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Retailers like Wal-Mart, Tesco & others ship food waste to power plants for electricity generationBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 7, 2012
Fish heads and chicken fat are being turned into electricity by the UK's largest retailers including Wal-Mart Stores that ship food waste to power plants to reduce garbage-removal fees. Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, along with Marks & Spencer Group,... Read more.. Subject Tags: electricity |
Power Exchanges commence trading of Solar Renewable Energy CertificatesBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 5, 2012
The two power trading exchanges Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and Power Exchange India Ltd. (PXIL) commenced trading of solar Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) on Monday amidst keen interest within the power sector. The trading of RECs makes it easy for several... Read more.. |
Renewable power: Developing markets are a ray of sunshineBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 3, 2012
If the dominant global theme of the 21st century has been the shift in dynamism and capability towards emerging economies, then 2012 has been the year in which that trend has hit the renewable energy industry. While many developed economies that led the way in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , China , electricity , energy , Environment , Human Interest , Saudi Arabia , Social Issues , South Africa , Technology |
MEMC unit seeks to electrify parts of rural IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., May 31, 2012
MEMC's solar energy development unit SunEdison on Tuesday announced an initiative aimed at providing a source of clean power to thousands of people in rural India who lack access to electricity. The St. Peters, Mo.-based company's Eradication of Darkness program began... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , electricity , energy , Entertainment , India , Labor , Law , MEMC , Technology |
Britain's climate change policy is going up in smokeBy : Sustainability ..., May 30, 2012
Energy policy in the United Kingdom looks like a jam factory hit by a meteorite: a multicoloured pool of gloop studded with broken glass. Consider these two press releases, issued by the Department of Energy and Climate Change last week Tuesday: the government's new... Read more.. |
Policy uncertainty threatens capacity addition in wind sectorBy : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2012
The wind power industry fears that capacity addition will suffer due to policy uncertainty. Specifically, the generation-based incentive scheme that offered 50 paise a unit of electricity has not been extended. The industry is hoping that the Ministry for New and Renewable... Read more.. |
Biomass-based power producers seek regulators' help to resolve issuesBy : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2012
Amid growing regulatory and administrative uncertainties the biomass-based power producers have sought the intervention of Forum of Regulators (FoR) for early resolution of issues relating to open access, cross subsidy, CDM sharing, penalty clause imposed by certain... Read more.. Subject Tags: electricity , Technology |
New York's Largest On-Farm Biogas Power Project Generates Renewable Energy for Nearly 1,000 HomesBy : Anonymous, May 1, 2012
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) joined state and local officials today at the grand opening of New York state's largest on-farm, 'co-digestion' biogas power project, marking an important boost to the state's renewable energy production and sustainability efforts. The... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , CH4 Biogas LLC , electricity , energy , Entertainment , Environment , food , GE , Labor , Law , Technology , The Synergy Biogas LLC |
Bihar proposes to set up 25 hydel power projectsBy : Anonymous, May 1, 2012
Heavily dependent on the Centre for supply of electricity and facing acute power shortage, Bihar has taken steps for setting up 25 hydel power projects for generating about 800 MW with the proposals at various stages of approval, official sources said. Bihar State... Read more.. |
American Indian communities look to tap renewable energy potential with federal seed moneyBy : Anonymous, Apr 27, 2012
TO'HAJIILEE, N.M. - This flat, dusty stretch of prairie in central New Mexico is where the leaders of a remote, sparsely populated American Indian community envision a sea of solar panels capable of producing enough electricity for more than 10,000 homes miles away... Read more.. |