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9 Lakh INR prize money for renewable energy projects

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 31, 2011

 

At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011, lights switched off around the globe for Earth Hour. Though sixty minutes of the Earth Hour resulted in an inspiring consensus of thought and action, many groups are making efforts to go beyond Earth Hour and ensure a...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

Finnish wind gear maker to set up India arm

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 29, 2011

Flying high on the growing demand for wind energy in India, Finnish wind turbine gear maker Moventas Oy is gearing up to establish an India subsidiary headquartered in Chennai. 

To be christened Moventas India Pvt Ltd, the subsidiary will initially focus on...

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Subject Tags: India

Foreign companies eye clean technology projects in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 25, 2011

Western companies are in the race for slice of the lucrative market for clean technologies such as renewable energy and water or soil treatment projects in India and China, which corporate leaders say will be worth trillions of dollars in a few years as the Asian giants...

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Subject Tags: Business , India

Abound Solar Reaches Deal With India's Solarsis

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 24, 2011

Abound Solar Inc. has reached a long-term sales agreement with Solarsis, a designer and installer of solar power systems in India.

The companies are working together on a 1-megawatt array in Ananthapur in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, and Solarsis plans to...

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Subject Tags: Abound Solar Inc. , India

India to have floating solar power plant

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 24, 2011

India's private energy giant Tata Power has joined with Australia's Sunengy Pty Limited for a $1 million pilot project to build a solar-powered electricity generation plant that will float on water, the companies announced. "In our quest to deliver sustainable energy, Tata...

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India ahead of US on energy efficiency: Report

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 18, 2011

 

India is making more progress than the US in increasing the country's energy efficiency, a report said here Thursday.

'India's Clean Revolution' was launched by international NGO The Climate Group (TCG).

The report suggested that the rate of increase of...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

Spanish Wind Power Manufacturer Expanding into India

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 18, 2011

Gamesa is looking beyond Europe to India as the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer seeks to offset weak business in Europe and the United States.

But how exactly the company plans to expand into the fast-growing India wind energy market continues to fuel the...

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Subject Tags: India , Labor

Solar Panel Makers In India - Solar Water Heater Costs in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 17, 2011

 

Solar water heaters are all the rage in the world. In India, the situation is not as glamorous, though there is a steady but slow pickup in interest and installation (which has resulted in a steady but slow decrease in...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

Domestic action on climate change, India's strength: Ramesh

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 16, 2011

Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam ramesh, on Tuesday said that India''s strength lay in encouraging domestic action against climate change.

Addressing the inaugural session of a conclave on Business and Climate Change organised here by the...

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Locke Wants India to Can Ban on Foreign-Made Solar Panels

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 11, 2011

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Feb. 24 reiterated U.S. concerns earlier expressed during his recent trip to India about that country’s proposed regulation to bar companies from importing foreign-made solar panels for India’s National Solar Mission.

In answer to a...

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Subject Tags: India