Sustainability Outlook Headlines

SSER Comes Up with the 35 kw Solar Roof Top Project at Gurgaon

Suryashakti Energy Resources Pvt. Ltd.(SSER) ,a Solar PV pioneer is an internationally renowned brand name for Solar Energy Rooftop Systems. With the increasing advent of gizmos, there is a need to strike a balance in the usage of Solar energy appliances.

It gives us an immense pleasure to inform that we have just now commissioned a 35 kwp. solar roof top system in Megasoft solutions India Pvt ltd, Udhyog Vihar, Gurgaon, Haryana.

As per Mr Sharat Kumar MD of SSER this system will lead to a saving of approx Rs 600,000 per year and has payback of less then 4 years. The project... Read more..

Globalisation bringing us closer to ecological crisis: Book

India`s model of economic development and the current phase of globalisation is leading us towards an ecological crisis and climate change, claims a new book.

"The current phase of globalisation has had a severe impact on the country`s natural environment and, consequently, on those communities who depend directly on nature for their subsistence and livelihood," writes environmentalist Ashish Kothari and economist Aseem Shrivastava in `Churning the Earth`.

Pointing out that although the government has shown signs of moving towards the path of sustainable development, they say... Read more..

Right to wholesome environment should become fundamental right

Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan on Sunday called for greater efforts to ensure that the right to wholesome environment is treated as a fundamental right in the country.

Addressing the 20th annual convocation of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) in Bangalore, Ms. Natarajan said the courts had moved some way towards establishing the right to wholesome environment as a fundamental right.

“If it becomes a fundamental right, then any person can approach the highest court for the enforcement of this right,” she pointed out.... Read more..

Investor friendly policies in wind energy

 Wind energy associations in India have appealed for investor friendly policies to accelerate wind energy development in the country. Against the backdrop of the recent power outages in the northern and eastern grids in India and which affected over 600 million lives, the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA), the Indian Wind Energy Association (InWEA) and the Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA) made a joint presentation at the MNRE ( Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) round table at New Delhi calling for immediate action on key pending policy actions that can... Read more..

Tokelau Will Be World's First 100% Solar Powered Nation by September

Tokelau may not yet be a fully self-governing country—the major of its budget is paid for in aid from New Zealand; its citizens still are technically citizens of New Zealand; and it has non-self-governing territory status with the UN—but its may well become the world's nation of island to get all of its electricity from solar power.

As New Zealand's 3 News reports (ht Revmodo), the three atolls that make up Tokelau are in the process of phasing out using diesel fuel to generate electricity, installing over 4000 solar panels as replacement. The first of the atolls to get... Read more..

Lauren-Jyoti Awards $1.9M Process Order to Rockwell Automation for New Utility-Scale, Solar Thermal Power Plant in India

Lauren-Jyoti, a joint venture between Lauren Engineers & Constructors, a U.S. engineering, procurement and construction company, and Jyoti Power Structures, an Indian counterpart, has awarded a $1.9M order to Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) and its Global Solutions team. Rockwell Automation will provide a PlantPAx-based power plant distributed control system (DCS) solution with solar field local controller panels for Godawari Green Energy in Rajasthan, India and deliver a solution that creates an opportunity to set industry standards in solar power.

Lauren-Jyoti received... Read more..

Off-grid power shines in solar village

Life in the remote village of Meerwada used to grind to a standstill as darkness descended. Workers downed tools, kids strained to see their schoolbooks under the faint glow of aged kerosene lamps and adults struggled to carry out the most basic of household chores.

The arrival of solar power last year has changed all that. On a humid evening, fans whirr, children sit cross-legged to study their Hindi and mother-of-seven Sunderbai is delighted people can actually see what they are eating and drinking.

"When it was dark, we used to drink water with insects in, but now... Read more..

Central Railways launches slew of green projects

 The Nagpur division of Central Railways seems to be going the green way. It has launched a slew of environment-friendly initiatives like rainwater harvesting, recycling waste water and planting trees.

After successful commissioning of a rainwater harvesting project at its electric loco shed at Ajni last year, the Central Railways here will take up a similar project at its Ajni colony. Besides, it is also on the verge of dedicating a waste water recycling plant to tide over water crisis.

All the projects are the brainchild of divisional railway manager (DRM) Brijesh Dixit.... Read more..

Enhancing Energy Efficiency “Crucial” for India’s MSME Sector: Experts

-- 582,000 tonnes of cumulative reduction of CO2 levels in the MSME sector has been achieved till date

-- The goal is to reduce 1,000,000 tonnes of CO2 in energy-intensive MSMEs by the end of 2014

Experts from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the Embassy of Switzerland, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)and Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises highlight the need to promote energy efficient technologies and practices in India’s MSME sector.

The first-ever National Summit on Energy Efficiency in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)--organised... Read more..

Odisha climate plan deficiencies: What needs to be done?

The formulation and finalisation of Odisha Climate Change Action Plan (OCCAP) has been a step in right direction. But due to lack of involvement of stakeholders the plan has been directionless and inconclusive.

It is evident that climate change impacts the socially and economically vulnerable disproportionately, especially in those areas prone to natural hazards and disasters. Rural poor, tribals and women in most developing countries are among the most vulnerable as they are highly dependent on the natural environment for their livelihood and other needs. Their deprivation, poverty... Read more..

BARC offers technology to turn sewage into fertiliser

Chennai, July 28 (IANS) India's premier nuclear research organisation, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), is planning to deploy its technology in treatment of sewage through radiation, and its conversion into bio-fertiliser.

The BARC wishes to share its technology with state governments and various municipal bodies, its director Sekhar Basu said.

"We are certainly interested in approaching the state governments and other organisations to spread the societal use of nuclear technologies," Basu said, speaking to reporters here Friday.

Through irradiation - the... Read more..

Massive India blackout leaves 300 million without power

NEW DELHI, July 30 (Reuters) - A massive grid failure in Delhi and much of northern India left more than 300 million people without electricity on Monday in one of the worst blackouts to hit the country in more than a decade.

The lights in Delhi and seven states went out about 2 a.m and had not been restored by the morning rush-hour, leaving the capital's workers sweltering overnight, then stranded at metro stations in the morning as trains were cancelled.

Blackouts are frequent in much of the country, including major cities. Chaos reigned on Delhi's always-hectic... Read more..