," said a top official at ministry of new and... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Singapore firm BrightLite Systems enters Sonipat to make Light Emitting DiodesBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 26, 2013
In a bid to enter the Light Emitting Diode (LED) Modules business in India, BrightLite Systems - a Singapore-based company has joined hands with Fiem Industries Ltd - a Sonipat-based auto company. The move is expected to create business of around Rs 300 crore... Read more.. |
Survey reveals alarming decrease in water table in Noida, Greater NoidaBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 25, 2013
The stay order on the extraction of groundwater may have come too late to resurrect Noida's water table, which experts say are is at its lowest due to a steady increase in construction work in and around Noida and Greater Noida in the past decade. Dadri area and other... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
TN to lead India's solar power revolution by 2015By : Sustainability ..., Jan 25, 2013
Tamil Nadu would generate around 40 percent of the solar energy produced in the country by 2015, said Sudeep Jain, chairman and director of the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA). Jain was addressing an international workshop on renewable energy,... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |