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Solar Basket to open 150 stores in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 18, 2014

 Solar Basket, a high-tech brand specialised in providing complete services for solar power, is aiming to open 150 stores in India this year. The cities in the pipeline are Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guwahati, Itanagar, Chandigarh, Bilaspur, Surat, Panaji, Gurgaon and many more....

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Subject Tags: India

Inox Wind to supply wind turbines for 170MW wind power unit in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 17, 2014

 Inox Wind, a subsidiary of Gujarat Fluorochemicals, has received a contract from Singapore-based company Continuum Wind Energy to provide wind turbines for a 170MW wind power unit in and around Ratlam and Mandsaur districts of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Under the INR9bn...

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Subject Tags: India , Inox Wind

Japan, India near carbon offset deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 17, 2014

 Japan plans to agree a carbon offset deal with India, Japanese media reported, citing unnamed government sources, potentially making the south Asian country the largest economy yet to sign up to cut greenhouse gas emissions under a Japanese scheme. 

The two are...

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Subject Tags: India

India’s Metro Rail: Are We On Par With Global Systems?

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 13, 2014

 Think Mumbai and we think of the 'maximum' city; the city that never sleeps; the city on the Indian coastline that never ceases to amaze with its spirit and perseverance; the city that never loses the spring in its step.

Till now, the city lived and thrived upon its...

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Subject Tags: India

Honeywell starts renewable energy equipment manufacturing in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 Honeywell today added its sixth manufacturing facility in India with the inauguration of a plant that will manufacture solar water heating systems for its Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) business, adding to other manufacturing facilities the business has in...

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Power plants lack coal, crisis in north India critical

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 The government may have said that the Capital’s power crisis will ease in the next few days but poor summer rains and plunging coal stocks at plants nationwide are set to worsen north India’s energy woes.

The Union power ministry’s latest data shows that as many as 21...

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Subject Tags: India

India's anticipated import tariffs could dampen Modi's ambitious solar plans

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 Anti-dumping tariffs would range from $0.11 to $0.81 per watt on PV imports and double the price of solar energy to $0.20 a kilowatt hour, according to the Solar Power Developers' Association.

New Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eager to expand solar power...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

India, World Bank sign $100m agreement to suport green growth in HP

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 The Government of India, the Government of Himachal Pradesh (GoHP), and the World Bank today signed a $100 million development policy loan (DPL) agreement to help Himachal Pradesh (HP), a mountain state richly endowed with natural resources, move towards a more...

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India's National Green Tribunal: An Experiment in Environmental Justice

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2014

 Meghalaya state in northeastern Indian is a land of bucolic beauty, but its Jaintia Hills have become dotted with ratholes—a primitive mining method where pits ranging from 5–100 square meters are dug into the ground to reach a coal seam. Tunnels about one meter high are...

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Apex Smart Grid expansion into India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2014

 Apex CoVantage, a global provider of Smart Grid technology and services, is extending its outreach to India through the deployment of Advanced Meter Reading (AMR/AMI) pilots with utilities. With more than seven million meters being installed worldwide, Apex CoVantage is an...

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Subject Tags: India , Labor