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Unravelling the National Solar Mission By : Rahul Sharma, Mar 25, 2010
Through the National Solar Mission, India plans on installing 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022. The project is ambitious, but has potential to change India’s current energy model, to one that is cheap, clean and accessible to all. Post-Copenhagen, there is an... Read more.. |
China takes lead in clean-power investmentBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 25, 2010
China overtook the United States for the first time last year in the race to invest in wind, solar and other sources of clean energy, according to a comprehensive new report that raises questions about American competitiveness in a booming global market. U.S. clean... Read more.. |
Electric Cars- An Upcoming Revolution By : Akhil Choudhary, Mar 25, 2010
The electric vehicle is about saving real lives long before being about energy independence or slowing down global warming. The clean electric drive revolution has now reached the point of no return. Ever since motorization began, vehicles driven by an internal... Read more.. |
100% Renewable Energy for Cities Is PossibleBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 25, 2010
Climate change is to a large degree caused by the fossil fuel consumption by cities and is a huge threat to urban areas at the same time. It is alarming that neither industrialised nor developing countries have coherent strategies for efficient, renewable energy supply for... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Opinion: Renewable Energy- A Requisite for India By : Bulu Imam, Mar 23, 2010
Bulu Imam, a prominent environmental activist writes about the futility of coal based power generation and the need and scope of renewable energy as a clean source of power in India. Dirty power pays. It is lucrative. But it is destroying the future of the planet... Read more.. |
Energy security worry to drive India`s low-Co2 planBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 22, 2010
Worries over energy security will drive India's goal to slow the growth of its carbon emissions, the head of a government panel tasked with developing the country's low-carbon strategy said on Monday. Reserves of fossil fuels such as coal were fast running out, making... Read more.. |
HSBC signs pact to fund India green energy projectsBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 19, 2010
HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, and the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) will jointly explore financing of energy service companies to help fight climate change, officials said on Thursday. Energy efficiency is a key focus in India's national climate change policy,... Read more.. |
Solar energy players launch industry bodyBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 19, 2010
To help in policy development, awareness creation, as well as training and capacity building for solar energy is the main focus of Solar Thermal Federation of India (STFI). Subsequent to the launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission,... Read more.. |
'Green' vehicles and strong climate policy can create jobs, says new reportBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 17, 2010
A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council, the UAW and the Center for American Progress says that efforts to improve vehicle fuel efficiency will create thousands of clean energy manufacturing jobs. "Re-engineering the U.S. automobile fleet to use energy... Read more.. |
India Said to Propose Sovereign Fund to Acquire EnergyBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 17, 2010
March 17 (Bloomberg) -- India, with $254 billion of foreign-exchange reserves, may create a sovereign wealth fund to help state companies compete for overseas energy assets with China, a government official said. The oil ministry has... Read more.. |