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Gkon Demonstrates Energy Efficiency Through Their Line of LED Lighting Products

By : Sustainability ..., May 16, 2014

Gkon is known for their campaign to promote safe and energy efficient products that include developing and promoting climate change adaptation strategies. The company stated that LED lighting helps in reducing the energy consumed for indoor and outdoor lighting. They have a...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

In India, solar surge aims to reshape the country's energy future - Thomson Reuters Foundation

By : Sustainability ..., May 16, 2014

The deserts of Rajasthan have long been known for their spare beauty and their intense sunshine. Now that sun is being turned into a surge of solar power expansion that may one day power not just Rajasthan but a wide swath of India with clean energy....

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Subject Tags: energy , India

New solar policy to offer incentives to farmers

By : Sustainability ..., May 15, 2014

The revised solar energy policy, which is coming up before the State Cabinet for clearance on Thursday, will have provisions for encouraging farmers to set up small solar power plants with a capacity of 1 to 3 MW in their farms, according to Minister for Energy D.K....

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Subject Tags: energy

PE  firms’ interest in renewable energy sector remains high

By : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2014

Despite a lull in private equity investment in infrastructure, interest in renewable energy remains high, with at least two deals being negotiated, according to two investment bankers aware of the discussions.

US-based private equity firm KKR and Co. is evaluating the...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

Government, IIT-Bombay launch solar project to reduce kerosene subsidy

By : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2014

The government has joined hands with IIT Bombay to implement cost-effective solar powered lighting solutions for rural population that will help save 36 million litres of kerosene and slash the subsidy bill on the polluting fuel by aboutRs 30,000 crore a year. 

The...

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Subject Tags: energy , oil , Technology

Strong long-term demand outlook for wind energy sector: ICRA

By : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2014

Credit rating agency Icra today said the long-term demand outlook for wind power remains strong mainly on account of cost-competitiveness, regulatory support and the generation-based incentive benefit. 

"The long-term demand outlook for the wind energy sector remains...

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Subject Tags: energy

Solar power companies look to gain from El Nino

By : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2014

El Nino may rattle the rest of the country by disrupting the monsoon but for solar projects the prospects of better sunshine is a blessing, particularly after unseasonal rains and thunderstorms in April and beginning of May clouded prospects of higher solar power generation...

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Subject Tags: energy

The Age of Ubiquitous Computing: Smart Grids to Smart Cars

By : Sustainability ..., May 12, 2014

Guest contributor Tavleen Mehendiratta, entrepreneur & avid technology evangelist for electric vehicles, explains the rise of an electric 'internet of things' that will transform energy delivery and transport mechanisms in India. 

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Lighting up remote villages in North East

By : Sustainability ..., May 12, 2014

Remote rural villages in the whole of the Northeastern region not connected to the power grid will soon be able to manage their own power and get clean and renewable energy once the hydrogers developed by Nagaland Empowerment of People through Energy Development (NEPeD) reach...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

ValueFoc: Providing Value-focused Energy Management Solutions

By : Sustainability ..., May 12, 2014

Technology, over the years, has steadfastly done two things with unvarying persistence - astound us and make our life simple and efficient. The technocrats at ValueFoc, a Kochi-based startup launched in August 2013, have taken it a step forward with their smart energy...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology