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2023-05-26 Energy Efficiency
The Union government’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has paid out 3.6 crore to Tangedco for the financial year to improve energy equipmen...
2023-05-25 Agriculture & Food
IIT Madras has collaborated with Waycool Foods, a food and agri-tech platform to improve the agri-stack by offering agri-focused solution...
2023-05-23 Low Carbon Mobility
Chennai gears up to host the second edition of the EV International Show from May 26-28. The event will be showcasing the latest advancements in th...
2023-05-22 Water
The Renault Nissan Automotive India carmaker is investing in sustainable solutions to tackle the problem of water shortage in villages surrounding ...
2023-05-17 Waste Management
To solve the issue of tankers mixing in STP waste with waterbodies or stormwater drains, an apartmnt in Chennai has set up a self-sustaining 1...
2023-05-15 Energy Efficiency
Atsuya, a Chennai based startup that currenty provides supply chain management services works towards a more sustainable way to carry out thei...
2023-05-03 Renewable Energy Low Carbon Mobility
The TN government approved investmets of around 35000 crores in the state. This includes a 34000 crore investment by Petronas, a global Malaysian e...
2023-04-28 Low Carbon Mobility Others
After being recognised as “the most preferred Metro of South India” last year,The Chennai Metro Rail Limited has bagged a prestigious e...
2023-04-26 Others
The current actions will shape the future of the state, considering 43% of the coastline eroding, weather patterns changing and more industries put...
2023-04-26 Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency
State-owned discom Tangedco will be issuing green energy certificates to high tension electricity consumers which mainly comprises of industries&nb...
2023-04-25 Others
Catalytic Capital Fund is to support start-ups in the stage of “Valley of death” in the Food & Agriculture sectors to stimulate com...
2023-04-25 Others
Nature-based educators in the coastal city of Chennai are working to improve environment and climate literacy through outdoor, place-based programm...
2023-04-24 Waste Management
Chennai works towards improving the way biodegradable waste in the city is handled. This year, the city plans to process an additional 1200 bi...
2023-04-22 Others
A Bengaluru-based start-up Uravu Labs has made a device to capture water from the air. They, however, have taken a different approach. They have us...
2023-04-19 Low Carbon Mobility
There wasa gradual increase in the number of electric bikes here and the recent drop in EV prices fuelled the growth further. The reason is:
...2023-04-17 Others
The top two investments – ACME Group’s ?52,474 crore green hydrogen and ammonia project and Malaysian MNC Petronas Rs.30,000/- crore in...
2023-04-13 Water
Under the scorching sun, young climate activist Nirmal Raghavan toils away to restore the Mangalanathan Kanmani lake in Ramanathapuram.
I...
2023-04-12 Materials Others
Indicus Paints Indicus Paints launches new 'Heatseal' Heat Reflective Coating that makes buildings cooler and energy efficient. I...
2023-04-11 Others
The parks will have recreational facilities, features denoting culture, urban ecology etc. The climate park is expected to reduce carbon emissions....
2023-04-11 Low Carbon Mobility
Interestingly, Royal Enfield is working on two electric two-wheeler architectures, an in-house one codenamed ‘L1A’ and the ot...
2023-04-08 Low Carbon Mobility
Gated communities in Chennai are showing a keen interest in setting up the infrastructure for charging electric vehicles (EVs). The only sour point...
2023-04-06 Renewable Energy
Chennai, one of India’s large cities, consumes almost 13,000 GWh in a year which is 14 per cent of the total power generated and purchased by...
2023-04-06
Studies by various organisations have shown that a key factor behind the rising pollution in North Chennai is the major industries that operate in ...
2023-04-05 Low Carbon Mobility
The state has signed electric vehicle (EV)-related memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with several companies in the recent past that may bring in ...
2023-04-03 Low Carbon Mobility
Four friends, one idea and a lockdown. That’s the founding story of electric motorcycle startup Raptee. It helped that they had worked in big...
2023-04-01 Water
Va Tech Wabag, a water technology firm secures a 4400 crore contract to set up and operate a a 400 million litres a day (MLD) reverse osmosis ...
2023-03-30 Others
Chennai homebuyers have shown a marked shift in focus towards leading a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, post pandemic, with 86% of the Chennai p...
2023-03-29 Energy Storage
Sicona will be developing next-generation battery materials technology used in the anodes (negative electrodes) of lithium-ion (“Li-ion&rdquo...
2023-03-29 Agriculture & Food Waste Management
Researchers from IIT Madras are working on developing an Eco-Friendly technology to upcycle Paddy Waste to manufacture ans produce raw materials fo...
2023-03-28 Others
The state government has added another member — A Ramachandran, Emeritus Professor and former director, centre for climate change and disaste...
2023-03-24 Decarbonizing Industries
Danfoss, a market leader in providing energy solutions has launched a first-of-its-kind decarbonization centre for commercial buildings in Che...
2023-03-23 Water
LEED Zero Water Certification recognises buildings that use zero potable water. The certification verifies net zero goals and signals market leader...
2023-03-23 Low Carbon Mobility
Mahindra & Mahindra is setting up a new subsidiary NewCo for last mile electric mobility in which IFC will be investing 600 crore. Newco w...
2023-03-22 Water
EarthFokus, a company offering Water services as a service to commercial and residential clients has raised Rs 1.52 Cr from the Chennai Angels...
2023-03-22 Water
Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) has begun collecting information on users who receive drinking water via tanker lorri...
2023-03-21 Low Carbon Mobility
Southern Railways will provide Ather Energy a dedicated space of 100 sq. ft. at each MRTS/Suburban station to set up a charging zone enabling the c...
2023-03-20 Low Carbon Mobility
The company has since test-run the prototype for 20,000 km and has perfected the vehicle. The product is not a dumb electric cart on four wheels, b...
2023-03-20 Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency
With the increasing demand for power in the state, the Tamil Nadu government plans to double the installed capacity for power generation in th...
2023-03-20 Low Carbon Mobility
Tamil Nadu has emerged as the leading industrial investment hub for Electric Vehicles (EV) as finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, during ...
2023-03-15 Energy Efficiency
Fuji Electric India, an industrial automation and energy efficient solutions provider, has set up a ?150-crore facility in Chennai to make 3,500 un...
2023-03-15 Water
Dr.S.Janakarajan unpacks the issues with water management in Chennai that has led to both flooding and drought and suggests better ways to han...
2023-03-14 Low Carbon Mobility
Aventose Energy is set to launch not one, not two, but four cutting-edge electric scooters and motorcycles. These vehicles are perfect for bot...
2023-03-13 Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency Others
The ICF, Chennai has been recognized as top performer among Indian Railway Production Units in PAT (Perform, Achieve and Trade) Scheme for 2016-201...
2023-03-13 Low Carbon Mobility
The autonomous vehicle can detect lanes, speed breakers, pedestrians and other vehicles with the help of cameras. It has electronic ...
2023-03-11 Energy Efficiency Others
ICF, Chennai, has achieved a net saving of 41% in specific energy consumption on the target set by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). The reduction...
2023-03-10 Energy Efficiency Materials Others
The code aims to target commercial buildings in the state that consume a significant amount of electricity. These buildings will be required to abi...
2023-03-07 Renewable Energy Waste Management
It has been a year since the launch of a bio-CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) plant in Chetpet by Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) in partnership with...
2023-03-05 Low Carbon Mobility
DAO commenced production at its facility in Chakan, Pune and has enabled two wheeler electric vehicle manufacturing capabilities and inve...
2023-03-04 Others
The state government is carrying out a greenhouse gas inventory for each sector in the state and will soon release the carbon emission data for eac...
2023-03-03 Waste Management
Anna University has ideated 'bio amendment from bio mining soil', and has collaborated with multiple local bodies in TN to increase th...
2023-03-02 Renewable Energy Others
The facility will comprise 500 MW of wind-solar hybrid plants which would supply electricity to an electrolyser to produce green hydrogen.
<...2023-03-02 Low Carbon Mobility
DAO EVTech already has active dealerships in Madurai, Polachi, Coimbatore, and Thanjavur in Tamilnadu state and plans to open many dealerships in C...
2023-03-02 Renewable Energy Water
Both the entities will operate a pilot desalination plant to use ocean waves as an energy source to convert salt water into fresh water using the S...
