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India setting up cell for attracting investments in new energyBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 13, 2012
India is setting up an Investment Promotion Cell for the energy sector to provide a single point of contact for investors, Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has said. In the next five years, the country plans to invest $ 50 billion in renewable... Read more.. |
Wind energy comes into its ownBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 13, 2012
The Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association is set to mark the Global Wind Day on Friday with a series of programmes to increase public awareness of the importance of wind energy. This year, year even more than ever, wind energy has demonstrated its power by... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy |
Needed Now: $36 Trillion for a Clean Energy FutureBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 13, 2012
The world needs to invest an extra $36 trillion in clean-energy technologies between now and 2050 in order to have a shot at limiting long-term global temperature rise to 2 degrees C, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. In its annual Energy Technology... Read more.. |
Bharti Infratel keen on solar energy solutions from global companiesBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 13, 2012
Tower company Bharti Infratel will soon invite bids for buying solar energy solutions worth $300 million from international suppliers for powering about 8,000 sites in its bid to cut diesel costs, executives aware of the development said. Sweden's Flexenclosure AB,... Read more.. |
India to Seek 15% of $50 Billion for Renewables From OverseasBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 13, 2012
India may seek at least $7.5 billion of the $50 billion it’s planning to invest in clean energy in five years from foreign direct investment, a government official said. “We’d like a bare minimum of 15 percent of that coming as FDI over the next five years,” Gireesh... Read more.. |
Infosys cuts energy use by a thirdBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2012
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Developers accuse CWC, CEA & forest ministry for delaying energy projectsBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2012
At an international hydropower conference, Union water Secretary had a difficult time in defending various central government institutions as the companies associated with the sector accused them for delaying the projects.... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy |
U.S. still lags behind other nations in share of renewable energyBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 12, 2012
The U.S. still lagged behind other nations in 2011 in the share of energy it gets from renewable sources, in spite of a more than 300% increase in funding for green power projects over the last decade. That's the finding of a report released Monday by the Natural... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy |
New data encoding method cuts energy needs for next-gen memoryBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2012
A new data-encoding scheme that slashes more than 30 percent of the energy needed to write data onto new memory cards that use "phase-change memory" (PCM) - a competitor to flash memory that has big backing from industry heavyweights - has been unveiled this week. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy |
Electric energy storage is key to smart gridBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2012
Electric energy storage systems are crucial for the further development and transformation of a range of sectors including renewable energy, automotive, grid stabilization, smart grid, back-up power and portable devices. Big scale, reliable and durable electric energy storage... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |