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Welspun Energy commissions Asia’s largest solar project

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 13, 2013

Welspun Energy on Tuesday said it has commissioned Asia’s largest solar power project in Rajasthan ahead of schedule.

The country’s biggest developer of solar projects commissioned 50 MW solar power plant at Jodhpur district.

Welspun, which had earlier...

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Solar power for corporation schools

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 13, 2013

 

Besides some proposed developmental works, the budget for 2013-14 has proposed the installation of solar systems in corporation-run schools and at the headquarters of the civic body. Similarly, the corporation once again included plans to shift some markets in the...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Tata Power looks for fuel cell technology partners

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 12, 2013

Tata PowerBSE -0.64 % is scouting for partners to pursue opportunities in the area of fuel cell technologies, as part of efforts to strengthen its presence in clean energy space.

Fuel cells run on variety of fuels such as hydrogen, methanol and ethanol, and are...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

Now, SMS to charge cellphone’s battery using solar power

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 11, 2013

Out of battery? Just send a text! People living off-grid can now power their phones simply by sending a text message. A London-based company Buffalo Grid has introduced a solar-powered cellphone charging station that is activated by text message.

A patchy or...

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Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology

TERI developing renewable energy based cooling technology

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 9, 2013

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is developing renewable energy based cooling technology in partnership with Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ( CSIRO) of Australia and an industrial organisation in India.

Informing this, TERI...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

'Reformed' discoms to ease power costs for telco towers

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 9, 2013

Finance Minister P Chidambaram may have failed to cheer the telecom industry by not offering any direct incentive. But, in his Budget speech, he urged the state governments to prepare the financial restructuring plans for power distribution firms (discoms) "quickly"....

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

Welspun Energy outlines $2.72bn investment for renewable power generation in India

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 8, 2013

The company, as part of the plan, is expected to install 1,750MW renewable power generating assets over the next three years.

Welspun borrowed INR 8.85bn ($161m) from a group of banks led by Central Bank of India in non-recourse financing to fund the development...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Wind power association seeks support for small-scale investors

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 8, 2013

The Indian Wind Power Association has appealed to the Union Government to extend the investment allowance, announced in the Union Budget this year, to micro, small and medium-scale wind energy projects that are less than Rs. 100 crore.

Association president K....

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

Suzlon Convertibles Slump as Rescue Threatened: India Credit

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 7, 2013

The convertible bonds of Suzlon Energy Ltd. (SUEL), the Indian wind-turbine maker that default22222ed last year, are falling from a five-month high as a cash squeeze threatens its efforts to reorganize debt.

The company’s 5 percent equity-linked dollar securities due...

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Over 50,000 jobs created by renewable energy sector in last three years

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 7, 2013

The new and renewable energy sector is estimated to have created over 50,000 direct jobs in the last three years. The job creation has taken place in off-grid and other applications of the sector, according to information made available by the ministry of new and...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology