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Bhutan's taxis, govt cars set to make way for electric vehiclesBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2013
Bhutan has drawn up ambitious plans to replace its taxis and government vehicles with electric cars in a bid to make the national capital Thimpu an electric vehicles hotspot and emerge as a global centre for development of green technology. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Enhancing trade competitiveness through sustainable shipping in India By : Sustainability ..., Nov 22, 2013
Shipping is generally a low energy, low cost and a low impact method for freight transport on a per ton-km basis. In India, the push to sustainable shipping is twofold: 1) Efficiency for Trade: India incurs high logistics costs compared to other countries.... Read more.. |
Rajasthan an innovation cluster for solar? Creating more innovation clusters in India By : Sustainability ..., Nov 22, 2013
Rajasthan was cited as a potential innovation hub for solar energy, according to Professor Glyn Davis, keynote speaker at the Australian Trade Commission Innovation Showcase held in New Delhi last week. Briefly commenting on India, Davis used Rajasthan, Gujarat and... Read more.. |
UN climate talks shun carbon budget shareout as too radicalBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 22, 2013
Governments are shying away from their own warnings that the world has only a fast-shrinking budget of carbon emissions left to use to avoid damaging global warming, frightened off at U.N. climate talks by the radical cuts it would require. To keep warming to a level... Read more.. |
UN climate chief calls on coal industry to changeBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 20, 2013
The top U.N. climate diplomat on Monday told the coal industry it should leave most of the world's remaining coal reserves in the ground and start investing in renewable energy sources. Speaking at a coal summit on the sidelines of a U.N. climate conference in Warsaw,... Read more.. |
VGF doesn’t ease capital woes for developers in Solar Mission Phase IIBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 20, 2013
Solar developer reaction to Phase II JNNSM requirements remains lukewarm following pre-bid meeting to clarify JNNSM Phase II PPA and VGF securitization agreements yesterday. The proposed capital subsidy will be disbursed in tranches, with 50% of the VGF disbursed in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Technology |
Private equity firms turn away from renewable energy investments- reportBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 18, 2013
A report from the Financial News website said private equity firms were now putting their focus on deals that would extract and produce fossil fuels and away from renewable energy projects. The move was spurred by large discoveries of shale gas in the US which have reduced... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
CDC Group to Invest $25 Million in India’s Green InfraBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 18, 2013
CDC Group Plc, a development finance institution owned by the U.K. government, agreed to invest $25 million in an Indian renewable-energy developer. CDC will provide the funds to Green Infra Ltd. to help expand its wind and solar capacity, the London-based private... Read more.. |
Developing World Pushes for Rescue of U.N. Carbon Credit FundBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 18, 2013
Negotiators from Least Developed Countries are calling for the United Nations climate body to urgently establish a rescue fund to save Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism from collapse. Delegates, mostly from Africa and developing countries, fear that the CDM... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Regional energy trade to bridge demand-supply gapBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 18, 2013
In the past two decades, there has been a remarkable increase in the demand for energy in South Asia, leading to a huge deficit in power supply. A majority of the population in South Asian countries, particularly in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, is living without an easy... Read more.. |