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India needs multi-pronged approach to energy security: Oil Secretary Saurabh Chandra

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 21, 2014

India, the world's third largest oil importer, needs multi-pronged approach to addressing its energy security, Oil Secretary Saurabh Chandra has said.

"The country needs a multi-pronged and coordinated approach of...

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Subject Tags: energy

Handling the energy crisis

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 21, 2014

India will soon witness a new government in control. Among the multitude of burning issues, the new government will have to face the challenge of a growing energy crisis. It will require extraordinary effort, innovative vision and viable solutions to...

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Subject Tags: energy

UK-India R&D teams study nanotech for energy

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 16, 2014

Researchers from the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute have won funding from the UK and Indian governments for two projects that will explore how nanotechnology can be used in the renewable energy sector.

The funding was awarded through the UK-India...

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Portal to help Railways Save Energy

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 16, 2014

 Indian Railways has launched a portal to facilitate energy saving up to 15 per cent by the year 2020 through improved energy efficiency measures and to help the Railways in evolving future strategies for further Indian Railways has launched a portal to facilitate energy...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

Greater Noida to build waste-to-energy plant

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 15, 2014

 The Greater Noida Authority is planning to built a waste-to-energy plant — the district’s first solid waste management plant — in the Sector-123 area of Greater Noida.

Every day, the district produces over 300 tonnes of municipal waste. But in the absence of an...

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Subject Tags: energy

Post split, Telangana energy sector to glow

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 14, 2014

It's a bright picture for the energy sector in Telangana with the committee appointed to distribute power between the two states recommending 52.17% power to the new state and the remaining 47.83% to Andhra Pradesh. More importantly, the committee has...

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Subject Tags: energy

Gold Standard unveils financing framework at World Urban Forum

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 11, 2014

At the World Urban Forum in Medellin, Colombia, The Gold Standard Foundation today released the first-ever financing framework designed to inject the billions of dollars needed to scale-up clean technology and pro-poor development in cities around the...

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Subject Tags: energy

Clean Power Funding Easier as Investors Seek Simplicity

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 10, 2014

 Simplifying finance vehicles for renewable energy will lure more investors and lower the costs of capital.

“Renewable power requires a lot of explanation,” Jim Barry, the head of renewable power investing at BlackRock Inc., said during a panel discussion today at the...

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Subject Tags: Bloomberg , energy

EU Industries to Pay Less Into Funds to Finance Renewable Energy

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 10, 2014

 Europe's energy-intensive industries scored a victory Wednesday in being largely let off the hook in footing the bill for the transition to an economy that uses less carbon dioxide.

The European Commission watered down some key parts of new rules on government aid...

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Subject Tags: energy , European Union

India's investment in renewable energy dips: US Report

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 10, 2014

Even as China invested more in renewable energy than the whole of Europe in 2013, India’s investment in renewable energy went down 15 percent to $6 billion (Rs.360.48 billion) last year, according to a latest Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment...

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Subject Tags: energy , India