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Clean technology from Finland can help meet India’s energy consumption demandFinnish companies have so far invested over one billion euro in India in sectors such as environment and energy. And the one entity which is facilitating this huge endeavour to help India reduce its dependence on conventional sources of energy is Cleantech Finland, a network of Finnish cleantech experts, and the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, 'Tekes'. ... Read more.. Date : Nov 9 Source: The Economic Times
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How Coca-Cola’s low-cost solar cooler is helping Coke spread its wing in villagesAs the first rays of the winter sun hit the small solar panels perched on the roof of Roop Devi's kirana store in a remote village in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, a direct current compressor motor whirrs into life. It refrigerates a small, opaque, boxstyled cooler inside her shop. A few hours later Devi opens the box and makes her first sale — an ice-cold bottle of Coke. It's just another Coke sold, except that the sale has been made in a village that doesn't have any electricity. As the thirsty villager gulps down the fizzy chill gushing out of the bottle, Coca-Cola India... Read more.. Date : Nov 9 Source: Economic Times
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Light India concluded with a strong commitment to energy-efficient lighting in IndiaBeing the first joint exhibition between ELCOMA and Messe Frankfurt, Light India was organized from 5th - 8th October 2012 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, with strong support from the Ministry of Power, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Builders Association of India, Council of Architecture, Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and Global Lighting Association (GLA). With an emphasis on... Read more.. |
National Solar Mission Phase II policy to be announced in a month
The basic contours of the policy for the Phase II of the National Solar Mission will be announced in a month’s time, according to Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. ... Read more..Date : Nov 9 Source: The Hindu Business Line
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ReneSola to Provide Made-in-India Solar PV Modules to Indian MarketRene Sola Ltd. leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and wafers, introduces its new Virtus II multicrystalline modules to the Indian market at the 6th Renewable Energy India 2012 Expo, a three-day event held in New Delhi. In addition, ReneSola has started providing locally produced PV modules to the Indian market and expects to provide 250MW of India-made PV modules over a two-year period. The India launch follows the successful introduction of the Virtus II solar modules to the U.S. and Australian markets. ReneSola continues to implement its sales and... Read more.. Date : Nov 8 Source: The Wall Street Journal
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Warehouses to have solar power unitsThe Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation (MSWC) has undertaken a project to utilize the roofs of its warehouses for solar power generation. The corporation has initiated a tender process to seek advice for the project from consultants, who will study the technical aspects and identify suitable locations to install solar power generation units. In the first phase, the aim would be to generate about 10MW solar energy. In the next five years, the project will be extended to more suitable sites. ... Read more..Date : Nov 8 Source: Times of India
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Mahindra focuses on innovation for sustainabilityWith over a billion square feet area of LEED-certified projects already registered, India is today the second largest green building nation in the world, after the US. Corporate houses who made their entry into the realty space in the recent past, have helped the cause of building green construction in the country. Mahindra Lifespace Developers, the realty arm of the $15.4-billion Mahindra Group, recently made such new strides by publishing its first GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) compliant sustainability report. It became the first real estate company in India to come up with... Read more.. Date : Nov 8 Source: Construction Week
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IFC ties up with Tata in water conservation driveInternational Finance Centre (IFC) has inked a strategic partnership with Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS) for water conservation. The partnership will work on ways to improve water efficiency and promote sustainable water use across eleven plants of Tata group companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Power, Tata Motors and Tata Chemicals. Staff members across the facilities have been trained in water footprint assessment and strategies, and will play the role of water “champions”. “By collaborating with IFC, we have... Read more.. Date : Nov 8 Source: The Hindu Business Line
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Farmers introduced to tech, schemes for better yieldWith the objective of promoting sustainable technologies for improving agriculture in state, PHD Chamber of Commerce along with Punjab National Bank on Wednesday organised a seminar attended by hundreds of farmers from across the state. These were selected on the basis of outstanding endeavors and productivity. During the programme, agriculture minister Kunwar Anand Singh distributed Krishi cards to some of the farmers. The minster said the Mandi Samiti should analyse why farmers get low value for... Read more.. Date : Nov 8 Source: Times of India
