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Nirupama Rao: Tough To Compromise India's Development for ClimateBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 24, 2010
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Monday said that for India, climate change is not merely an environmental issue, but is linked with the growth prospects and developmental aspirations Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
NRI readies power plant in a boxBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 23, 2010
The world of energy and entrepreneurship is crackling with electric anticipation this week after an India-born scientist-CEO provided a sneak peek over the weekend at a clean and efficient model of power generation-in-a-box that could eliminate the traditional grid and... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
World Biodiesel Market to Reach $71 Billion by 2020, According to PikeBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 22, 2010
A new wave of biodiesel will begin having a meaningful impact on world energy markets over the next several years, according to a recent report from Pike Research. The cleantech market intelligence firm anticipates that, spurred by innovations in feedstocks such as waste... Read more.. |
U.S. Senate weighs final push to move climate billBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 21, 2010
A last-ditch attempt at passing a climate change bill begins in the U.S. Senate this week with lawmakers mindful that time is running short and that approaches to the legislation still vary widely, according to sources. "We will present senators with a number of... Read more.. |
BJP questions Centre over Shyam Saran's resignationBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 20, 2010
The BJP today raised questions over the resignation of Prime Minister's special envoy Shyam Saran and wondered why another top diplomat Shivshankar Menon who, it alleged, brought "shame" to the country at Sharm-el-Sheikh, was appointed National Security Adviser. "Why... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
US faces competition from India in clean energy tech: ObamaBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 19, 2010
The US President Barack Obama has said the US, being the world leader, cannot afford to lag behind in clean energy technologies amid the fast growth of India, China and Germany in the field and sought efforts to prevent any country from “out- competing” America in future.... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
U.N. Climate Chief ResignsBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 19, 2010
The sense of disarray in the global effort to address climate change deepened Thursday with the resignation of Yvo de Boer, the stolid Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years. His departure, which takes effect... Read more.. |
Suzlon bags wind energy project from Larsen and ToubroBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 18, 2010
Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy today said it has received its first-ever order from a subsidiary of Larsen and Toubro (L and T) to set up a 8.7-MW wind energy project in Tamil Nadu. The company has bagged an order from L and T Infrastructure Development... Read more.. |
Spain Approves Carbon Offset Projects in China, India, PeruBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 18, 2010
Spain approved seven clean-energy projects to offset its carbon emissions with reductions in the developing world, the Environment Ministry said. The projects, under the United Nations’s Clean Development Mechanism, will cut CO2 emissions by 2.17 million... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
466 Million Electric Two-Wheel Vehicles to Hit the Road by 2016By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 16, 2010
While the electrification of the automobile has captured strong attention over the past few years, a significantly higher volume market opportunity lies with a different kind of EV - the electric two-wheel vehicle.According to a new report from Pike... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , Technology |