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India and Germany invest $6.9bn in joint renewables ventureBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 11, 2013
India and Germany are planning investment of INR43,000 crore ($6.9bn) into building the green energy corridors project – a series of wind and solar farms in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu which aim to add 30GW of capacity to the national grid by 2020. According to the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Germany , Technology |
IFC launches $1-billion bond programme for IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 11, 2013
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched a $1-billion offshore bond programme, touted as the largest of its kind in the offshore rupee market, to strengthen India’s capital markets and attract greater foreign investment. Under the programme, IFC will issue... Read more.. |
Mumbai, Chennai may reach climate tipping point by 2034: StudyBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 11, 2013
Around 20 years from now, Mumbai and Chennai could routinely start witnessing temperatures hotter than the two cities have experienced in 150 years, an alarming new University of Hawaii study predicting the climate 'tipping points' of various cities around the world has... Read more.. |
One country, one grid to become a reality by JanuaryBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2013
Come January 2014, the entire country will be served by one power grid, which means that electricity can flow seamlessly from anywhere it is produced to where it is needed and possibly at a lower price too. India had five regional grids, but progressively four were... Read more.. |
Myanmar halts bilateral hydro developmentBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2013
Six years after the governments of India and Myanmar decided to develop two hydro power projects, of 2,080 Mw capacity in that nation, the latter has put the idea on hold. The 1,200-Mw Tamanthi and 880-Mw Shwezaye plants would have involved a spend of Rs 25,000 crore... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Power play in South Asia to energise India's hold among Saarc countriesBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2013
After finding favour with energy resource-rich countries such as Nepal and Bhutan, India's proposal for a common power market in South Asia is now gaining traction with power-deficit countries of the region like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. While Indian power... Read more.. |
ADB to Provide $500 Million for Renewable Energy Transmission System in IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2013
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $500 million to build a power transmission system needed to deliver clean electricity from wind and solar power projects in Rajasthan in Northwest India to the state and national grids. “Boosting renewable energy is... Read more.. Subject Tags: Asian Development Bank , energy , India , Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation , Technology |
FICCI suggests 10-point agenda to drive clean technology developmentBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 9, 2013
In a bid to boost clean technology development in the country, FICCI has proposed a 10-point agenda. The strategy was spelt out by Naina Lal Kidwai, president, at FICCI's India International Cleantech Summit 2013 currently under way.
Clean... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
World Bank 'gambling assets' by investing in private water firmsBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 7, 2013
Civil society groups are pressuring the World Bank to disinvest from private water companies, saying that privatising ownership and management of this natural resource has failed to improve access to clean drinking water. The World Bank is subsidising private... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , International Finance Corporation , Technology , The World Bank Group , World Bank |
Human Assault Pushes Ocean To Limit Unseen In 300 Million YearsBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 6, 2013
The news, the evidence that supports it, and the warning that accompanies it could hardly be more dire. The latest audit by an international team of marine scientists at the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) found that the world’s oceans and... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |