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Prices of solar energy down by 40%: Piyush Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2016

Power minister Piyush Goyal said that by consistent efforts made by the government the prices of solar energy have come down by 40% in just 18 months.

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Maharashtra Government looks to harness solar power to reduce power cost

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2016

The state government is chalking out a plan to harness solar energy in a bid to bring down the power cost for industrial users, and serve the farming community at large. Low-end consumers are...

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Energy policy reform is a priority: Dharmendra Pradhan

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2016

A consensus is emerging among political parties against making promises of free energy as a populist promise ahead of elections, Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural...

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Airline industry agrees to carbon emissions cap: ICAO

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2016

The airline industry agreed Thursday on a framework for reducing its carbon footprint at a UN meeting in Montreal, making it the first commercial sector on its own to tackle climate change....

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India Energy Exchange records highest ever power trade of over 3 billion units in September

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 6, 2016

The Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) on Wednesday said that its platform registered a record high trade reaching 3.63 billion units (BU) in September with an average price of Rs 2.43 per unit of...

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India Sees Fast Growth In LEED Buildings

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 6, 2016

"Smart" and "net zero" buildings are becoming the new buzzwords in India. With more than 40 per cent of India's population projected to be in urban areas by...

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India gets its first online marketplace to trade waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 5, 2016

A team of four professionals with background in technology, commodity markets and finance have come together to set up what is billed as India's first online marketplace to trade e-waste, and...

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Pilot program seeks to increase automotive recycling

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 5, 2016

The Plastics Industry Trade Association, Washington, has introduced the Automotive End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Recycling Demonstration Project, which will test the belief that increased...

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India to develop its own palm oil sustainability framework-trade body

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 5, 2016

India, the world's biggest importer of edible oils, will develop its own sustainability framework for palm oil production considering the domestic ecology, a leading trade body said on Tuesday...

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Stella McCartney shares first global environmental profit-and-loss account for 2015

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 4, 2016

There was a dancing finale at Stella McCartney, an arm-waving conga followed by a West Side Story-style dance-off, where both sides were in fact pleather-wearing vegetarians who loved each other...

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