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India adds 2,311 MW renewable generation capacity in 7 months

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 3, 2015

India has added 2,311.88 MW of grid-connected power generation capacity from renewable energy sources like solar and wind till October of this financial year, against the full fiscal’s target of 4,460 MW, an official statement said on Thursday.

A total of 827.22 MW of...

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Subject Tags: India , industry news , power

‘Modelling Sustainability’ STWI Global Report launched

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 26, 2015

Welcome to the first edition of Modelling Sustainability: the first biannual global report from the Sweden Textile Water Initiative (STWI) Projects – the...

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India won't need coal imports by 2017: Piyush Goyal

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 17, 2015

Coal shortages will be a thing of the past and India won't need to import dry fuel by 2017, except to meet requirements of the power plants located near coastal area, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today.

"I have been on record to say that I judged that by 2017,...

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Subject Tags: coal , industry news , power

Dyeing units of Rajasthan set to reopen soon

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 17, 2015

Earlier this year in May, The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Circuit Bench of Jodhpur had ordered closure of 739 textile units in Balotra and its surrounding areas of Jasol, Bithuja in Rajasthan for non-adherence to norms laid down by Pollution Control Board. The weaving...

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Subject Tags: industry news , Textiles

Gamesa commissions 9MW solar project in Tamil Nadu

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 17, 2015

Gamesa, a global renewable energy company, on Wednesday commissioned its maiden solar project in India. The 9MW turnkey solar project was commissioned in Vedachandur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

"We are globally renowned for our expertise and technical prowess in...

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Subject Tags: Gamesa , industry news

Solar lighting system launched in Nagayalanka

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 29, 2015

Deputy Speaker M. Buddha Prasad on Sunday inaugurated solar street light system in the Parrachivara panchat of Nagayalanka mandal in Krishna district.

Hyderabad-based Bondada Engineering Private Limited (BEPL) provided the solar light system including poles which were...

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Subject Tags: industry news

Rays Power wins Rs. 300 cr order from NHPC

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 29, 2015

Rays Power Experts has bagged Rs. 300 crore order from state—run NHPC Ltd for setting up a 50 MW solar power project at Sattur in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu.

“Rays Power Experts bagged a Rs. 300 crore order from National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)...

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Renewable energy comprises over 60% of new capacity in the U.S

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 29, 2015

Renewable energy sources which include biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind accounted for more than 60 percent (60.20 percent) of the 7,276 MW of new electrical generation placed in service in the United States during the first nine months of 2015, said Federal Energy...

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Subject Tags: industry news , power , US

India’s ReNew Power Raises $265 Million In Fresh Funding Round

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 28, 2015

One of India’s leading independent power producers in the renewable energy sector has raised significant equity funding in a recent round.

ReNew Power Ventures, a leading renewable energy projects developer in India, announcedthat it raised $265 million following a...

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4 MW solar plant inaugurated in Telangana

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 28, 2015

Telangana Minister for Industries Jupally Krishna Rao on Monday inaugurated a 4 MW solar PV plant developed by Fusion Solar Technologies at Kalwakurthy, Mahabubnagar district.

The first such project of the company headed by NRI engineer Suresh Babu Sadineni, who...

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Subject Tags: industry news , power