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5 Jul 2009 India has the potential to meet its energy needs through renewable sources. India remains the only nation with a full-fledged ministry for new and renewable energy (MNRE). Yet, renewable currently contribute only about 4% of power generation in the country. Although the country has set a target...

July 2009 As the countdown to the Budget 2009 begins, it is vital that the Government revisits the extant policies and the fiscal framework in order for it to boost long-term investments and energy security of the country, says Gokul Chaudhri, Partner and Leader of the Energy and Infrastructure Practice...

India has already started feeling the effects of climate change which we have neglected for quiet long. It’s no longer an international issue, it is a domestic, local issue related to water security, land productivity, agricultural yields and energy consumption. Massive investments will be required in afforestation, sustainable agriculture and...

July 2009 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had decided to install waterless urinals at public toilets near Gateway of India. They do not require water to flush and prevent bad odour. These urinals will save approximately 10 thousand litres of water per day and 70 thousand kilograms of carbon a...

July 03, 2009To meet the need of the increasing demand for energy, energy efficiency is as important as energy generation from new sources. Mindteck (India), member of ZigBee Alliance, an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open...

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) addressed that all power state utilities in the country will have to buy at minimum five percent of their grid purchase from renewable energy sources from 2009-10 onwards and 15 percent by 2020. There will be one per cent raise in the purchase of...

Tue Jun 23, 2009 In order to conserve energy and with an aim at certifying the energy efficiency claims of automobile makers, the government has planned to make energy efficiency labeling mandatory for automobiles by August. The government believes that this will help consumers in choosing the right quality of...

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Currently, about 3-4 per cent of total power generation capacity in the country comes from nuclear power produced by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) with an installed generation capacity of 4,120 Mw. The sole producer of nuclear power has aimed to increase the nuclear...

The Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST) and The Research Councils UK (RCUK) are in collaboration to develop Thin Film and Excitonic Solar Energy Technologies. Development of technologies relating to solar energy was agreed to be of importance to both countries.Source: www.epsrc.ac.uk   Just in case you are interested...

April 9th, 2009It is really surprise to learn that the government is planning to replace rickshaws, a non polluting vehicle, with solar rickshaw to reduce carbon emission and providing loan for the same. The questions which the author of the article asks regarding this solar rickshaw are obvious The soleckshaw...