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India, Iran in fresh round of energy talks

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 1, 2009

India and Iran have started a new round of energy talks after a lapse of almost two years.

At a meeting between the Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Mr Seifollah Jashnsaz, and the chiefs of Indian energy sector companies and senior Government...

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Subject Tags: India

India warns against protectionism under a green label

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 29, 2009

Amid growing pressure from developed countries to accept carbon curbing targets, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday pushed for "an ambitious, substantive and equitable outcome" at the UN summit on climate change but warned developed countries against pursuing "...

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Subject Tags: India

Canada-India energy deal

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 29, 2009

CANADA and India concluded negotiations on Saturday on a nuclear cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad.

'Increased collaboration with India's civilian nuclear energy market will allow Canadian companies to benefit from greater...

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Subject Tags: energy , India

China sets green goal, puts India in a hot spot

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 27, 2009

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh left for Beijing on Thursday night as China — the world’s biggest carbon emitter — revealed its first energy-efficiency targets ahead of the Copenhagen climate summit on December 7.

Ramesh will meet Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

UK not to pressure India on CO2 emission level: Wadvani

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 27, 2009

The British government will not put pressure on India for setting a reduction target for Carbon diOxide (CO2) emission level, British Deputy High Commissioner, Eastern India, Sanjay Wadvani said today.

Speaking to reporters at an interactive session on ''Climate Change...

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India, US Agree on Climate Change

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 26, 2009

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have launched what the White House is calling a green partnership, affirming the countries' commitment to combating climate change and ensuring energy security and clean energy.

India and the United States have...

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India electric car pioneer plans biggest plug-in car plant

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 25, 2009

CHETAN Maini, the engineer who pioneered India’s first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback.

Now Maini, the man behind Reva Electric...

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India, US sign clean energy deal

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 25, 2009

The United States and India signed a deal here Tuesday aimed at promoting the development of technology that will produce cleaner forms of energy.

The memorandum of understanding was signed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and India's...

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Primer on waste-to-energy

By : Anonymous, Nov 25, 2009

Waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies represent an opportunity in India. The key is in working at the source to segment different waste-types.

In urban areas municipalities are...

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India linking climate change commitments to energy security

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 23, 2009

With Indian negotiators working overtime with their American counterparts to have an agreement on arrangements for fuel reprocessing, ready for signing by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday, India is linking the issue of climate change...

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