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India Inc may soon be trading energy-saving certificates

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 26, 2010

The Government is readying the blueprint for a new market-based mechanism that will use energy saving certifications to spur efficiency improvements across large, energy-intensive industries.

Under the new Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) proposal, which could be...

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Subject Tags: energy

Call for incentives to boost energy efficiency

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 22, 2010

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has suggested incentivising energy efficiency in industries as part of an action plan on its paper on India's energy security.

TERI, which had submitted the energy security paper to the Prime Minister in June last, has now come...

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Subject Tags: energy

Clean tech takes years to achieve widespread use

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 21, 2010

If the world is to have a hope of limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades, policy makers will have to implement clean-energy technologies at a faster pace. According to research firm Chatham House, in the recent past, green energy technologies have taken some...

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Subject Tags: energy , Human Interest

Govt unveils rules to boost green power investment

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 20, 2010

The government has crafted rules for trading of certificates aimed at rewarding producers of clean energy, a move expected to boost the share of electricity from renewable sources in one of the world's top carbon polluters.

India's power regulator has laid out...

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PSUs Going Green

By : Shila Kumar, Jan 19, 2010

Intense competition is forcing Indian PSUs to look at measures to cut costs, reduce energy wastages, improve operational efficiencies. Environment-friendly measures help achieve these objectives and improve both margins and goodwill.

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Give tax sops to individuals, cos investing in green tech: CII

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 17, 2010

The government should give income tax benefits to manufacturers of solar and wind energy equipment in view of global initiatives on climate change and sustainability, industry body CII said.

"The benefits of tax holiday under the Income Tax Act could be extended to...

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Iceland seeks cooperation with India in clean energy, IT, oil exploration

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 14, 2010

Visiting Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grímsson on Thursday sought India's cooperation in the field of clean energy, geothermal energy, information technology and oil exploration.

Grímsson and his wife, Dorrit Moussaieff, are currently on an official visit to India...

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Subject Tags: energy , oil

India Plans $16 Billion Energy-Saving Market to Curb Emissions

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 14, 2010

India, the world’s fourth-largest polluter, plans to start a market to trade energy-saving credits that may reach 740 billion rupees ($16 billion) in five years as it seeks to curb emissions that cause global warming.

Businesses that exceed energy efficiency targets...

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Subject Tags: energy , Politics

Solar power to transform rural India

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 12, 2010

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed hope that the National Solar Mission will transform India's energy prospects and contribute to national as well as global efforts to combat climate change.

Launching the Mission titled ''Solar India'' here, Dr Singh said...

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Subject Tags: energy

India to have five nuclear energy parks by 2032

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 12, 2010

India would set up five energy parks by 2032 to raise the generation of nuclear energy.

"The selected sites for the energy parks are Haripur in West Bengal, Mithi Virdi in Gujarat, Jaitapur in Maharashtra, Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh and Kudamkulam in Tamil Nadu,"...

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Subject Tags: energy