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GE plans to make India tech and innovation centreBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 8, 2014
US-headquartered GE is planning to make India into a technology and innovation centre for its products and not looking at it as a low-cost manufacturing hub. The company is bullish about healthcare, renewable energy and oil and gas sector and feels there is a need to... Read more.. |
Sustaining farm sector growth amid fall in water availabilityBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 8, 2014
Had late winter rains not damaged some standing crops in northern states, India would have had record foodgrain production of 263 million tonnes (mt) in 2013-14. Whatever the loss of rabi crops, the good southwest monsoon allowed India to record the targeted growth of four... Read more.. |
Surat moves towards becoming a solar cityBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 4, 2014
The Diamond City will start producing nearly 3.35 lakh units of solar power per annum from next month. Solar roof top panels with a capacity of generating 1,250 kilowatt (kw) are functional at 15 places. Surat is to... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
Power developers may have to build renewable capacity at project sitesBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 3, 2014
India may explore options to make it compulsory for conventional power project developers to build renewable capacity at the same location, a move that can provide an impetus to eco-friendly electricity. “Innovative... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
India to award 1 gigawatt solar permits by 2015, boosting planBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 3, 2014
India plans to award licences for an additional 1,000 megawatts, or 1 gigawatt, of solar power plants in the next year, about 30% more than originally targeted and equivalent to about half the capacity built so far. The government, however, scaled back its ambitions... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
Energy-efficient devices score high among Indians: surveyBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 2, 2014
Most Indians now prefer more energy-efficient electronics, with over 92 per cent of 1,000 survey respondents agreeing they would buy the product even though this may be more expensive, said global market research firm GfK. The Germany-headquartered firm revealed on... Read more.. |
SolarMills to be deployed for industrial use in India By : Sustainability ..., Apr 2, 2014
ACC is due to roll out 3MW of solar power to supplement energy supply across 12 of its plants. This follows a successful pilot of solar mills conducted by WindStream Technologies. According to a press release by WindStream Technologies, ACC tested the solar mills at... Read more.. |
Hybrid vehicles more fuel efficient in India, China than in USBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 1, 2014
Hybrid cars are significantly more fuel-efficient in India and China than in the US due to traffic and driving conditions in these countries, a new study by Indian-origin scientists has found. ... Read more.. |
Indian solar installations are forecast to be approximately 1,000 MWBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 1, 2014
Indian solar installations are forecast to be approximately 1,000 mw in 2014, according to Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm. According to Mercom, there are several factors behind the slow solar growth. With a few... Read more.. |
US unit offers India to co-develop, test carbon capture techBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 31, 2014
With India relying heavily on coal-fired power plants to meet its electricity needs, a major US' research facility has offered Indian tech experts, scientists and companies the opportunity to co-develop and test technologies related to carbon capture. Once these... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , energy , Entertainment , Environment , Health , India , Politics , Technology , United States |