Local Governments for Sustainability, an international association of local governments, released a report highlighting energy consumption and carbon emissions of key cities across India and South Asia. It captures data from different sectors like residential, commercial, industrial, transportation and also discusses the action plans cities have proposed to curb carbon...

Shale gas is a form of natural gas found in rocks called Shale. North America is the largest producer, accounting for 90% of the world's shale gas output. In the US itself, shale gas accounts for only 6% of total production. However, the idea is spreading and European companies are...

The Government is hopeful that the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and its work in the areas of water management and crop enhancement would lead the country to a second Green Revolution. SRI (System of Rice Intensification) technique, being popularized by NREGA, would help in crop enhancement by cutting...

On the 8th of July the India Energy Exchange (IEX) celebrated its first successful year in operation. The IEX is India’s only bourse mandated to trade electricity electronically.Electricity contracts are traded on a “day-ahead market hourly” basis in Megawatts with bed time hours trading around 2800 Rupees per MegaWatt Hour...

The palatial residences of Haryana's governor and chief minister in Chandigarh have been refurbished with new energy-efficient lighting worth nearly Rs.23 lakh that has brought down electricity bills at the two places by nearly Rs.900,000 annually.The two sprawling residences of Governor Jagannath Pahadia and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda are...

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) recently signed an integrated solid waste management project deal with Hyderabad-based Ramky Group to maintain the 60-acre fruits and vegetables market in the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex (KWMC) and the biomethanation facility to generate power from organic waste.The deal aims to remove 150 to...

SFO Technologies, a company based in Bangalore, India, signed an agreement with a Plug Power affiliate to manufacture and supply Plug’s GenSys fuel cell systems in India.Plug Power Energy India Pvt. Ltd, an affiliate of Latham-based Plug Power, said the agreement with SFO, a NeST Group Co., runs for five...

Companies with an urge to be politically correct and responsible are spawning a new breed of managers to spearhead their green initiatives. As a result, the demand from India Inc for 'green experts' - people trained in green technologies and environment specialists -- is going up.Some of the hot green...

As per the NTPC proposal, transmission infrastructure at thermal power stations would be leveraged to evacuate electricity from solar stations. NTPC has an installed capacity of 30,644 MW. It plans to raise the existing capacity to 50,000 MW by 2012 and 75,000 MW by 2017. Source

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