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India Seeks to Enforce Renewable Targets on Reliance, Tata SteelReliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) and Tata Steel Ltd. are among 50 companies who’ve been sent letters by the Indian government to ensure they comply with clean-energy targets or face fines, an official said. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is meeting with state-level electricity regulators to discuss penalties for companies that don’t comply, said Tarun Kapoor, the ministry’s joint secretary. India requires power distributors, steelmakers and miners to either produce or buy as much as 10 percent of their annual electricity from clean sources. Reliance and Tata Steel,... Read more.. Date : Nov 8 Source: Bloomberg
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Central railways’ ambitious biofuel project gets derailedThe Indian railways’ project to run trains on biodiesel has received a setback in Pune. The Pune division of the central railways had planted over 7 lakh Jatropha saplings to use them for making biofuel. However, the plan had to be scrapped as the Jatropha plants did not grow even a year after they were planted in various parts of the division. YK Singh, public relations officer of the central railways’ Pune division, said, “We had planted these saplings for the purpose of biofuel, but we did not get the desired results and the plants could not be grown.” With the rise... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: Daily News and Analysis
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Renewable energy capacity set to be increased up to 55000MW: Tarun KapoorThe Inter Solar India 2012 Conference & Exhibition was inaugurated at the Leela Hotel, Mumbai today, with the ‘lightning the lamp’ ceremony by Mr. Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India; Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman Solar Energy Corporation of India & Solar Energy Research Advisory Council, JNNSM, India; Mr. Sunil Gupta, Global Head of Technology & Clean Tech at Standard Chartered Bank & Dr. Winfried Hoffmann, President of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association. Also present were Mr. Markus Elsasser, MD, Solar... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: India Infoline
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Segregated garbage collection can tidy Chennai city’Corporation of Chennai should separately collect solid waste to avoid mixing of different kinds of garbage, said experts a meeting to promote zero-waste management and source segregation in the city on Monday. Vellore Srinivasan, project director of Indian Green Service, has suggested that Chennai should the follow zero-waste management project implemented in Vellore. "The civic body should separately collect waste materials from hotels, saloons, vegetable markets, fruit shops, chicken shops and other commercial establishments," he said. Now, the civic body collects all types... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: Times of India
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Small towns power India’s solar sector against ChinaMofussil towns have given a fillip to unprecedented growth of India’s solar power sector. In a few years, Patna’s solar market has earned around Rs. 500 crore, solar business in Bhopal has almost doubled since 2009 and Ballia — a small town in Uttar Pradesh and hometown of former PM Chandrashekar — has a Rs. 100-crore solar business. “Solar power is turning into a viable alternative in rural hinterland that has no power connection and regions where regular power supply is unreliable,” said Gireesh Pradhan, secretary... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: Hindustan Times
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Solar power only way out for Kerala's power woesWith no additional power generation on the cards, the only way for Kerala to prevent a blackout is to go green and tap solar power, an expert said on Tuesday. The state requires another 2,000 MW of power in the next five years. Presently while neighbouring states is reeling under blackouts, Kerala today has an hour's load shedding with half an hour duration in the morning and in the night. "From what we have come to know from our studies is that in the next five years the state would require an addition of a minimum of 2,000 MW in addition to the present various... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: NDTV
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Portal on Indian solar market launchedIndia and Germany Monday launched a web portal to provide information to industry about opportunities in the Indian solar market. The website www.solarguidelines.in has been developed to facilitate dissemination of information to project developers and other... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: Yahoo
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Toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide premises to be disposed of in Madhya PradeshThings seem to have come full circle for the contentious issue of the disposal of over 350 tonnes of toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide premises in Bhopal.
