Sustainability Outlook Headlines

Government proposes amendments to EWaste Management Act

pParliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation Rajya Sabha today said that it will seek suggestions from various departments of public sector undertakings PSUs in the country regarding the amendments to the EWaste Management Act 2013p

pA report thus will be submitted to the government on the proposed amendments for better implementation of the Actp

pAddressing the media here today committee Chairman T Subbarami Reddy informed that the government has proposed to amend the Act for its implementation in a better wayp

pThe committee was touring all the places in the... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Business Standard

India seeks SoftBank push for Modis solar goal

pIndia has closed bids for a third of its target of tendering 15000 megawatts MW of solar projects this fiscal year a government official said and is expecting interest from investors such as SoftBank to lift the industryp

pThe tenders are part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi39s ambitious plans to raise solar capacity five fold to 100000 MW by 2022 to meet India39s growing power needs create jobs and fight climate change without committing to an emission targetp

pquotWe are creating the base for big companies like SoftBank and Foxconn to participatequot Upendra Tripathy new... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Reuters Africa

Solar panel on roofs of bus shelters AAPs plan to meet power demand

pTo meet Delhi39s everincreasing power demand the AAP government plans to instal solar panel on roofs of bus shelters of Delhi Transport Corporation DTC to generate more electricityp

pAccording to the government solar power is the only way to meet the growing power demand in future as the cost of conventional power is drastically increasing every yearp

pquotWe are planning to instal solar panel on the roofs of the city39s bus shelters so that more electricity could be generatedquot Power Minister Satyendar Jain saidp

pHe said that the government is holding... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: DNA

New cheaper more efficient LED technology developed

pScientists including one of Indianorigin have developed a new highly efficient and low cost light emitting diode using a combination of organic and inorganic materialsp

pquotIt can potentially revolutionise lighting technology In general the cost of LED lighting has been a big concern thus far Energy savings have not balanced out high costs This could change thatquot said assistant professor Zhibin Yu of Florida State University39s Industrial and Manufacturing Engineeringp

pYu developed this new LED technology using a combination of organic and inorganic materialsp

Date : Sep 23

Source: The Times of India

Droughtresistant crops need to be promoted Pawar

pPromotion of 39droughtresistant crops39 and good price for agriculture produce will help solve farmers39 problems in the country former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said here on Sundayp

pSpeaking at the annual general body meeting of the Maharashtra Rajya Draksha Bagayatdar Sangha a grapes growers39 association Pawar stressed on the importance of water conservation in agriculture as wellp

pquotThe biggest problem for the agriculture sector is water availability Countries like Indonesia are opting for farm produce which consume less water Even crops like sugarcane... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: The Economic Times

KSEB to conduct reverse bidding to purchase 200MW solar power

pKerala State Electricity Board KSEB will conduct reverse bidding for purchase of 200 megawatts of solar powerp

pThe process will help the staterun utility to get solar power for less than the tariff fixed by the state electricity regulatory commission for each unit of gridconnected solar powerp

pThe state electricity regulatory commission has fixed rate per unit of solar power at Rs 7p

pThe power to be purchased by KSEB will go into meeting its renewable energy obligation stipulated by Central Electricity Actp

pThe renewable energy obligation of utilities has... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Greentech Lead

Rise in solar cells production to bring Rs 30000crore investment create 25000 jobs in India

pThe increase in manufacturing facility for solar cells and modules will bring in an investment of about Rs 30000 crore and create 25000 jobs in the countryp

pquotIt is expected that the manufacturing capacity for cells and modules will increase roughly by 2500 MW and 5000 MW per annum respectivelyquotp

pThis is expected to create 25000 jobs in manufacturing sector and bring in investment of about Rs 30000 crorequot said an official in the New and Renewable Energy Ministryp

pAt present manufacturing capacity of cells and modules in India is 1386 MW and 2756 MW... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: The Economic Times

India Korea plan 10 billion energy park in Iran

pA consortium of Iranian Indian and South Korean companies seeks to set up an energy park in Iranrsquos Khuzestan province in a project worth 10 billion including generation of 1000 megawatts of solar power the IRNA news agency saysp

pEnterprise Company has also proposed to build gaspowered and combined cycle plants to produce 600 megawatts of electricity at the park Suresh Sharma coordinator and head of GTPP Oil and Gas saidp

pIranian project owners have announced readiness to undertake 30 of investment and the foreign side to provide the rest of the funds an IRNA reporter... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Press TV

A road map to introduce clean energy in developing nations

pDeveloping nations encounter multifaceted challenges when they seek to create cleanenergy infrastructure Responding to a need for a road map to help developers and decision makers solve these problems EU Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility EUEI PDF and Practical Action have published a report called ldquoBuilding Energy Access Markets A Value Chain Analysis of Key Energy Market Systemsrdquo PDF downloadp

pIn some ways a working energy market is like a house of cards removing one piece of the functioning system can cause the entire structure to fail In developing nations... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: GreenBiz

Europe fails on electronics recycling goals

pOnly a third of Europe39s electronic waste is properly recycled with vast numbers of cellphones computers and televisions illegally traded or dumped a study led by the United Nations and INTERPOL said on Sundayp

pSweden and Norway were close to European targets of collecting and recycling 85 percent of all electrical and electronic waste at the top of a ranking in which Romania Spain and Cyprus were bottom with less than 20 percent it saidp

pEuropean rules demand recycling of quotewastequot products with a plug or a battery to recover metals such as gold or silver and avoid... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Reuters

3 GW More Solar Power Capacity For Madhya Pradesh In 2 Years

pAccording to an announcement made by senior government officials the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh plans to enhance its solar power generation capacity to about 3 GW in the next two yearsp

pDomestic as well as international developers are bidding aggressively for new projects in the state due to availability of vast barren land high solar irradiation and favourable solar policy in the state The government of Madhya Pradesh has introduced singlewindow clearance for solar projects that is helping the developers in speedy implementation of the projects mdash the approval process was... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Clean Technica

Piyush Goyal confident of power generation doubling in 7 years

pIndia will be able to double its power generation in the next seven years Union Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal has saidp

pldquoVery clearly as we work to provide energy access to every citizen of India 24X7 and as we work to eliminate dieselgenerated power sadly we still have several thousands of crores of rupees spent on dieselgenerated power which is much more expensive The cost is borne by the people of the country directly or indirectlyrdquo Goyal said during a programme organised by the BCCampI herep

pldquoAll of these are sought to be replaced by thermal gas... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: The Indian Express

3 Reasons You Should Be Paying Attention To Indias Renewable Energy Market

pIf you search Google for ldquoclean techrdquo or ldquoclean energyrdquo yoursquore almost guaranteed to find an article about India Every week therersquos news about the countryrsquos ambitious renewable energy efforts and the hurdles it must overcome to reduce its carbon emissionsp

pIndia has one of the most aggressive clean energy goals of any nation in the world with a plan to have 100 gigawatts of solar capacity installed by 2022 which is a fivefold increase from the previous governmentrsquos target goal A large portion of the installations would be through rooftop solar power... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Forbes

Maharashtra looks to bring sustainable water irrigation practices

pThe Maharashtra government is considering to introduce sustainable water and irrigation practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing treated sewage water for periurban agriculturep

pThe state government has decided to make a district irrigation plan DIP to expand cultivable area under assured irrigationp

pA meeting was held at National Water Academy at Pune this week which was addressed by Dinesh Kumar Jain additional chief secretary of Agriculture departmentp

pAccording to Jain the Center39s Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna PMKSY will focus on increasing the... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: The Economic Times

Ban on plastic packaging of food drugs NGT seeks Centre view

pThe National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre and various stakeholders to file their submissions on a proposal that there should be a complete prohibition on the use of plastic packaging in food and pharmaceutical formulations of any kindp

pquotIt appears that none of the concerned ministries are prepared to take a decision which according to them at one time was need of the hour in larger public interest Be that as it may we will proceed with hearing of the matter and take appropriate decision in accordance with lawp

pquotWe direct all the parties before us ie... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Business Standard

Startup lessons that India can learn from Israel

pIf Prime Minister Narendra Modi39s Independence Day dream of India succeeding as 39startup39 country has to kick start there is a lot to learn from the original 39startup nation39 Israel The tiny country of Israel mushrooms almost two new startup companies every day and today houses some 5000 startups New Delhi of course is just starting upp

pOn being asked if Modi39s call for a 39startup India39 can succeed Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said quotAs far as the 39startup nation39 I think this has a lot to do with entrepreneurial spirit I have noticed that in Silicon... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: The Economic Times

NITI Aayogs Arvind Panagariya launches online portal to assess predict Indias energy need

pArvind Panagariya Vice Chairman NITI Aayog has launched the India Energy Security Scenarios IESS 2047 Version 20 and unveiled the IESS website along with the documents at a conference organised by FICCI in partnership with NITI Aayogp

pDr Panagariya said that IESS would become a very useful tool for framing the National Energy Policyp

pIESS would enable decision makers to take a detailed view of India39s emerging energy scenario and help in effectively deciding the right mix of appropriate technology interventions and measures towards maximising indigenous fuel supplies... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: DNA

NDMCs Smart Grid project to upgrade power distribution

pThe New Delhi Municipal Council NDMC is coming up with a Rs 500crore quotSmart Gridquot project aimed at reducing losses through better power distribution and checking thefts and faults in transmissionp

pquotWe are coming up with a Smart Grid project to improve power distribution in areas under NDMC39s jurisdictionp

pquotThe project a part of the smart city initiative will enable us to accurately judge power requirements of each locality cut down on outages and sell off the surplusquot a senior NDMC official saidp

pThe Union Power Ministry has inprinciple approved the... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: DNA

Proposed policy to push solar UMPPs of 3000 MW above

pThe Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion DIPP has proposed a policy replete with incentives for ultra mega solar power projects UMSPPs of 3000 MW and above According to official sources the sops could include capital and interest subsidies greater incentives for RampD and excise and customs duty relief for capital equipmentp

pThe idea is to help the development of local industry for manufacture of solar modulescells so that large solar projects can source inputs from it at competitive prices The government would also endeavour to make the required land available to solar... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Financial Express

RCom announces partnership with Jasper for IoT services

pReliance Communications today said it is in talks with several state governments to bag smart grid and smart city projects as it sees business from cloud offerings and internet of things IoT under enterprise segment to touch about a fifth of its revenue in next five years The company has tied up with USbased Jasper which provides software for connected machines IoT though the network of 120 telecom operators globally to offer its services in Indiap

pldquoWe see opportunities in smart grid healthcare goods and public transport sector to offer our servicesrdquo said Alok Srivastava... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: Business Standard

Techtextil India 2015 to present new technical textile innovations

pTechtextil India the premier business event for the technical textile and nonwovens industry players in India will return to Mumbai this September with a host of new innovations and latest market insight of the technical textiles and nonwovensnbsp nbspp

pThe event will feature an allencompassing range of technical textiles and nonwoven products along with a seminal Symposium with numerous productfocused and marketrelevant topics Around 150 technologyleading companies are expected to showcase their latest technical textile solutions at the fairp

Date : Sep 23

Source: InnovationTextiles

Vestas wins new wind turbine contract in India

pVestas has secured a contract from Powerica to deliver turbines for a 40MW wind project in Gujarat Indiap

pThe deal requires the Danish company to supply install and commission 20 of its V11020 MW turbines at the Khambaliya project The order which extends an existing contract with Powerica will see the company upgrade 12MW of turbines at the site and deliver additional 28MW of units Vestas expects to complete the turbine installation in the second quarter of next year The company will service the facility under a fiveyear deal and the order also includes an Active Output Management... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: CBTR

NITI Aayog to bring out integrated energy policy Arvind Panagariya

pNITI Aayog will bring out a new integrated energy policy as was introduced by its predecessor the erstwhile Planning Commission which called for decontrolling of energy pricesp

pquotEnergy is an important ingredient in any country39s growth recipe NITI Aayog has been asked to work on a new energy policyquot said NITI Aayog ViceChairman Arvind Panagariya while speaking at the launch of 39India Energy Security Scenarios39 2047 Version 20p

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Date : Sep 23

Source: The Economic Times

Governance overhaul key to making Smart City project work say experts

pWith the Centre releasing the list of 98 cities selected for the Rs 48000crore Smart City project experts today highlighted the need to transform the governance structure at the city level for a sustainable transformation and offer services essential for urban livingquotSelection of smart cities is a first step Major challenge is to provide quality urban services such as 24X7 water supply sanitation drainage solid waste management and sewage treatmentLooking at finances of urban local bodies which are far from healthy provision of these services will be challenging Levying of user charges... Read more..

Date : Sep 23

Source: The Economic Times

Central govt announces 98 Smart Cities Venkaiah Naidu terms them safe investments for pvt firms

pThe union government on Thursday released the list of 98 cities that will be developed under the Smart Cities mission These cities together have a population of 13 crore accounting for 35 per cent of Indiarsquos urban populationp

pNames of two cities mdash one from Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh each mdash are yet to be revealedp

Date : Sep 23

Source: The Indian Express