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Winds of unity

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 15, 2013

 Cutting across party lines, MPs from the coastal States have decided to nudge the Central government on taking immediate measures for the development of wind energy in India.

The multi-party Parliamentarians meet organised recently by Climate Parliament on the ‘Wind...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

IBM introduces new solar and wind forecasting system

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2013

IBM has announced a power and weather modelling technology that will help utilities increase the reliability of renewable energy resources. The solution combines weather prediction and analytics to accurately forecast the availability of wind power and solar energy.

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Subject Tags: energy , Entertainment , IBM

Aviation, railways may come under energy norms in India

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2013

For the first time in its history, India may see some energy efficiency norms for its aviation sector and possibly railways too. 

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is mulling options to include both aviation and...

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Subject Tags: energy

Venezuela delays may mar India's energy security efforts

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2013

In what may impact India’s energy security efforts, production from two oilfields in Venezuela’s Orinoco petroleum belt, which was won by local firms in a joint bid, is likely to be delayed. The global grouping that won the bid in 2010 includes Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOC),...

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Subject Tags: energy

India to face a shortage of 6.7% in power supply in 2013-14

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 11, 2013

India is likely to face a shortage of 6.7% in power supply for the year 2013-14. States of Southern Region are anticipated to have energy shortage of 19.1% during 2013-14, as per the assessment of demand and supply of power done by Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

10 plants to convert Mumbai's garbage into energy

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 8, 2013
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed the setting up of at least 10 waste-to-energy plants to process 8,000 metric tonnes of garbage generated everyday in the city. It is, however, not clear what the BMC plans to do with the power that is generated....
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Subject Tags: energy

EMC’s Data Center Robot aims to transform energy management

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 2, 2013

 Cooling can account for more than 60–70 percent of data center power spend. Unfortunately, approximately 85 percent of the world’s enterprises have been buying more capacity than they need, over-provisioning their storage, and overcooling their equipment — all the while...

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Subject Tags: EMC India , energy , Politics

Telugu daily Eenadu to be powered by solar energy

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 1, 2013

 Leading Telugu daily Eenadu and other publications of the Ramoji Group will be powered by a 6.5 mw solar photovoltaic system to be set up by Photon Energy System Limited.

REC, a leading global provider of solar electricity solutions, will supply 25,720 solar panels...

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Plasmonic Black Metals: Breakthrough in Solar Energy Research?

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 30, 2013

The use of plasmonic black metals could someday provide a pathway to more efficient photovoltaics (PV) -- the use of solar panels containing photovoltaic solar cells -- to improve solar energy harvesting, according to researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (...

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Narmada plant model to light up UT solar park

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 30, 2013

The UT solar park would be built on the pattern of Narmada solar power plant in Gujarat on a stretch of land along seasonal PatialakiRao, where water flows only during two to three months.

At the same time, the Municipal Corporation will initiate installation of solar-...

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Subject Tags: energy , Politics , Technology