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Solar developers make a beeline for TNGood sunshine and chronic power shortage always made Tamil Nadu an attractive investment destination for solar power developers. Now, the State’s solar policy has further sweetened the deal by imposing an obligation on certain classes of power consumers to buy a chunk of solar power. Industrial consumers, frustrated by long hours of power outage, are now “taking solar very seriously,” says Pasupathy Gopalan, Managing Director of SunEdison, an American. SunEdison is among the companies that are keen on developing solar... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: The Hindu
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Bangalore-based Anu Solar partners German firm
Bangalore-based Anu Solar, manufacturers of solar water heaters and energy products has partnered Germany based Smart Energysystems International AG. As part of the joint venture Anu Solar will manufacture solar generators using German technology for the Indian market at its manufacturing facility in Bangalore. The Indo- German solar called as 'Anu Smart' in the ranges of 300 W, 600 W, 1000 W, 1500 W, 2000 W, 4000 W to 6000 W. These high efficiency generators are capable of running inductive loads like motors, air conditioners, heaters, heavy duty loads and even... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: Business Standard
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Tata Power Eyes Renewable EnergyTata Power Co. plans to expand its renewable power capacity to 6,000 megawatts by 2020, a senior company executive said. India's top private power utility by capacity is also in talks to acquire renewable assets in India to fuel its expansion, Rahul Shah, Chief Business Development-India Business and Renewables, said. Faced with a shortage of coal, which fires more than half of the country's installed power generation capacity, Indian utilities are looking at tapping alternative electricity sources to maintain growth. The government offers various tax... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: Wall Street Journal
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Bioenergy Road Map Vision 2020 for India's biofuels developmentThe government Monday unveiled a road map for the biotechnology sector - "The Bioenergy Road Map Vision 2020" - for innovative technologies and policies for biofuels development in India. Prepared by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the document was released here by Science and Technology Minister S. Jaipal Reddy at the inauguration of a two-day international summit on 'Bioenergy: Algae Biofuel and Synthetic Biology 2012' organised by DBT along with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The objective is to create a biotechnology enterprise equipped... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: News Track India
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Tamil Nadu colleges all set to tap solar energy
From powering street lamps in colleges and water heating systems in hostels to lights and fans in classrooms, solar energy is the new kid on campus in Tamil Nadu. In its solar policy, the state government imposes a solar purchase obligation (SPO) on colleges, mandating them to meet 6% of their power usage from solar energy, and colleges are getting down to business. Going by the policy, commercial establishments, colleges, government buildings, residential schools, IT parks, industries, and buildings with a built-up area of 20,000sqm come under this obligation.... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: Times of India
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Firms may be penalized if solar targets are not met
Top 50 corporate and industrial majors and most of the electricity generation and distribution companies in the country belonging to various state governments may face punitive action for not meeting the solar power generation targets mandated under the renewable purchase obligations (RPO). According to the RPOs, every company generating, consuming or distributing power has to ensure its nearly 9% energy component came from the renewable or non-... Read more.. Date : Nov 6
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In God's own country, garbage is hot topicIt's a year since the Kerala government first started talk of setting up the most modern facilities to treat garbage. Despite frequent statements of intention, however, mounds of garbage continue to grow. There are, at present, no scientific methods of waste disposal in place in the state. The police have been vigilant, registering cases against those who litter streets and public places. Even so, there is a stink in the air. The rains have further complicated matters, and with stagnant water too collecting near garbage piles, dengue cases are on the rise. "It's a... Read more.. Date : Nov 5 Source: Yahoo
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China Proposes Solar Power Space Collaboration With IndiaChina has proposed that it enter into joint agreements with India to collaborate on space solar power projects. During a trip to Beijing, India's former President APJ Abdul Kalam was submitted with the idea by senior Chinese officials – he was also offered the chance to teach at Beijing University. The Times of India reported that the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), the government agency which oversees China's space missions and satellite launches, gave the 82-year-old Kalam a "great reception" at its headquarters. "Wu Yansheng, president of CAST has said his... Read more.. Date : Nov 5 Source: International Business Times
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