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Government plans bailout for hydro projects

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 26, 2013

 The government plans to provide relief to the beleaguered hydropower projects in the country by softening the stiff penalties levied on the developers on account of delays.

For every six months’ delay in construction, merchant power sales earmarked from a project are...

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Subject Tags: Politics , Technology

Sustainable water matters for tourism

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 26, 2013

 Tourism is not just about visiting new places and gastronomy. It has a crucial role to play in the society is what the tourism managers appear to demonstrate.

The theme of this World Tourism Day (Sept. 27) is “Tourism and Water: Protecting our common future”. Like...

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Subject Tags: Technology

India and Chile to cooperate on renewable energy development

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 26, 2013

India and Chile have agreed to enhance their cooperation in the field of renewable energy. Indian Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah and the Chilean Energy Minister Jorge Bunster aim to explore greater opportunities for collaboration...

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Subject Tags: Chile , energy , Technology

Access to clean water: how Dalit communities in India are fighting for change

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 25, 2013

 "Patna floods" said the front-page newspaper headline - as if we didn't already know. The rain had hardly stopped since we arrived in the populous capital of Bihar, one of India's poorest states and home to some of the country's most marginalized groups.

As we picked...

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Railways to start power trading in the open market within next two months

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 24, 2013

 The resource-starved Indian Railways plans to start trading in power in the open market within the next two months. The Railways will sell its surplus power during the day when its demand is low while tariffs are high and buy it back at night when the demand peaks and...

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‘Sudden policy changes jolting solar power plant investors’ confidence’

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 24, 2013

 New allocations of solar power capacity to companies that put up the solar plants could touch 2,390 MW in the second half of the current financial year, says Ernst & Young. If these projects take off, they could involve an investment of Rs 19,080 crore, the consulting...

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Subject Tags: Ernst & Young , Technology

India to build world's largest solar power plant in Rajasthan

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2013

 India will build the world's largest solar plant to generate 4,000 mw from sunlight near the Sambhar lake in Rajasthan that will sell electricity at an estimated rate of Rs 5.50 per unit.

The proposed solar project's capacity is about three times India's total solar...

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Subject Tags: Technology

`Global market for waste water treatment looks brighter'

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2013

 In a statement issued Friday, the consultancy firm said: "The waste water aeration systems market is in various stages of development across the world. Considered highly reliable technology, the aeration systems will see increased global uptake, due to the demand for wider...

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Rs 950cr lifeline to power units

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 19, 2013

The state looks all set to get a Rs 950 crore lifeline from World Bank to revamp its old power generation units.

West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL), the state power generation utility, has at least six 30- to 50-year-old thermal units at Kolaghat and...

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Bihar undertakes water conservation with afforestation

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 19, 2013

Concerned over depleting water resources due to soaring population, Bihar government has undertaken an exercise to conserve water along with large scale afforestation.

The forest department is carrying out the exercise of water harvesting on mountains by building small...

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Subject Tags: Technology