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eSolar Awarded DOE Funds to Develop Molten Salt Power Storage

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 8, 2010

eSolar, Inc. and its project team member, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), have been selected to receive up to $10.8 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to design, build and test a modular, baseload molten salt power plant...

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Major Asia Pacific Photovoltaic Markets Expected to Grow 85% in 2010

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 8, 2010

According to the Solarbuzz® Asia and Pacific Major PV Markets 2010 report, the key emerging country markets of China, India, South Korea and Australia, together with the long established Japanese market, contributed 0.9 GW of installations in 2009, or 12% of world demand....

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Ecology, R&R stress in IIT's Navi Mumbai airport study

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 8, 2010

An environment impact assessment (EIA) study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, for the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport, has categorically said there should not be any compromise on retaining the geomorphology of rivers, the aquatic life and mangroves...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Leaked climate e-mail inquiry to release report

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 8, 2010

An independent report into the leak of hundreds of e-mails from one of the world's leading climate research centers is being published Wednesday, with many scientists hoping it will help calm the global uproar kicked up by their publication online.
Muir Russell's...

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Subject Tags: Technology

IEA report signals energy technology revolution underway, but warns more must be done

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 8, 2010

=A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds early indications that an energy technology revolution is underway. Released on July 1, 2010 the report shows that global investment in renewable power generation has reached all-time highs but warns much more...

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India may check use of foreign equipment in solar projects

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 7, 2010

India plans to use technology to police solar projects to ensure that they use Indian equipment, a move termed commendable by an expert who also warned that it could run afoul of the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
Government guidelines released recently specify...

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Subject Tags: manufacturing , Technology

'Climategate' report to be published

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 7, 2010

An independent report into leaked e-mails that appeared to question climate change data is due to be published Wednesday.
The review began work in December after e-mails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) were hacked into and published...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Jaipal vows more funds for urban renewal jobs

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 7, 2010

The Union minister for urban development, Mr S. Jaipal Reddy, said on Tuesday that the Central government would continue sanctioning grants for the development of infrastructure in Vijayawada city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) phase II....

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Subject Tags: Law , Technology

In Hampi, no electricity to charge ‘green’ cars

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 7, 2010

The state government’s ambitious project to protect Hampi’s monuments from pollution has suffered a huge setback, with the grand plan of operating eco-friendly, battery-operated vehicles in the area falling flat on its face.

Over the last few months, the Karnataka...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Jairam Ramesh finally finds a friend in HRD minister Sibal

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 7, 2010

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which, in the last few weeks, has not shared cordial ties with other ministries – namely coal, civil aviation and transport – has finally found a friend in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). The two today signed...

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Subject Tags: Technology