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Resubmit river pollution report, HC tells NEERI

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 27, 2014

 KOLHAPUR: A Bombay High Court bench of justices Abhay Oak and Amjad Sayyed on Friday directed Nagpur-based National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to resubmit its study report prepared on the causes and mitigation measures for the Panchganga river...

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GE Invests USD 24 Million in Welspun Renewables Energy’s Solar Project

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 25, 2014

 NEEMUCH, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE unit (NYSE:GE) GE Energy Financial Services and Welspun Renewables Energy Pvt. Ltd. (WREPL) announced today a partnership to expand solar energy generation in India. GE Energy Financial Services is making its first investment in a solar...

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On Bangalore outskirts, water price doubles

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 24, 2014

 Water is GS Ramanna's biggest headache. The 65-year-old resident of Sidedahalli, north-west Bangalore, buys water from private operators who supply through tankers. Ramanna's water bill has doubled in the past 12 months. He paid Rs 250-300 for a tankerful of water, about 4,...

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Drones Are Becoming Energy’s New Roustabouts

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 23, 2014

 THE egg white drone lifted off from its ground station at a hospital construction site here, hovered for an instant, then zoomed off, sounding like a five-pound bee as it buzzed around the cranes towering over the six-acre project.

Capable of carrying a high-...

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Google pips Facebook to acquire solar-powered drone maker Titan Aerospace

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 15, 2014

 Looks like Facebook’s plans to get Internet-delivering drones on board has come up against a slight obstacle: Google.

Google has beaten the world’s largest social network to purchase solar-powered drone maker Titan Aerospace as the search giant ramps up plans to...

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Suzlon Energy sells 240 mw Illinois-based wind farm to EverPower

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 10, 2014

 Suzlon EnergyBSE 1.61 % has sold the 240 mw Illinois-based wind farm it acquired recently from Edison Mission Energy to EverPower Wind Holdings. Suzlon had taken over the Illinois wind farm in the US to recover $208 million that was outstanding from client Edison Mission...

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EC Nod to Sign Pact for KKNPP III & IV

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 8, 2014

 The Election Commission (EC) has given go ahead to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to sign agreement with Russia for the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project units III and IV.

The DAE had approached the EC last month as model code of conduct was in place and...

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GM announces new engines to be built in 4 countries

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 20, 2014

 General Motors will invest $200 million in Flint, Mich., and four other cities worldwide to produce a family of new small, fuel-efficient engines starting in 2015.

GM plans to be producing engines in China, Hungary, Mexico and South Korea by 2017, when annual global...

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GM announces new engines to be built in 4 countries

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 20, 2014

 General Motors will invest $200 million in Flint, Mich., and four other cities worldwide to produce a family of new small, fuel-efficient engines starting in 2015.

GM plans to be producing engines in China, Hungary, Mexico and South Korea by 2017, when annual global...

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India, Bangladesh to enhance biz relations via water route

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 14, 2014

 India and Bangladesh are keen to increase business relations by setting inland waterways for hassle-free movement of cargo between the two countries. 

"The proposal is to set up IWT (Inland Waterways Transport) from Kolkata in West Bengal to Ashuganj in Bangladesh...

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