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IFC invests in renewable energy fund to help India reduce carbon emissions

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 11, 2012

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $20 million in Nereus India Alternative Energy Fund, India’s first dedicated renewable energy fund that will promote the development and use of clean and renewable energy technologies, helping reduce the country’s growing...

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Subject Tags: energy , Environment , India

Global Environment Fund names Sridhar Narayan as principal to India team

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 6, 2012

Global Environment Fund (GEF), an environment and energy focused PE fund, has appointed Sridhar Narayan as principal. Narayan will be based in Mumbai, where he will be part of the team that is executing GEF’s private equity investment programme in India and South Asia, the...

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India to be a huge market for solar power soon

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 5, 2012

xperts on Monday stated that the country was set to add more than 10 Giga Watts (GW) of solar photo voltaic power every year in the next 5-6 years.

 “The past three years have seen more than 1 GW added to the grid in the country,” said Pashupathy Gopalan, MD, SunEdison...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

Experts call for sustainable expansion of India's Power Industry

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 30, 2012

Reflecting on the perceived travails in the Indian energy sector, policymakers, business leaders, experts and stakeholders from across the spectrum rooted for low-carbon sources to generate sustainable power at...

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Subject Tags: India

Taking a mid-year review on state of climate policy and carbon market with the India Carbon Market Conclave 2012

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 29, 2012

It is that time of the year when the heat on the Climate Change negotiations will set the ball rolling, as nations gear up towards taking a significant step forward in curbing emissions to tackle climate change. We now have a road map and an ambitious timetable, though the...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

India could do better on renewable energy, experts say

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 28, 2012

When India was hit by huge power cuts at the end of July, the residents of Patragonda, a tribal village in the eastern state of Jharkhand, remained blissfully unaware.

The reason is simple - the village, nestled in a dense forest, has never been connected to the...

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India's Reliance Power and China Datang form venture

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 26, 2012

India's Reliance Power has signed a deal with China Datang Corp to develop and operate power and energy projects in India and overseas, the Indian company said in a statement on Friday.

Reliance, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, and the state-owned Chinese...

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Subject Tags: India , Reliance Power

India is world leader in concentrated solar heating, says Ministry

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2012

With some 80 different applications of concentrated solar heating in practice in the country, India is the world leader in CSH, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has said.

When you speak of solar energy, you think mainly of solar panels and electricity flowing...

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Subject Tags: India

Solarcon India meet to help evolve plans for solar industry

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 21, 2012

Solarcon India 2012, the fourth edition of solar-focused technology and business event will be held in Bangalore on September 3-5.

The event, organised by SEMI India, includes an exhibition, a conference and parallel technical sessions to be held at the Bangalore...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

US is using climate finance to kill the Indian solar panel industry: CSE

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 20, 2012

Researchers of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have claimed that the United States is using the 'fast start financing fund' to its pervert advantage for ruining the Indian domestic solar photo-...

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