2023-03-02 Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency
IIT Madras announced their collaboration with academia and industries in Denmark for research in the areas of climate change mitigation and green t...
2023-03-02 Energy Efficiency Materials Others
Danfoss and IIT-M are collaborating to convert seawater into freshwater through a Seawater Reverse Osmosis process leveraging ocean water as an ene...
2023-03-02 Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency
IIT Madras has tied up with Denmark, launching four projects under the Indo-Danish Green Strategic Partnership which aims at conducting resear...
2023-02-28 Low Carbon Mobility
French auto MNC Citroen has launched its first electric vehicle E-C3-just 7 months after its internal combustion debut with the C3. Armed with the ...
2023-02-21 Others
About 18 women in the city in various fields ranging from soid waste management to providing last mile connectivity will come up with solutions pos...
2023-02-20 Others
The meeting on Feb 20, 2023 was a meet-up of mentors and mentees of a 10-month programme — “women for climate” (wfc.org) — ...
2023-02-20 Low Carbon Mobility
Ola will be investing 920 million in TN through its subsidaries to manufacture electric cars and betteries. The company was drawn to make the inves...
2023-02-18 Low Carbon Mobility
The investments include setting up of lithium-cell manufacturing facilities with capacity of 20GW while the overall investments by Ola Electric wou...
2023-02-16 Low Carbon Mobility
To support the growth of public EV charging stations, the TN government has proposed to reduce energy charges for EV charging stations by 50% ...
2023-02-14 Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency
A new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) and power quality factory has been opened by Hitachi Energy in Chennai.
These innovative approac...
2023-02-14 Low Carbon Mobility
Tamil Nadu has announced its new EV policy which offers incentives and subsidies for the manufacturing of EV and its parts. The objectives of this ...
2023-02-13 Low Carbon Mobility
Renault and Nissan have announced a new long-term vision for India, which includes increasing production and R&D activities, introducing electr...
2023-02-08 Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency
GE Renewable Energy has recently opened a factory for ‘Renewable Hybrid’ technology solutions and equipment in Chennai to respond ...
2023-02-03 Others
Soumya Swaminathan, former chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), has been included as a member of the Tamil Nadu Governing Counci...
2023-01-31 Energy Efficiency
C.R.I. has earned the renowned NEC Award for making the most energy-efficient pumps for the eighth time, enabling our country to adopt more environ...
2023-01-21 Agriculture & Food Waste Management
Trash from Chennai's meat shops will soon go to the corporation's Bio-CNG plant to be converted into fuel and sold back. The idea is t...
2023-01-18 Water
All three major waterbodies - Adyar, Cooum and Buckhingam Canal - running across the city are 'dead', for all practical purposes, a Tamilna...
2023-01-17 Low Carbon Mobility
Sundram Fasteners on Tuesday said it secured a $250 million electric vehicle (EV) parts supply contract, its highest-ever EV contract to...
2023-01-15 Water
Ten waterbodies across Chennai are likely to get a facelift under the proposed lake-front development and turn into vibrant public spaces. The...
2023-01-12 Low Carbon Mobility
Hyundai Motor India is going to increase the production capacity of its Chennai plant to 8.2 lakh. About 20% of the vehicle in the Chennai pla...
2023-01-06 Waste Management
One of the largest beauty brands Garnier has taken a step to show its commitment to protecting the environment by funding a dedicated plastic waste...
2023-01-05 Materials
Chennai will cumulatively emit 231.9 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide (Co2) by 2040 from construction and operations of buildings alone, as per a s...
2023-01-05 Water
The Water Resources Department is set to take up desilting and widening of the 2-km portion of the river from Thiru Vi Ka bridge. The proposal was ...
2023-01-03 Others
The first-of-its-kind fund in the country will mobilise resources from government, development finance institutions, and international climate fund...
2022-12-30 Renewable Energy
The country's premier research & development organization for the ocean ecosystem is located right in Chennai.
Among other effort...
2022-12-26 Low Carbon Mobility
The battery-operated garbage collection vehicles of Chennai Corporation are not just making collection easy for workers but are help...
2022-12-25 GHG Management
The Tamil Nadu government has come up with a greenhouse gas inventory compendium for Coimbatore, Tiruchi and Tirunelveli. The aim is to prepare a c...
2022-12-23 Low Carbon Mobility
Plugzmart, a Chennai-based startup, has built its own IoT-enabled smart EV charging management system to integrate and communicate efficiently with...
2022-12-22 Renewable Energy
Increasing the usage of renewable energy in Chennai is one of the six priority sectors proposed by the GCC to mitigate the crisis and achieve carbo...
2022-12-19 Energy Efficiency
Software-as-a-service (SaaS)-enabled property tech startup Facilio is looking to increase its workforce by around 100 employees across teams and be...
2022-12-15 Others
A project under the TN Climate Change Mission aims to expand the Nanmangalam forest with the use of bio-mined soil from the Perungudi landfill whic...
2022-12-12 Renewable Energy
Chennai-based climatetech startup Welfund is creating a digital marketplace model to help consumers access affordable financing for rooftop solar p...
2022-12-09 Renewable Energy
Researchers have developed and deployed a device that generates electricity from the oscillation of waves in the Sea.
2022-12-05 Low Carbon Mobility
The Chennai Central distribution circle of Tangedco has launched “Go Electric” awareness campaign to help people to switch over from th...
2022-12-04 Waste Management
Chennnai corporation plans to implement a new set of schemes for 100 percent processing of solid waste in the sity. The corporation is also looking...
2022-11-29 Low Carbon Mobility
A lightweight electric formula racing car designed and developed by students of IIT Madras was unveiled. The RF23 was built by '...
2022-11-25 Low Carbon Mobility
Chennai Airport became the first in the country to set up an electric vehicle charging station at the airside. The chargers can be operated through...
2022-11-24 Others
Tamil Nadu has operationalized the new Ancient DNA Laboratory at the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), which will be used to conduct ancient&n...
2022-11-22 Water
The demand for water in the city has increased more than 50% over the past ten years due to industrial development, increasing population, and larg...
2022-11-20 Low Carbon Mobility
The Greater Chennai Corporation is exploring the feasibility of introducing electric vehicle chargers in 88 public parking facilities; regulation o...
2022-11-15 Water
The report has been prepared by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), an environmental advocacy body based in the US. TNC has been present in India since 2...
2022-11-11 Others
IIT Madras has optimised a new climate mode that will provide localised, ward-wise and accurate forecasts which would prove to be an advantage for ...
2022-11-10 Waste Management
Some of the biggest restaurants in the city may use the biogas produced at the Greater Chennai Corporation's plant from the Koyambedu mark...
2022-11-07 Renewable Energy
Tamil Nadu secured the fourth place in a national ranking for solar power capacity prepared on September 30 with an installed solar power capacity ...
2022-10-31 Low Carbon Mobility
KUN BYD will provide access to BYD’s pure electric vehicles with high-quality services for its consumers in Chennai. KUN BYD has ex...
2022-10-22 Low Carbon Mobility
Salcomp will foray in to manufacturing electric vehicle (EV) charges at its Srieperumbdur plant. It signed an MoU with Flowtrik, an IIT M...
2022-10-20 Renewable Energy
Tanneries in the Ranipet-Ambur-Vaniyambadi region have started taking baby steps to tap into solar energy to run automatic sprayer driers, vital fo...
2022-10-19 Energy Efficiency
Chennai's C&I sectors looks to move towards solar energy as industries are slowly realising that there is an increase of ease and savings b...
2022-10-15 Renewable Energy
The Chennai Metro Rail Company has prepared a detailed report for the project of setting up solar power plants and using this solar power generated...
2022-10-13 Low Carbon Mobility
BNY Mellon will be unveiling a fleet of 20 BYD e6 Electric Vehicles on its company premises in Pune on a pilot basis. That move will help replace a...
2022-10-13 Low Carbon Mobility
Hero Electric has agreed to deploy a fleet of over 5,000 electric vehicles in Chennai over the next 2 years and work collectively with Spoctec...
2022-10-13 Others
Shrikumar Suryanarayan, co-founder of Bengaluru-based ?Sea6 Energy that was formed to solve the existing manual cultivation process of seaweed...
2022-10-11 Low Carbon Mobility
BYD (Build Your Dreams), launched its first passenger car, an electric sport-utility vehicle (e-SUV), ‘Atto 3’ in India, marking i...
2022-10-05 Others
Tamil Nadu soon plans to hop onto the EBP (Ethanol Based Petrol) bandwagon as the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of Ministry of Environ...
2022-10-04 Low Carbon Mobility
Ola Electric has set up its first experience centre in Chennai. The company plans to expand to around 200 such centres in the country. "O...
2022-10-02 GHG Management
Reasearchers from IIT Madras supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, have invented Limestone Calcined Clay Cement ...
2022-09-24 Low Carbon Mobility
Mallawa Ventures, a Chicago-based early-stage technology and services company will set up a bus manufacturing factory and a hydrogen plant nea...
2022-09-06 Low Carbon Mobility
Murugappa Group’s electric vehicle company TI Clean Mobility (TICM) has introduced its features-packed Montra electric autorickshaw, mar...
2022-07-25 Low Carbon Mobility
Under the partnership, Moto Business Service India (MBSI) will manage electric two and three-wheelers of FullFily, which is an end-to-end...
2022-07-16 Low Carbon Mobility
The centre is ramping up its engineering team by recruiting about 900 engineers to build EV capabilities and design and develop new elect...
2022-07-11 Renewable Energy
TANGEDCO set a new record by providing 120.25 million units of wind energy in a day which is likely to be the largest amount of wind energy consume...
2022-07-10 Low Carbon Mobility
The multi-level car park (MLCP) at the Chennai International Airport would have electric vehicle (EV) charging ports. The west MLCP will have ...
2022-06-07 Others
Chennai consumed 25 per cent of the overall power demand in Tamil Nadu, markiing about 5 per cent increase from the earlier seasons. Its per-d...
2022-05-30 Waste Management Low Carbon Mobility
Uranus Renewable Pvt Ltd, a startup found in used cooking oil (UCO) an opportunity to produce biofuel. Uranus reached out to large apartment comple...
2022-05-30 Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency Others
Uranus Renewable Pvt Ltd, a Chennai based startup, saw an opportunity in used cooking oil (UCO), which was previously viewed as a threat by environ...
2022-05-27 Others
IIT Madras has developed an indigenous Municipal Solid Waste Combustor Pilot Plant at the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Factory in Trichy Distri...
2022-05-21 Others
Inhabited by a high flying, nature loving couple and their family, the home is a medley of indoor-outdoor spaces.
This home seems to...
2022-05-16 Energy Storage
Danfoss India recently opened privately owned and operated grid-scale battery-based Energy Storage System (ESS) in Chennai to store the excess ener...
2022-03-29 GHG Management
The State government’s announcement of the formation of Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company (TNGCC) provides promise that the state, and especia...
2022-03-10 Energy Efficiency
Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister inaugurated India's largest floating solar power plant which was constructed ata cost of 150.4 crores. The...
2022-02-23 Renewable Energy Others
Sify has concluded power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Vibrant Energy to power its data centers. The PPAs are for a total of 231 megawatt (MW) of...
2022-02-17 Agriculture & Food
Chennai based company Functional Foods Pvt. Ltd's brand VegaBytz is planning to enter the Indian markets soon to sell 100 percent veg...
2022-02-07 Renewable Energy
The products from this facility will make renewable energy more dispatchable, ensure grid resiliency, efficiency, reliability, and make renewable e...
2022-02-01 Renewable Energy
Redington, a company headquartered in Chennai and selling solar systems and components to solar installers in India has partnered with Enact S...
2022-01-09 Energy Efficiency Low Carbon Mobility
Aerostrovilos Energy, a Chennai based startup is working towards breaking the marriage between hydrogen and fuel cells in vehicles. The compan...
2021-10-02 Agriculture & Food Waste Management
The Greater Chennai Corporation plans to sell manure produced from bio-degradeable household waste to farmers' cooperatives. It has been seelin...
2021-09-30 Renewable Energy
The installation of solar panels at Chennai Central railway station and other places has brought down the expenses of the railways.
The s...
