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Capturing energy efficiency market advantages By : Jyoti Deka, Nov 20, 2012
The market for energy efficiency products and services in India has gained momentum in recent years. This is both due to regulatory impetus and commercial incentives for energy savings as the push for green building and industrial process efficiency is being seen in a new... Read more.. |
IFC may lend $34.3M to SEI Solar, $40M to PE-backed PTC India Financial ServicesBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 20, 2012
SEI Solar is majority owned by a South Korean arm of China’s CHINT Solar (Zhejiang) Co; IFC had last year also lent $50M to PTC India Financial Services. International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank, is ramping up its... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , CHINT Solar (Zhejiang) Co Ltd , finance , India , International Finance Corporation , SEI Solar Power Pvt. Ltd , Technology |
Energy Efficiency – The Low Hanging Fruits of Sustainability By : Reshmi Vasudeva..., Nov 19, 2012
Energy Efficiency is the ‘low hanging fruit of sustainability’ as it opens up myriads of opportunities in resource conservation, primarily by plugging in the wastages in energy distribution, storage and use. Increased volatility of global energy prices has escalated... Read more.. |
No nation immune to climate change - World BankBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 19, 2012
All nations will suffer the effects of a warmer world, but it is the world's poorest countries that will be hit hardest by food shortages, rising sea levels, cyclones and drought, the World Bank said in a report on climate change. Under new World Bank President Jim... Read more.. |
Plan to illuminate village streets with solar powerBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 19, 2012
Stage is all set to illuminate 104 of the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Grams (villages) with solar streetlights in Allahabad, Kaushambi, Fatehpur and Pratapgarh. In fact, Allahabad region of UP New & Renewable Energy Development Authorities (UPNEDA), has sent a proposal to... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
IT as an enabling tool for Business Sustainability By : Suparna Shankar..., Nov 16, 2012
It does not matter how big or small Indian organizations are, they must learn from the recent power grid failure. The recent power grid failure in North India exposed the precarious demand-supply imbalance in power and vulnerability of a grid with complex inter-... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Environment , Health , Labor , Resource Efficiency , Social Issues , Technology |
Gamesa mulls solar power entryBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 16, 2012
Wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa is evaluating the prospects of foraying into the solar power industry in the country, a move intended to create a new stream of revenue and strike synergies between two renewable energy sources. The company, whose role in solar power... Read more.. |
Sustainability is a requirement for competitiveness in the long run By : Sustainability ..., Nov 14, 2012
Can you tell us something about Outokumpu operations in India? What are the current and prospective focus sectors for the organization in India? We have sales offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, and we have recently set-up a representative office in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , energy , Environment , Outokumpu Group , steel , sustainability , Technology , Tuomas Haikka |
DDA to start recycling wastewater, to begin with at its headquartersBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 13, 2012
For residents of areas built by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), such as Vasant Kunj and Dwarka, scarcity of water is an everyday problem. The DDA now plans to tackle this perennial problem by recycling wastewater. And it is starting from its own home. DDA... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Shaping investment in small-scale decentralized renewable energy projects By : Sustainability ..., Nov 9, 2012
Sustainability Outlook spoke to Andrew Affleck, Managing Partner of Armstrong Asset Management What has been Armstrong Asset Management's role in the Cleantech space? Could you elaborate on your new fund? The Armstrong South East Asia Clean... Read more.. Subject Tags: Andrew Affleck , Armstrong Asset Management , Business , energy , Environment , Technology , The Armstrong South East Asia Clean Energy Fund |