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Narendra Modi exploring breakup of Coal India, opening up sector: Sources

By : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2014

 NEW DELHI: Newly elected PM designate Narendra Modi is exploring breaking up state behemoth Coal India LtdBSE 6.83 % and opening up the sector to foreign investment to boost output and cut imports, said two sources with...

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Subject Tags: India

India’s New Leadership: 400 Million People Will Have Power In 5 Years With The Help Of Solar

By : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2014

 Four hundred million Indians, more than the population of the United States and Canada combined, lack electricity. An official of India’s newly elected Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, recently said that his government wants every home to be able to run at least one light bulb...

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In India, solar surge aims to reshape the country's energy future

By : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2014

 The deserts of Rajasthan have long been known for their spare beauty and their intense sunshine. Now that sun is being turned into a surge of solar power expansion that may one day power not just Rajasthan but a wide swath of India with clean energy.

Dhursar, a...
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Reforming India’s energy policy

By : Sustainability ..., May 21, 2014

 India’s policymakers are fond of defining the country’s energy security in terms of three As: availability, access and affordability. However, the three As appear at increasing risk in the face of four formidable barriers: energy subsidies, systemic management inefficiencies...

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India Rising to Sustainable Energy Challenge

By : Sustainability ..., May 20, 2014

 Three very different sustainable energy projects from India are among the finalists in this year's Ashden Awards, writes Chhavi Sharma - all of them inspiring and showing this vast country the way to a clean, secure, affordable energy future for all.

The retrofit...
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In India, solar surge aims to reshape the country's energy future

By : Sustainability ..., May 20, 2014

 DHURSAR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The deserts of Rajasthan have long been known for their spare beauty and their intense sunshine. Now that sun is being turned into a surge of solar power expansion that may one day power not just Rajasthan but a wide swath of...

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India Becomes Next Hot Market For Solar and LED With New PM

By : Sustainability ..., May 20, 2014

 Let there be indoor light.

That, in a nutshell, is the gigantic promise that new Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi has made to the country: by 2019, he wants every home in India to have at least one light bulb and have that the light bulb be powered by clean solar...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

Will India’s new PM Modi be a climate change champion?

By : Sustainability ..., May 20, 2014

 India, the world’s third largest polluter, has just elected a new leader.

This makes Narendra Modi, the dynamic chief of India’s now ruling BJP party, one of the most powerful players in fight against climate change.
Dubbed the “Development Man” during...
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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

'Veggies full of river toxins'

By : Sustainability ..., May 19, 2014

It's not just pesticides-a toxic mix of sewage and industrial effluents may be contaminating what's grown on the bed of the Yamuna. The quality of the fruits and vegetables-that feed most of Delhi's population-may thus stand severely compromised,...

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In India, solar surge aims to reshape the country's energy future - Thomson Reuters Foundation

By : Sustainability ..., May 16, 2014

The deserts of Rajasthan have long been known for their spare beauty and their intense sunshine. Now that sun is being turned into a surge of solar power expansion that may one day power not just Rajasthan but a wide swath of India with clean energy....

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Subject Tags: energy , India