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IFC bets big on India's green biz

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 23, 2013
The World Bank’s private sector lending arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), sees a bright future in the Indian renewable energy sector.
 
By the end of this month, its investment in Indian renewable energy and clean technology sectors that...
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JinkoSolar Supplies 25.8 MW of Solar Modules to First Private Solar Park in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 22, 2013

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS [FREE Stock Trend Analysis]), a leading global solar PV power product manufacturer, today announced that it has supplied 25.8 MW of high-efficient solar PV modules to the first private solar park in India...

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India’s 100 eco-friendly MRI installations save Rs.3.6 cr of energy costs for hospitals compared to conventional versions

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 22, 2013

Indian hospitals which have installed the 100 eco-friendly MRI installations save energy costs of Rs.3.6 crore to hospitals annually. The green MRI systems use 34 per cent less energy than previous generation MRI systems while achieving outstanding image quality required for...

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Danfoss to invest $100mn in India by 2015

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 14, 2013

Danish company Danfoss will invest close to $100 million in India over the next two years.

The $6 billion company makes components that help improve energy-efficiency and are used in various industrial applications like air conditioning, heating buildings, controlling...

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Norway to work with india to mitigate climate change

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 13, 2013

Norway today said it was committed to a close cooperation with India to combat and mitigate climate change in the Arctic as also globally. 

It said understanding climate change in the Arctic will help understand changes also in India. 

External Affairs Minister...

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India, US science body launch space solar power initiative

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2013

India and a top US science body have forged an international organisation to develop space solar power, an initiative that has the potential of solving humanity's energy needs and greatly mitigating climate change.

"Time has arrived for us to together attempt to give a...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

India rejects linking emission reduction to financial resources

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2013
 India has made it clear that it will not support a global climate change regime that simply links commitment to reduce carbon emissions to a country's financial resources. At the latest round of UN-sponsored climate change negotiations underway in Bonn, India said linking...
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India in talks to buy 20 million tonnes of LNG: Veerappa Moily

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2013

Energy-hungry India is in talks to buy as much as 20 million tonnes a year of liquefied natural gas or LNG but price of over $ 10 remains a challenge, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said today.

"India has now become fifth largest importer of LNG after Japan, South Korea...

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P2 Solar acquires second renewable energy project in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2013

P2 Solar, Inc. (OTCBB: PTOS) announced it has acquired its second significant renewable energy project for development in India. The project is a 500 KW mini-hydro facility located immediately downstream from P2's previously announced Project Rajgarh, near Ludhiana, Punjab,...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

Fortum launches solar power production in India by acquiring a 5-MW photo-voltaic solar power plant

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2013

Fortum has acquired a solar power plant in the state of Rajasthan, north-western India. The company's short term ambition is to build a small photo-voltaic (PV) solar portfolio in order to gain experiences in different solar technologies and operating in the Indian power...

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