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This is one initiative I am keen on succeed at the fastest possible pace. In India alone, over 80,000 villagers die every year from lung diseases as a result of cooking with kerosene stoves. Just imagine what a simple switch to clean cookstoves could do to reverse this ridiculous and...

Samaskaara Academy runs on an eco-friendly concept ensuring that each and every student blossoms in a clean and green environment. The school was recently awarded Coimbatore’s prestigious Eco Award for the innovative eco-friendly concepts that have gone into its construction. Chairperson of Samskaara Academy, Brinda Dorairaj, shares the various eco-friendly...

A retired TNEB engineer has come out with a unique biogas producing system from his septic tank. Retired additional chief engineer P. Selvan cooks his meals using the gas generated by the septic tank and as recognition of his effort, the District Rural Development Agency has provided a subsidy of...

Solar For Schools @ Spark the Rise Spark the Rise is a project platform initiated by the Mahindra Group to propel innovation, entrepreneurship, and positive change in India. I guess this platform is driven predominantly through volunteers. Solar for Schools is one such project. The motivation? “Installing PV Solar Power...

Will hurricanes destroy offshore wind farms? I am sure in your moments of curiosity you had asked yourself the question. At least I had. So it was interesting to read a report on some research that has undertaken in this domain. A new study says that the high winds of...

Wind Powering America, an initiative for the promotion of wind energy launched by the Department of Energy (DOE), published the new map of wind resources in the United States. The map, publicly available on the WPA website, includes detailed data on wind conditions in the whole of the USA, gathered...

Wind or solar? Which will grow faster? Here’s a nice analysis that compares the two industries. The discussion is US centric, but many points in the analyses apply to most countries… Read more from this report in Daily Finance

Gamesa and Iberdrola signed a new framework agreement for a minimum of 50% of the total wind turbine fleet Iberdrola buys for its renewable energy business on Spanish and international markets between 2013 and 2022 – or until reaching a total of 3.8 GW. All right, fairly old news (Dec...

A 460-metre-wide platform hosting 36 wind turbines proposed for Malta.                                                                                                            Photo credit: Malta Today A massive offshore hexagon-shaped 460-metre-wide platform hosting 36 wind turbines, is being proposed for Malta by Swedish company Hexicon AB. The project description statement has been submitted to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority and...

Call me a party pooper, but I do think most of the party-kinda stuff we have in the world are unsustainable. So you can well imagine what my opinions would be about the Wal-Marts and McDonalds of the world. And just when I started getting more extreme in my thinking...