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Trane India Joins IDBI Bank for $13 Million Chiller-Replacement Project

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 27, 2010

Trane India, an energy services subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Plc, will work with IDBI Bank Ltd. to replace 370 chillers that use ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, known as CFCs.

The bank is the implementing agency IN INDIA for a World Bank project under which...

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UN panel once exaggerated costs of climate fight — by 1,000 times

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 26, 2010

Highlighting errors you made almost a decade ago isn’t often a good way to raise your credibility — but it might help the U.N. panel of climate scientists after controversy over mistakes in its most recent 2007 report.

In 2003, I was at a conference in Moscow at which...

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Yes Bank, CarbonDesk Set up Venture to Sell UN Emission Credits in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 26, 2010

Yes Bank Ltd., a privately owned Indian lender, and CarbonDesk Group Plc agreed to cooperate on emissions-cutting projects to generate offset credits.

The venture aims to increase the amount of Certified Emissions Reduction credits produced in India, help curb...

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Solar mission programme: 7 TN projects shortlisted

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 26, 2010

Seven projects from Tamil Nadu have been selected under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission programme.

According to official sources, these are: Noel Media & Advertising Pvt Ltd; Gemini Geoss Energy Pvt Ltd; B&G Solar Pvt Ltd; Harrisons Power Pvt Ltd;...

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Farooq Abdullah launches website on Green Buildings

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 25, 2010

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah launched a new website on Green Buildings on the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas-2010, here on Tuesday.

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has developed a Green Rating of Indian Habitat Assessment...

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Orient Green Power to expand capacity

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 25, 2010

Orient Green Power Limited (OGPL), a subsidiary of Singapore-based Orient Green Power Pte. Ltd.  with a diversified portfolio of renewable energy plants in India, has drawn up plans to increase the capacity to 800 MW by March 2012. As on March 31, 2010, its installed capacity...

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Scientists Develop Self-Cleaning Technology for Solar Panels

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 23, 2010

Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That's the problem facing companies that deploy large-scale solar power installations, and...

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Environmentalists Claim UN Board Supporting Scam

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 23, 2010

A U.N. board that oversees a $2.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping gases has agreed to take steps that could lead to reining in what European and U.S. environmentalists call a gigantic scam.

The executive board of the U.N.'s Clean Development Mechanism said...

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Electric vehicles for Sustainable Transport

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 23, 2010

The recent high-profile acquisition of a small electric car company by an auto giant seems to have electrified the industry, which has been experiencing robust growth. As the world seeks solutions to high polluting and increasingly expensive fossil fuel transportation,...

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'Climate change affecting crop'

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 22, 2010

Goa's cashew production has been drastically affected by climate change and the only way out for farmers is to increase production with better management practices, agricultural experts said at a seminar on Saturday.

"If in a hectare with 200 cashew trees a yield of...

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