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Rooftop solar scheme on shaky groundWill the rooftop solar programme, launched by the State government a fortnight ago, be a boon to the power-starved State? Several experts in the field are of the view that the scheme might fail, if not implemented with utmost care. It is pointed out that for a mass project which has no parallels in Kerala in terms of technology integration, a failure at the grassroots level will be counterproductive in the long-term. The pilot project, envisaged to provide off-grid power of one kilowatt each to 10,000 households, comes with a subsidy of about Rs.92,000 to each... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: The Hindu
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Sun Edison to offer ready-built solar projectSun Edison India is planning a novel approach to setting up a 10 MW solar power project in Tamil Nadu. In the context of the keen interest in investing in solar power generation in the State, Sun Edison, a US-based multinational company in solar power, believes there is an emerging market for ready-built solar power projects. It will set up a 10 MW solar photovoltaic project and look for investors to sell the project, according to reliable sources. Industry estimates peg the cost of solar power project at about Rs 8.5 crore a MW. Sun Edison is betting on... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: Hindu Business Line
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Tamil Nadu eyes 5,000 MW more wind powerWith the revival of the generation based incentive scheme, Tamil Nadu hopes to retain the status of a leading generator of wind power producer by adding 5,000 mega watt hopes to retain the status of a leading generator of wind power producer by adding 5,000 mega watt in the next five years. Constraints in providing power evacuation facilities to the new developers and the scrapping of the GBI scheme drove away potential investors in wind power sectors to other states like Maharastra and Gujarat. Tamil Nadu has the highest installed wind capacity of 7160.1 as on... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: Deccan Chronicle
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Experts divided over benefits of GBI re-introduction for wind energyIs the wind favourable or unfavourable? Experts are divided on the long-term benefits of re-introduction of generation-based incentive (GBI) for wind energy, announced in the Union budget, on the State’s wind sector. New wind mills of 1,084 MW capacity were commissioned last year, which was one third of what the country achieved during 2011-2012. Tamil Nadu tops the list of States in wind energy with an installed capacity of about 7,100 MW, accounting for around 40 per cent of wind mills in the country. Given the fact that barely 200 megawatt (MW) has been added during... Read more.. Date : Mar 4 Source: The Hindu
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Here comes the sunClose on the heels of the Union finance minister ruing the burgeoning cost of energy imports while presenting the Budget in the LokSabha on Thursday, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) is planning to make it mandatory for buildings beyond a particular size to install their own solar power plant. The BDA, which has been currently in the process of amending the BDA (planning and building standards) regulations 2008, is planning to make it compulsory for buildings of minimum 300 sq metre and beyond to install 500 Watt solar power plants. The buildings will be... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: Times of India
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New initiatives in green energy on the anvil: FarooqPromising new initiatives in the field of green energy, Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah today expressed hope that the Budget proposals will allow his ministry to ensure that electricity reaches people who do not have access to it till now. "I am happy with the Budget. We have got sufficient fund and they have promised to give more help once we are done with the complete utilisation of the given money," Farooq said. He was addressing around 150 students from Jammu and Kashmir who met him at his residence here under a youth exchange programme '... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: Business Standard
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Build Your Dreams launches solar productsBuild Your Dreams (BYD) in association with Solar Lights and Infra (India) Private Limited has launched a wide range of solar utilities. Build Your Dreams is one of the major rechargeable battery manufacturers globally. BYD’s focus is on creating a green energy revolution. BYD solar power projects and products have state-of-the-art features and are used all around the world. According to Zhao Tong, General Manager, Solar Energy, BYD, some major brands that use solar batteries from BYD are Google, Chevrolet, Bosch, Nokia, Canon, Apple, Motorola Black and Decker and so... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: The Hindu
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Solar power authority hopes extending deadline will help attract investmentThe Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, which has received investment commitments to set up power plants that can generate over 200 MW, has given bidders some more time to submit commitment letters, according to industry sources. As of Thursday when the utility’s Board met, it had received letters of commitment from bidders to set up “a little over 200 MW” of solar power generation capacity, according to reliable sources. It is optimistic of receiving some more investment commitments and hopes to tie up for a total of about 250 MW, the source said.... Read more.. Date : Mar 3 Source: Hindu Business Line
