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Noida plans to generate energy from waste

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 8, 2014

The authorities of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway are working to set up a waste-to-energy plant — the district's first solid waste management plant 1 by 2016. The Rs 260-crore project, which aims to promote non-conventional energy and generate renewable power,...

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Subject Tags: Business , energy , Labor , Law

CYAN WINS FROST & SULLIVAN INNOVATION AWARD

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 8, 2014

 Cambridge-based Cyan has won the 2014 Europe Frost & Sullivan award for Technology Innovation Leadership in developing a smart metering technology for the power sector in emerging economies.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that...

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Subject Tags: Business , Technology

Delhi experiments with water ATMs, reignites debate

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 5, 2014

A nondescript colony in north-west Delhi is quietly experimenting with privatised water supply while the jury is still out on privatisation of essential services.  

Savda Ghevra, which started off as a resettlement colony to take the ugliness of jhuggi-jhopri (JJ)...

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Green court refuses to lift ban - NGT puts life over economic interest in coal mining, disbands panel and forms new one

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 4, 2014

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today refused to lift the ban on rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya, saying it could not permit economic interests to gain preference over the right to life.

The tribunal stuck to its April 17, 2014 interim order banning coal mining in...

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A Nightmare Death Renews Controversy Over Delhi’s Electric Rickshaws

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 1, 2014

The horrifying death of a toddler after his mother was struck by an electric rickshaw is once again shining a spotlight on New Delhi’s unregulated throngs of battery-powered vehicles.

On Thursday, a court in India’s capital city slapped a temporary ban on e-rickshaws,...

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Subject Tags: Business , e-rickshaws

India and Russia hold major consultation to set up 22 nuclear power projects in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 30, 2014

India and Russia held major consultation in the realm of nuclear research away from the public eye ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Brazil in July.

Nuclear energy was a key element at Modi-Putin talks. Both countries are...

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Procedures for green clearances to be simplified: Narendra Modi Goverment

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 23, 2014

Promising development without destruction of environment, the government on Tuesday said it would simplify procedures for green clearances while stepping up efforts to get Rs 35,000 crore, stuck in litigations, released for afforestation.

Replying to a discussion on...

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Higher power rates not to hit state utilities

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 23, 2014

Consumers of Tata's ultra mega power project (UMPP) and Adani's power plant at Mundra in Gujarat might not see a major escalation in their procurement price after the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) gave its nod to include compensatory rate in the final rate of...

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Global Ranking for Energy Efficiency: US Near Bottom, Germany Near Top, India ranked 11

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 23, 2014

Many industry observers will not be surprised to find out that Germany outranks the U.S. in terms of energy efficiency, according to the second International Energy Efficiency Scorecard put out by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

But it’s not just...

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Green dreams: judging the BRICS bank climate ambitions

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 23, 2014

Does the new development bank launched by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa last week herald a new age in low carbon financing? It is a question leading economists and civil society observers have been asking for some time, with few answers...

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