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IFC, PTC Financial Services Support Renewable-Energy Financing in India

By : sustainabilityo..., May 2, 2011

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is partnering with India’s PTC Financial Services Limited, a nonbanking-finance company, to support smaller infrastructure local firms  in developing sustainable and renewable sources in India.

IFC will provide $50 million (2,250...

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Subject Tags: IFC , Technology

NexPower enters Indian market; receives 36 MW order

By : Pramita Sen, May 2, 2011

NexPower Technology, a subsidiary of United Microelectronics Corporation, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Wipro EcoEnergy, the cleante ch business of Wipro Ltd.

The agreement allows for a capacity allocation of 36 MW in thin film photovoltaic...

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Nottingham researchers help bridge the urban and rural divide in the UK and India

By : sustainabilityo..., May 2, 2011

Academics at The University of Nottingham are to receive more than £5 million in UK funding for research that will aim to make rural living in both the UK and India more sustainable.

The money will be used for projects investigating opportunities for small scale energy...

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WWF Marks 50 Years With Urgent Call for Global Green Economy

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 30, 2011

 Environmental leaders and politicians from around the world today called for an urgent move towards a global green economy in order to achieve sustainable development and wildlife conservation over the next 50 years.

Low-carbon technology, green infrastructures,...

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NCEF to play critical role for solar power development

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 30, 2011

The National Clean Energy Fund would provide support for the development of indigenous technologies in India and for related research and development activities. The Union government is expecting that the research would ultimately help in reducing the final cost of producing...

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Aquatech to construct SWRO desalination plant for Coastal Energen in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 30, 2011

Aquatech, a provider of water purification technology, has received a contract to design, engineer, fabricate and build a 13,000 cubic meters/day seawater reverse osmosis, or SWRO, based desalination plant for Coastal Energen Pvt. Ltd., or CEPL. 

Coastal Energen, the...

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World inching towards ice age: Expert

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 30, 2011

 At a time when weather experts and environmentalists around the world are worried about the repercussions of climate change due to global warming, a young scientist from National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, contrarily believes that the world is gearing to face ice...

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Subject Tags: Technology

IEEE launches smart grid interoperability standards project

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 29, 2011

A GLOBALLY recognised standards setting body of IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) within IEEE, today officially introduced its globally reputed project, the “IEEE P2030TM Draft Guide for Smart Grid Interoperability of Energy Technology and Information Technology Operation...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

Lancor committed to green initiatives

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 28, 2011

Lancor Holdings, a well known name in property development, has asserted that henceforth all its upcoming residential projects will be green rated.

Mallika Ravi, Group Chief Executive Officer of Lancor, reiterated that Lancor was committed to green initiatives. “Going...

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Quicker shift to organic farming possible: Minister

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 28, 2011

Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran said on Wednesday that Kerala could meet its target of a total switch-over to organic farming sooner than expected.

The Minister was inaugurating a seminar on “Endosulfan: Issues and Safe Alternatives to Chemical Pesticides”...

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