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Kiran Energy commissions 55 MW solar plant in RajasthanKiran Energy today announced that it has commissioned a 55 MW DC solar voltaic power project in Rawra village of Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. With this, Kiran Energy’s portfolio of solar projects in the country totals 80 MW. The company is also building clusters of solar projects in several States, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. These clusters will have projects of capacities between 50 MW and 100 MW, Kiran Energy said in a press release. L&T and Mahindra EPC did the ‘engineering, procurement and construction’ work for the 55... Read more.. Date : Mar 2 Source: Hindu Business Line
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Long term framework required to engage companies in sustainability initiatives: India Sustainability Conclave February 25-26, 2013NEW DELHI, February 27, 2013: The second India Sustainability Conclave 2013 came to a close on 26 February. The two day Conclave, saw several recommendatory measures come up to engage the private sector in sustainability initiatives. Ms Lise Grande, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, while speaking at the Inaugural Session of the India Sustainability Conclave highlighted the ‘Triple wins for Sustainable Development’ which aims at achieving economic growth, social development and environmental sustainability at the same time. Ms Grande said “The private sector... Read more.. Date : Mar 2 Source: Sustainability Outlook
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No barrier to India biz, says US solar firmIn the background of the US government taking India to the World Trade Organisation over India’s ‘local content requirements’ for solar power plants set up under Government of India programmes, US company First Solar has said it is not too bothered by such local content requirements. (The government has mandated local content requirements for projects set up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.) OPPORTUNITY AREAS First Solar, which makes thin-film technology based solar cells and modules, and has about 20 per cent of the Indian market, told... Read more.. Date : Mar 2 Source: Hindu Business Line
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Police stations to have solar power systemsThe Punjab government has initiated a programme to install rooftop photovoltaic solar systems in 120 police stations across the state for power generation. Bikram Singh Majithia, non-conventional energy minister, said on Friday that Punjab Energy Development Authority (PEDA) would soon embark on the programme for installation in order to increase usage and popularise solar photovoltaic technology for power generation. He said each solar photovoltaic system would generate 2.5-KW power for powering lighting and running computers in each police station, adding that the... Read more.. Date : Mar 2 Source: Hindustan Times
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CLRI’s technology for waste water treatmentCentral Leather Research Institute (CLRI) has developed an indigenous technology to treat waste water from textile and leather industries, said G. Sekaran, Chief Scientist and Head, Environmental Technology Division, CLRI-CSIR, Chennai. Speaking on `Advanced Industrial Waste Water Treatment’ at a workshop on nano-materials, he said most of the areas around textile and leather industries have been contaminated with dyes and cleaning chemicals. The workshop was organised by the Department of Physics and Abraham Panampara Research Centre of Sacred Heart College,... Read more.. Date : Mar 1 Source: The Hindu
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Budget 2013: Generation-based incentives for wind power may be reintroducedFinance minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday proposed to reintroduce generation-based incentives for wind energy projects, expected to benefit companies such as Suzlon Energy Ltd, and provide Rs.800 crore to the ministry of new and renewable energy for the purpose. To promote other environment-friendly energy projects, the government will also provide low-interest-bearing funds to the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency for lending to renewable energy projects, he said presenting the Union Budget for 2013-14. The National Clean Energy Fund, which functions under... Read more.. Date : Mar 1 Source: Livemint
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Status quo for solar industryThe Budget has nothing specific to the solar industry, but the industry is not unhappy about it. In fact, the industry is sanguine about the fact that status quo has been maintained, there being no customs duty on solar cells and modules, as has been demanded by domestic manufacturers. The Budget does not set apart any sum for providing ‘viability gap funding’ to the projects that would be set up under the Phase II of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. The plan of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) was to engender creation of 750 MW of solar photo... Read more.. Date : Mar 1 Source: Hindu Business Line
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Budget 2013: Waste to energy to get a boost, benefiting companies such as Jindal SAW
Finance Minister, P Chidambaram promised to incentivise waste-to-energy projects that would come up through public private partnership mode with city municipalities and are neutral to different technologies. "This is a much needed welcome step. India's waste to energy potential is enormous and the country has solid waste of around 55 Million tonnes besides 38 Billion litres of sewage every year barring the industrial wastes," says Indresh Batra, Managing Director, Jindal SAW Ltd.BSE 0.06 % Government will support municipalities that will implement waste-... Read more.. Date : Mar 1 Source: Economic Times
