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India faces growing pains for its solar marketBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 20, 2012
India may be on its way to becoming a major solar market, but that path is far from obstacle-free. Already reports are emerging about tales of growing pains, including component shortages, dust storms that impair solar projects and policy changes that threaten the use... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
India to press for agreement on 2nd commitment periodBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 17, 2012
As the world heads towards another climate conference, India and other developing countries would try to ensure that an agreement is reached on a second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol and legal amendments are put into place to operationalise it. However,... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
Off-Grid Solar Thermal Technologies: Solving India’s Energy Crisis By : Ashok Paranjape, Nov 15, 2012
The Earth receives more than enough energy from the sun in an hour to supply the world’s energy requirements for the whole year. Unfortunately we harness only a tiny portion of the available solar energy and the world still primarily relies on power plants that burn fossil... Read more.. |
IFC ties up with Tata in water conservation driveBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 8, 2012
International Finance Centre (IFC) has inked a strategic partnership with Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS) for water conservation. The partnership will work on ways to improve water efficiency and promote sustainable water use across eleven plants... Read more.. |
Look for the label: Catalyzing Sustainable Consumer Behaviour By : Seth Petchers, Nov 6, 2012
I’ve sat down at a Mumbai café to write a piece on labels and sustainable consumer behaviour. I should have done this several days ago and now the deadline I’ve been asked to meet is tomorrow. But there was Lakme Fashion Week, where my NGO Shop for Change Fair Trade... Read more.. |
Solar developers make a beeline for TNBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 6, 2012
Good sunshine and chronic power shortage always made Tamil Nadu an attractive investment destination for solar power developers. Now, the State’s solar policy has further sweetened the deal by imposing an obligation on certain classes of power consumers... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
Tata Power Eyes Renewable EnergyBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 6, 2012
Tata Power Co. plans to expand its renewable power capacity to 6,000 megawatts by 2020, a senior company executive said. India's top private power utility by capacity is also in talks to acquire renewable assets in India to fuel its expansion, Rahul Shah,... Read more.. |
Bioenergy Road Map Vision 2020 for India's biofuels developmentBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 6, 2012
The government Monday unveiled a road map for the biotechnology sector - "The Bioenergy Road Map Vision 2020" - for innovative technologies and policies for biofuels development in India. Prepared by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the document was... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Technology |
China Proposes Solar Power Space Collaboration With IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 5, 2012
China has proposed that it enter into joint agreements with India to collaborate on space solar power projects. During a trip to Beijing, India's former President APJ Abdul Kalam was submitted with the idea by senior Chinese officials – he was also offered the chance... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
Southern Solar to create 100MW solar project in IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 3, 2012
Reports state that Southern Solar will build a 100MW solar farm, in phases, in Tamil Nadu, India. According to RTT News, Gestamp and Zynergy’s joint venture (JV), Southern Solar, will complete the first 25MW of the project by March. It has been noted that Rohit... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |