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Rs 125-cr grant for Indo-US clean energy researchBy : Sustainability ..., May 10, 2012
The Union Ministry of Science and Technology has selected three consortia that will receive a grant of Rs 125 crore from the Centre. The funding will be over five years, under the Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Centre. The consortia are led in... Read more.. |
Carbon-investments.co.uk Acclaims New Groundbreaking Solar Power ProjectBy : Sustainability ..., May 10, 2012
Carbon-investments.co.uk recently released a statement applauding a recent breakthrough in solar power technology to be implemented throughout southern India. The initiative is a joint venture of carbon credit aggregator CarbonSoft Corporation and Eureka Forbes, the Mumbai-... Read more.. |
DOE makes selections for U.S.-India clean energy research, development centerBy : Sustainability ..., May 10, 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selections for three consortia that will make up the $125 million U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC). These consortia – led in the U.S. by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the... Read more.. |
Microsoft goes green: data centers, offices to be carbon neutral come JulyBy : Sustainability ..., May 9, 2012
This summer, Microsoft is launching a new green energy initiative in which all of the company's direct operations, "including data centers, software development labs, air travel, and office buildings," will go carbon neutral. The program will begin in July, at the... Read more.. |
Experts to attend meet on state's energy scenarioBy : Sustainability ..., May 8, 2012
A number of power projects, based on coal and gas as their fuel, which have come up in recent years or are scheduled to go on stream in the near future in the country are experiencing an acute shortage of domestic coal and gas, raising the prospects of the projects totalling... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy |
China to boost energy-efficient buildingsBy : Anonymous, May 7, 2012
China has decided to promote construction of energy-efficient buildings in the country and will ensure that such buildings account for 30 percent of the new construction projects by 2020. This is revealed in an official document jointly released by the Ministry of... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy |
Covanta Energy Introduces Commercial Gasification System for the Conversion of Waste to EnergyBy : Anonymous, May 5, 2012
Covanta Energy Corporation (NYSE: CVA), a leading global owner and operator of Energy-from-Waste projects, today announced that it has completed commercial demonstration testing on a first-of-its-kind gasification technology. The technology has demonstrated the ability to... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , US Department of Energy |
Climate change, the new threat to economic growthBy : Anonymous, May 5, 2012
The gap between our understanding of climate science and the practice of economic policy is one of the greatest mismatches of our time. The just-released report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change links more intense rainfall and more extreme temperatures with... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Human Interest |
Energy Performance Standards for Air Conditioners Comprehensively Upgraded in IndiaBy : Anonymous, May 4, 2012
-- Standards now at 8% higher efficiency for star-rating on split 1.5 ton ACs and higher -- Mobile-based application launched to help consumers calculate energy consumption -- Technological improvements driving higher energy efficiency in the... Read more.. |
India leaps forward in clean energy raceBy : Anonymous, May 2, 2012
India has taken a leap in the clean energy race with a 54 percent increase in investments in 2011 vaulting it from 10th to sixth place in the G-20 in just one year, according to a new study. The wind sector led the way, attracting $4.6 billion out of a total$10.2... Read more.. |