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Climate Parliament recommends policy integration for renewable energy development to PMBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014
BANGALORE: The Centre aims to achieve 'electricity for all' by 2027 while 75 million households still don't have access to electricity and only two percent of renewable energy into the grid by 2021. The gap doesn't seem to occur to the planning commission at all. The... Read more.. |
Govt plans Rs 5000 crore green energy pushBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 24, 2014
NEW DELHI: With traditional power sector hamstrung by fuel shortage and climate change getting top billing at World Economic Forum summit in Davos, the government has lined up a Rs 5,000-crore, or $800 million, push to promote green energy capacity. The ministry of new and... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Stumbling block to solar energy park near RamanathapuramBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 24, 2014
The country’s first solar energy park under the public-private partnership mode launched at Kavanoor near here with much fanfare last year, has hit the road block as the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has denied permission to TANGEDCO to sign power... Read more.. |
Renewable energy projects worth Rs 30,000 crore being implemented in Madhya PradeshBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 23, 2014
Renewable energy projects worth Rs 30,000 crore are being implemented in Madhya Pradesh, which have quietly reached out to companies and attracted GE, Reliance Power, Spanish wind major Gamesa and others, giving tough competition to Gujarat in the sector. The buzz of... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy |
TPG Growth cuts stake in clean energy producer Greenko GroupBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 21, 2014
TPG Growth, an arm of global private equity major TPG, has sold around a quarter of its stake in clean energy producer Greenko Group plc nearly four years after its initial investment. TPG Growth sold a little over 2 per cent stake over the last six months in London’s AIM-... Read more.. |
Tapping infrared radiation for solar energy harvestingBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 21, 2014
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has formulated a method that is said to improve solar energy harvesting efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional... Read more.. |
Implementation of “Development of Solar Cities Programme” during 2013-14By : Sustainability ..., Jan 21, 2014
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (Solar Energy Group) released the following statement on the Implementation of "Development of Solar Cities Programme" during 2013-14 and the rest of the 12th Five-Year plan. The goal of the program is to promote the use of... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
India, UAE to cooperate for solar, wind energyBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 20, 2014
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed an agreement to enhance cooperation in renewable energy, especially in the areas of solar and wind power. India's minister of new and renewable energy Farooq... Read more.. |
Bleak summer ahead: Wind energy on the waneBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 20, 2014
Summer is approaching and by the looks of it, wind power may not be of much help this year. Fresh wind power capacity additions in 2013 fell sharply to 101MW compared with about 537MW in 2012, and the numbers are not expected to go up over the coming year. ... Subject Tags: energy |
Global energy consumption to increase 41% by 2035 - BPBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 20, 2014
Global energy demand continues to grow but that growth is slowing and mainly driven by emerging economies - led by China and India - the "BP Energy Outlook 2035" report said. The Outlook revealed that global energy... Read more.. |