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At long last (about 10 days beyond the expected date), the National Solar Mission is out. Details are still sketchy, but here’s what we know. Targets of India’s solar mission:* To create an enabling policy framework for the deployment of 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022.* To ramp up...

The Haryana government has made it mandatory for all buildings coming up after April 2010 to be compliant with the green rating norms of GRIHA. GRIHA, or the Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA), is the national rating system for the green buildings in the country.

Even while Karnataka grapples to meet the energy demands of the state, there are some who have chosen to meet their energy needs from renewable sources, thus setting an example for others to emulate. One such role model is ‘Belaku’, a unique house at Chandra Layout which incorporates many ecofriendly...

Bangalore-based Reva sells its cars in 24 countries globally and aims to double its presence to 50 by 2011-12. In its bid to layout an aggressive growth plan, it is looking for partners in the US and Europe for setting up contract manufacturing facilities for its electric vehicles. “We are...

Power deficient Karnataka will get four new gas-based power stations with a capacity of 8,000 MWs. At a conference on `Power 2009′ organized by the energy department and CII on Wednesday, energy minister K S Eshwarappa siad: “It will come up in four districts under a PPP model, with 2,000...

Chennai market’s organic waste to be processed for power under new 12-year agreement between local development authority and Ramky Enviro Engineers. The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and Hyderabad, India-based Ramky Enviro Engineers are reviving a bio-methanation plant at a wholesale vegetable market in Koyambedu. Koyambedu is a locality in southern...

In a major scientific breakthrough, scientists of the School of Biotechnology of Banaras Hindu University have isolated a group of bacteria that degrades lignite coal (low energy producing coal) to produce methane gas for increased fuel efficiency. While the isolation of the special group of bacteria called coal degrading bacteria...

High hopes and initial enthusiasm gradually gave way to a sobering reality: that finding a viable replacement for oil in the modern economy is an extremely difficult proposition. To get a sense of just how difficult, consider the saga of jatropha curcas. The poisonous, oil-yielding weed was all the rage...

The largest Ukrainian producer of turbine equipment, Kharkiv-based Turboatom plant, has agreed with Indian energy equipment producer, BHEL concern, on delivery of energy equipment to India, the press service of the Ukrainian company told the Ukrainian News agency. The agreement was reached during the visit of the Turboatom’s delegation to...

As countries around the world prepare to flex their negotiating muscles at next month’s climate-change summit in Copenhagen, India has begun to question the Western model of computing global warming statistics. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh released a report that says there is no conclusive evidence that climate change has caused...