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TERI meet to promote green buildingsBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
With an annual increase in the built-up area of residential and commercial buildings by 10 per cent, the projected annual increase in the energy demand is 5.4 billion kWh. The need of the hour is to design and construct ‘high performance buildings’ so that the use of... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
New push for solar-energy projects in AsiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 4, 2010
The Asian Development Bank is leading the establishment of a nonprofit organization to promote the large-scale development of solar energy in Asia, a senior ADB official said this week. The ADB will unveil the plan at the inaugural Asia Solar Energy Forum it is holding... Read more.. |
Anil Ambani commits to green energy for US Exim financeBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 3, 2010
Industrialist Anil Ambani [ Images ] has committed to invest in green energy and source the technology from the US, a move that helped the US Exim Bank change its mind within a week to guarantee $600-million loan to his group's coal-fired power project in India [ Images ].... Read more.. |
India loses to China in global race to secure energy assetsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 3, 2010
Union minister for petroleum and natural gas Murli Deora travelled to Nigeria, Angola, Uganda, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela this year, leading a record number of delegations to gain oil for the world’s third fastest growing major economy. The flurry of... Read more.. |
A simpler path to cutting carbon emissionsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 2, 2010
If our goal is carbon reduction, a cap-and-trade or carbon-pricing bill, with its likely compromises, would be worse right now than no regulation. Pricing carbon below $40 per ton will not change how industry does business or drive adoption of new technologies. With... Read more.. |
IIT-Kanpur to set up experimental solar power plantBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 2, 2010
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has planned to set up a 550 kilowatt Solar Energy Research Experimental Station in its campus. The station would serve the purpose of solar energy development research apart from a pilot project for improving the commercial... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Clean energy cess will spur power tariff hikeBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 2, 2010
The ‘clean energy cess' imposed on coal, lignite and peat is likely to translate into an average tariff impact of close to 3 paise a unit (or kilo Watt hour) for electricity end-users. This is less than one per cent of the average consumer tariffs across the States. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy |
OFF THE GRID LIVING by Swaminathan By : hai2swami, Jul 1, 2010
There is no one magic "Big Button Solution" for this current situation, which is really really allarming. Wake Up ! We need to act right now at this very moment. As a good old saying says, small drops make mighty ocean. Even a little baby step conunts here. Let us team up... Read more.. |
India to Raise $535 Million From Carbon Tax on CoalBy : Roselin Dey, Jul 1, 2010
India expects to raise $535 million from a levy on coal producers starting today, the first step by Asia’s third-largest energy consumer to charge companies for fossil fuel pollution. “This will give 25 billion rupees ($535 million) this year alone,” Environment... Read more.. |
India to Raise $535 Million From Carbon Tax on CoalBy : Roselin Dey, Jul 1, 2010
India expects to raise $535 million from a levy on coal producers starting today, the first step by Asia’s third-largest energy consumer to charge companies for fossil fuel pollution. “This will give 25 billion rupees ($535 million) this year alone,” Environment... Read more.. |