Sustainability Outlook Headlines

30 prominent institutions from Patna pledge to generate over 30 MW solar power

Prominent intellectuals and local citizens volunteered to pledge their roof space to generate solar energy. The initiative carried out by Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED) is an attempt to urge the government to come up with a programme to convert "each house into a power house".

In response to CEED's education drive on clean energy to popularize the solar roof top programme, about 30... Read more..

Suzlon announces turnkey order wins totalling to 75.60 MW from PSUs and SMEs

Suzlon Group has announced its order win for a total capacity of 75.60 MW from various Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) during April to July 2016. The retail orders have been received from mixed bag of customers across diverse industry segments including food, textiles, chemical, real estate, entertainment and manufacturing. These orders comprise of Suzlon’s latest product offerings and includes S111 90m tubular tower, S97 120m hybrid tower and S97 90m tubular tower with... Read more..

States issue bonds worth Rs 1.66 lakh crore under UDAY scheme

States have already issued bonds worth Rs 1.66 lakh crore under the UDAY scheme for revival of their debt-ridden discoms, Parliament was informed today.

"As on August 1, 2016, bonds worth Rs 1,66,754 crore have been issued by the participating states under UDAY and thus reduction in interest cost has already started. Cost of power is also on a downward trend," Power Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written... Read more..

California may get world's largest floating wind farm

California's central coast could become the site of the world's largest working offshore wind farm, a 765-megawatt producer surpassing the 630-megawatt London Array off the coast of Kent. If built, the Trident Winds energy project would include around 100 wind turbines set on floating platforms 33 miles (53 km) from shore and power more than 200,000 homes.

Each of the 100 turbines would produce more than 6... Read more..

Clean Ganga Fund: Over 132 crore donated to clean the river

The Clean Ganga Fund launched by the NDA government as part of its ambitious mission to clean the river has received more than Rs 132 crore in donations.

“An amount of Rs 132,43,81,681 has been received in Clean Ganga Fund from residents, NRIs, public sector undertakings and private cooperatives till June 30,” Minister of State for Water Resources Vijay Goel said in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha.... Read more..

New IT Park in Indore to cut on energy use

The proposed new IT Park on Khandwa road will be developed as an environment friendly green building. The project has been registered with Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) and as per the initial projection the building is likely to be accorded a 2 star rating.
IT Park is expected to save about 39 per cent of energy consumption and other building's resource consumption and waste generation. The building has been proposed to house IT entrepreneurs, incubation center and various other... Read more..

GTM: Global solar installations to grow by 43% to 73GW in 2016

Global solar installations are expected to grow 43% this year, to 73GW, according to GTM’s latest report, ‘Global Solar Demand Monitor, Q3 2016’.

2016 is set to be another record year for solar globally, after 2015 which had a total demand of 55GW, 10GW more than the previous year. The first half of 2016 saw a major uptick in demand driven by an unprecedented volume of installations in China and the UK, in... Read more..

GST Bill passed; your power bill set to rise 8%

The GST regime might help most manufacturing sectors, but will inflate the electricity costs by up to 8% as the government has decided to keep electricity out of the ambit of new tax dispensation.

Power companies would have to pay GST for their inputs such as fuel and machinery, but won’t be able to get these taxes refunded given that their output — electricity — is exempt. This higher cost of producing... Read more..

5,200 MW solar capacity to be added in 2016-17: CARE

The country is set to add 5,200 MW solar capacity this fiscal with various states coming out with policies for the sector, CARE Ratings said.

According to a study conducted by the ratings agency, out of total installed renewable energy capacity of 42,750 MW as on March 31, the share of solar energy increased to 15.82 per cent, as against 13.8 per cent in 2014-15.

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Semi-transparent Solar Cells with Thermal Mirror Capability developed

Modern architects prefer to build exteriors designed with glass mainly from artistic or cost perspectives. Scientists, however, go one step further and see opportunities from its potential ability to harness solar energy. Researchers have thus explored ways to make solar cells transparent or semi-transparent as a substitute material for glass, but this has proven to be a challenging task because solar cells need to absorb sunlight to generate electricity, and when they are transparent, it reduces their energy... Read more..

India One Step Closer To Energy Conservation, Second Green Airport At Vadodara Good To Go

In 2014, the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Government of India) released a study which stated that approximately 35 million tons of CO2 emissions released by the Airport activities globally (for year 2013), is 5% of the overall CO2 emissions released by the entire aviation sector.  

Indian airports have come a long way since then and strong steps have been taken towards better waste management... Read more..

Indian regulator asked to prioritise solar over thermal after Tamil Nadu curtailments

India’s energy ministry has asked the power regulator to favour solar generation over thermal power in response to curtailment in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Tarun Kapoor, joint secretary of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), told PV Tech that curtailment of solar power has only been occurring in Tamil Nadu and it is expected to be a short-term issue.

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