Sustainability Outlook Headlines

Parlimentary panel asks govt to evolve mechanism for e-waste management

Slamming the Centre for doing "too little" to manage e-waste, a parliamentary panel has asked the government to evolve a robust mechanism and ensure creation of adequate infrastructure so that e-waste rules can be implemented in an effective manner.

Referring to a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) estimate that India generated 16.4 lakh MT of e-waste in 2014, the committee noted that merely notifying... Read more..

Net Technologies develop power savings system for motors tool

Indus Net Technologies in partnership with E-Cube Energy have developed motor tool, an innovative web based application that promises to reduce power consumption for industrial motors or motor-based systems.

The company plans to go global with the technology and intends to launch it in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Malaysia in the next 3-6 months.

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327 Villages Electrified Last Week; 9,653 Villages Electrified till date under DDUGJY

327 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 1st to 7th August 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 7 villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh, 12 to Assam, 10 to Bihar, 4 to Chattisgarh, 68 to Jharkhand, , 4 to Madhya Pradesh, 11 to Manipur, 136 to Meghalaya, 8 to Nagaland, 24 to Odisha, 6 to Rajasthan, 2 to Tripura, 31 to Uttar Pradesh and 1 each to Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka and Mizoram. The progress... Read more..

NITI Aayog signs statement of principle with US and UK to set up India’s first energy data agency

As a step towards setting up India's first energy data agency, government's premier think-tank NITI Aayog on Wednesday signed statement of principle with US and UK to host all the data related to energy sector in the country including oil and gas, coal, solar and thermal energy, much on the lines of the Energy Information Administration of US.

"The world needs an energy data grid to get a real time estimate of clean energy production and consumption as this will help India move towards clean energy," environment... Read more..

Puducherry to derive Rs 378 crore net benefit through UDAY

The union territory of Puducherry signed a memorandum of understanding with the centre under Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana for operational turnaround of the union territory's electricity department.

"An overall net benefit of approximately Rs 378 crore would accrue to Puducherry by opting to participate in UDAY, by way of cheaper funds, reduction in AT&C and transmission losses and interventions in... Read more..

Inox wind bags 50 MW power project from Surya Vidyut

Inox Wind has bagged a repeat order from Surya Vidyut (SVL) for a 50 MW wind power project at Rojmal, Gujarat.

SVL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CESCBSE 0.79 % which is an integrated power utility engaged in generation and distribution of electricity, InoxBSE -0.44 % Wind said in a release.

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Praj to launch 'Green Fund' for 2G ethanol projects

Praj is going to be the first technology provider in the Country to participate in 2G ethanol projects through 'Green Fund'. This Green Fund will be contributed to accelerate 2nd Generation 'Biomass to Ethanol' projects in various parts of the country.  The company will also be the first technology provider to offer 2nd Generation 'Biomass to Ethanol' Projects based on Build, Operate & Maintain (BOM) package. Under this package, Praj will not only provide the technology and build the plant, but also will... Read more..

Danish university develops tungsten-based technique to capture broader solar wavelength

Researchers at Aalborg University are working on a new approach at capturing a broader spectrum of sunlight using new, high-temperature materials that can withstand 800 degrees Celsius and convert sunlight into electricity.

A group of researchers based out of Aalborg University in Denmark have developed an early-stage, tungsten-based technique for broadening the spectrum at which sunlight can be converted... Read more..

Water Water Planet introduces new membrane filtration technology

Water Planet, a global supplier of high-performance membrane-based water treatment solutions, introduces PolyCera, a membrane filtration technology based on advanced polymeric materials.

“Based on Nobel Prize winning chemistry that was further developed at UCLA and then Water Planet, PolyCera offers exceptional performance characteristics previously found only with ceramic membranes but with a dramatic... Read more..

India, US push for $30 mn energy storage research initiative

India and the US have agreed on a $30 million public-private five-year research initiative for a joint research on smart grid and energy storage technology.

"Smart grid and storage technology will transform how we produce and consume electricity, which has the potential to decrease carbon pollution by scaling up renewable energy deployment," US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said.

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NTPC, CSIRO collaborate for research in low emission tech

NTPC on Tuesday said it has entered into a collaboration with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for joint research in low-emission energy technologies.

CSIRO and NTPC have signed a letter of intent for scientific collaboration and to encourage joint research activities in the area of low-emission energy technologies, including gasification and renewables... Read more..

No action on NGT plan for Yamuna

More than a year after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) came up with a solution to Yamuna's pollution problem, agencies are yet to implement it.

A number of excuses were given by both state and central agencies about funding and execution of the project. NGT in its order published on Monday observed that objections were raised on "frivolous and casual grounds and ultimately the judgment itself was made a... Read more..