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India needs clean, affordable sources of energy: PMBy : 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... Read more.. |
Fraunhofer and India sign MoU to develop solar pilot projectsBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Technology |
Promoting solar at expense of wind power is dangerous, says Gamesa MDBy : 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,... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
Suzlon loses top spot in India wind market installationsBy : 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... Read more.. |
Welspun Energy to Develop 60-Megawatt Solar Plant in South IndiaBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
Enertis Solar signs first contract in IndiaBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Technology |
Proinso supplies 5MW to PV solar farm in IndiaBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Technology |
India represents only 8% rise in global energy-related carbon emission: ReportBy : 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)... Read more.. |
India has been active in international forums relating to environmental protectionBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Technology |
Talks on climate change in Bonn fail over developing nations efforts' to curb emissionsBy : 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,... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |