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India needs clean, affordable sources of energy: PM

By : Sustainability ..., May 15, 2013

Access to clean, reliable and affordable sources of energy is a major policy priority for India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said.

"The scale of energy challenges in India requires not just investments, but also innovation in how we produce and consume...

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Subject Tags: energy , India

Fraunhofer and India sign MoU to develop solar pilot projects

By : Sustainability ..., May 15, 2013

India’s Ministry for New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop pilot projects in PV, solar thermal and hydrogen.

Under the agreement, the two parties will...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

Promoting solar at expense of wind power is dangerous, says Gamesa MD

By : Sustainability ..., May 11, 2013
 
The wind power industry in India has been bogged down primarily by policy issues, resulting in capacity additions falling to 1,700 MW in 2012-13 from 3,200 MW in 2011-12. Hopes went up after generation based incentives (GBI) were announced in the Budget 2013,...
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Suzlon loses top spot in India wind market installations

By : Sustainability ..., May 11, 2013

Suzlon Energy Ltd ceded its position as India’s top wind-turbine supplier in the year ended 31 March for the first time in at least a decade, according to figures from an industry group.

Wind World (India) Ltd, formerly known as Enercon (India) Ltd, took the top...

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Welspun Energy to Develop 60-Megawatt Solar Plant in South India

By : Sustainability ..., May 10, 2013

Welspun Energy Ltd., India’s biggest developer of solar projects, said it will build a 60-megawatt solar power plant in south India after winning a local government auction.

The company is in talks with banks to raise 4 billion rupees ($74 million) to fund the...

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Enertis Solar signs first contract in India

By : Sustainability ..., May 9, 2013

Two solar PV projects located in Rajasthan, with a power of 5MW and 15MW, were commissioned by the consultancy company during the commissioning phase.

Enertis Solar has inked its first contract in India with Mahindra Company, the largest Solar EPC contractor in...

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Proinso supplies 5MW to PV solar farm in India

By : Sustainability ..., May 7, 2013

Proinso has supplied 5MW to the first PV solar farm on the grid on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory in India. The delivery to the farm located in the capital city, Port Blair, was made by Cirus Solar, Proinso's strategic partner for the Indian market...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

India represents only 8% rise in global energy-related carbon emission: Report

By : Sustainability ..., May 6, 2013

This is one battle where India has an upper hand over China. India was responsible for only eight per cent increase of the global energy-related carbon dioxide emission in 2000-10, while China represented 68 per cent, according to a Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)...

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India has been active in international forums relating to environmental protection

By : Sustainability ..., May 4, 2013

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said India has been active in international forums relating to environmental protection, and is party to 94 multilaterals environmental agreements such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Convention on International...

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Talks on climate change in Bonn fail over developing nations efforts' to curb emissions

By : Sustainability ..., May 4, 2013

New, more flexible ways to fight climate change were sketched out on Friday at the end of a week of talks between 160 nations, but there was no breakthrough in bridging a deep divide between China and the United States.

The meeting of senior officials in Bonn,...

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Subject Tags: India