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Rs 16.25cr for solar city projectA sum of Rs 16.25 crore has been allocated to UT administration for implementation of Model Solar City Programme. Ministry for new and renewable energy has already chosen Chandigarh as one of the cities to be developed into a solar city. Six rooftop solar photovoltaic power plants have been set up with power generation capacity of 975KW. Though, The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) had chalked out the broad outline in 2009, work on ground could not begin as the proposal was pending with the ministry of new and renewable energy for allocation of funds. According to the... Read more.. Date : Mar 1 Source: Times of India
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Panel seeks more details on proposed nuke plant in HaryanaA high-powered panel of the environment ministry has sought more details from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) for its proposed Rs. 23,502 crore nuclear power plant in Haryana before initiating steps for according it green clearance. The proposal is for setting up a nuclear power park (4x700 MWe), to be implemented in phases at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad district along with township for the project. The first phase will comprise of two units of 700 MWe each. The Expert Appraisal Committee on Environmental Appraisal of Nuclear Power, which met in Hisar in Haryana... Read more.. Date : Mar 1 Source: Hindustan Times
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Suzlon Falls Most in Four Years as Founders Sell SharesSuzlon Energy Ltd. (SUEL) fell the most in more than four years after founders of India’s largest wind turbine maker sold 109.9 million shares. The stock plunged 34 percent, the biggest drop since October 2008, to 16 rupees at the close in Mumbai. Suzlon’s founders sold the shares, which account for 6.19 percent of the company, to raise 2.4 billion rupees ($44 million) to repay lenders as part of a debt-recast plan, according to an e-mailed statement from the Pune-based turbine maker today. Suzlon completed refinancing $1.8 billion in domestic debt last month after... Read more.. Date : Mar 1 Source: Bloomberg
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'Pranahita-Chevella project not cleared by Union govt'The multi-crore B R Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi project, which is supposed to provide lakhs of residents clean drinking water, does not have clearances from the Planning Commission and nor does it have approval of the Union cabinet, the ministry of water resources said. Despite the state government pushing for a national status for the project, the Union ministry clarified on Tuesday, that it does not meet the necessary guidelines for acquiring the status. Replying to a RTI question, the ministry said the project does not have clearances from the expenditure... Read more.. Date : Feb 28 Source: Times of India
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India Survey: Power Shortage May WorsenIndia's shortfall in power supply may worsen over the next several years as increasing demand due to the country's fast economic growth will outpace additions in power-generation capacity, the government's economic survey showed Wednesday.
"Resources currently allocated to energy supply are not sufficient for narrowing the gap between energy needs and energy availability," said the survey presented before parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
The biggest challenge to India's continued economic growth is finding ways to narrowing the gap between... Read more.. Date : Feb 28 Source: The Wall Street Journal
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E-waste, a growing concern for IndiaEven as India is trying to devise environmental friendly ways to dispose garbage, the specter of Electronical-waste (E-waste) destroying the balance of the nation’s ecological health has already started looming over. More worrying is the absence of a regulatory framework to dispose or recycle e-waste further compounded by a lack of general awareness. According to a report named “E-waste in India” by Rajya Sabha Secretariat, E-waste from old computers would jump by 400 per cent on 2007 levels in China and by 500 per cent in India by 2020. In addition, E-waste from discarded... Read more.. Date : Feb 28 Source: Zee News
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Water solutions firm sets up Rs 110-crore facility in Savli
From providing water solutions management to water recycling and treatment system, a US-based water technology provider has set its eyes on the Indian markets. Xylem is all set to commission its manufacturing facility at Savli-GIDC in Vadodara by April this year. The Indian arm of $4 billion firm has already invested Rs 110 crore in the facility that that is spread over 22,000 square metres. Xylem Water Solutions India Private Ltd plans to address critical water-related issues by supplying its water transport, treatment and testing products to several sectors.
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5-star hotels 'major' waste generatorsThe Delhi government on Wednesday said five-star hotels were one of the major waste generators, indirectly contributing to climate change, both during construction and operation stages. It said the 30-... Read more.. |
Bottling plant okay, but where is the water?The announcement in the Railway Budget to set up a Rail Neer bottling plant in Jaipur might have earned some brownie points in political circles but it has fuelled a debate on the viability of such a project in the desert state. Though the modus operandi of the project is yet to be worked out, sources claim that the plant is likely to come up at a cost of Rs 5 crore. It is expected to... Read more.. |
