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Green in focus in $2.3 trillion India planBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2010
India will spend $2.3 trillion to boost its energy sector by 2030 by improving energy efficiency and using clean technology to help Asia's third largest economy balance growth and environmental aims. While India will need to keep burning cheaper fossil fuel to expand... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy |
World Bank energy chief aims to speed clean powerBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 13, 2010
Even before he became the World Bank's clean energy chief, Daniel Kammen had a lustrous list of accomplishments: professor of energy, public policy and nuclear engineering at the University of California-Berkeley, director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory... Read more.. |
World Bank Pressured over Record Fossil Fuels LendingBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 13, 2010
With new figures showing a record amount of World Bank funding for projects relying on coal power and other fossil fuels, the issue of reforming the institution's energy lending was once again a hot topic at the World Bank and IMF annual meetings, which concluded over the... Read more.. |
Carbon trading likely to develop regionally -expertsBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 13, 2010
Huge investments in green technology in Asia and steps towards domestic emissions trading are opening up the prospect of regional carbon trading, climate change experts in Asia said on Wednesday. Many Asian nations are not waiting for agreement on a broader U.N.... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
India CDM pipeline September report By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 13, 2010
While global CDM activity has picked up recently and September has seen the largest number of newer projects enter the CDM pipeline, projects coming from India seemed to have slowed down. This trend has been emerging in the last few months. In September,... Read more.. |
Supply chain sustainability driven more by awareness than third party certificationsBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 8, 2010
In this interview under our ‘Corporate Sustainability Series’, Sanjib Bezbaroa (Head, Corporate Environment Health & Safety at ITC Ltd.) talks about the drivers for sustainability, emission reduction targets and the status of green procurement in ITC. Sanjib... Read more.. |
Green buildings hold key to climate change commitmentsBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 8, 2010
Setting minimum standards of energy efficiency for buildings will be key to meeting India's commitment on addressing climate change issues, according to Mr Jamshyd N Godrej, Chairman, CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII-GBC). Addressing the inaugural of the... Read more.. |
'India promotes solar energy in telecom sector, sets up panel'By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 8, 2010
Indian government has set up a panel to promote renewable energy, particularly solar in the telecommunication sector to reduce carbon emissions, reports the PTI. To be headed by Ajay Bhattacharya of Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) of telecommunication ministry, the... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Environment |
India's Tata invests in MIT spin-off Sun CatalytixBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 8, 2010
Sun Catalytix, a start-up developing a low-cost catalyst for hydrogen-based energy system, said today that Indian industrial conglomerate Tata has invested in the company. Tata and Sun Catalytix's current investor, venture capital firm Polaris Ventures, put $9... Read more.. |
White House to go green, to get solar panelsBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 7, 2010
Going the green way, the White House will soon be installed with solar panels and solar heaters, in a reflection of the US President Barack Obama's policy of promoting alternative and clean sources of energy. Energy secretary Steven Chu said the solar panels and solar... Read more.. |