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Virtual centre at IIT-B mooted to provide climate solutions

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 8, 2011

Alumni and directors of all IITshave proposed a virtual centre at IIT-Bombay for ClimateChange Science which would co-ordinate work of all environmentrelated faculty across these premier technology institutionsthrough a holistic approach.

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Infinia bags order its PowerDish system from Dalmia Solar Power for its 9MW Solar Thermal project in Rajasthan under National Solar Mission

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 8, 2011

Infinia introduces itself an aggressive team commercializing a compelling and uniquely scalable solar power solution that will enable broad access to inexpensive, mass-manufactured solar power. They claim to be working on a number of other unique energy conversion products...

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Last Month's CDM Pipeline Report

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 8, 2011

Last month broke a number of records: it saw the highest amount of carbon credits issued Globally (48 million CERs valued at $720 million) as well as for India (2.2 million CERs valued at $33 million), with an increasing number of projects entering the CDM pipeline and...

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'Green India Mission to improve quality, quantity of forests'

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 6, 2011

The Centre has worked out an ambitious project as part of the national action plan on climate change to improve quality and quantity of forest cover in the country, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said today. 

 
"The mission will be accorded approval at a meeting...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Equatorial Palm Oil JV with India’s Siva Group is now set up

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 6, 2011

Equatorial Palm Oil PLC (LON:PAL) (EPO) said the joint venture agreement with Indian conglomerate, the Siva Group, has been fully implemented. The deal was initially flagged in September 2010.

The JV company has now received US$22.5 million in cash from Biopalm Energy...

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India says developed world must lead on climate change

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 5, 2011

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday stressed that emerging economies were in no position to tackle climate change compared with developed countries which had caused the problem.

India won widespread praise for showing new flexibility at the UN...

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Climate Change : India, Seychelles call for action

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 5, 2011

India today urged the industrialized nations to commit their emission reduction targets for 2020 that are consistent with the Copenhagen goal of containing the likely temperature increase to no more than 2 degree centigrade or less.

Seychelles called upon the...

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PM: India to decrease GDP emission intensity by 20%

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 4, 2011

Putting to rest all controversy on India’s stand on the climate change debate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emphasised on Thursday that India is set to reduce the emissions intensity of our GDP by 20 per cent between 2005 and 2020. To put this in effect, Dr Singh said...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

Reliance Power’s Sasan project gets carbon credit nod

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 4, 2011

Reliance Power announced on Thursday that its Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) has been registered with Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board (CDM-EB) of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The registration with CDM-EB allows Sasan...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Finnish 'clean tech' firms look for joint venture in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 4, 2011

Several Finnish companies are keen to form joint ventures with Indian firms to expand their operations in the country and promote the use of clean technology, the Nordic nation's Environment Minister Paula Lehtomaki said Thursday.

"Finnish companies are looking...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology