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India needs to strengthen energy security to meet supply bottlenecks

By : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2014

 There is a strong case for an integrated energy ministry. We need proactive policies and vastly improved efficiencies across the energy chain, and the way ahead is to have a single Cabinet-rank appointee to oversee policy coordination and rationalisation and effective follow...

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Subject Tags: energy , Politics , Technology

Will Bangalore ever be garbage-free?

By : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2014

 It was not very long ago that Bangalore’s sobriquet i.e., ‘Garden City’ nearly came to be replaced with ‘Garbage City’ in the wake of villagers’ refusal to allow garbage trucks to dump the city’s refuse into the nearby landfills. Mounting garbage piles attracted...

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Modi appoints new energy minister

By : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2014

 India's newly elected government has appointed Piyush Goyal as its new energy minister.

 
The former national treasurer, head of communications and MP for ruling party the BJP has now been selected to fulfil the position of minister of power, coal and new...
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IIT professor: Jobs aplenty in solar energy sector

By : Sustainability ..., May 27, 2014

 INDORE: The state's potential in solar energy sector and employment it can generate was discussed at length during a workshop at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) here on Sunday.

 
"Solar plants can generate employment...
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Subject Tags: energy , Politics

Water project to quench Keonjhar thirst uncertain

By : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2014

 KEONJHAR: The fate of a Rs 42-crore project to facilitate piped water supply to Keonjhar town seems uncertain as it has made no progress since chief minister Naveen Patnaik laid foundation stone on July 17, 2013.

 
At present, the town's daily requirement...
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Subject Tags: Law , Politics

India needs $834 billion to implement low carbon growth plans

By : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2014

 India will need to invest US$ 834 billion to place its economy on a low carbon trajectory by 2030, a report published in April by the national Planning Commission reveals.

It says the country will require “massive” changes to the energy mix to lower the carbon...
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India trade spat rocks post-election solar optimism

By : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2014

 Before India’s new pro-solar Prime Minister Narendra Modi can settle into office, a glut of troubling solar issues await resolution.

The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Modi was announced India’s new prime minister and will be sworn in on May 26.
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Mercom may lower India solar power installation forecast if duties are imposed

By : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2014

 KOLKATA: Mercom Capital Group, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, said it may lower its India solar energy installation forecast of 1,000 MW in 2014 if import duties on components are imposed, while cautiously reiterating the estimate. 

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India’s New Leadership: 400 Million People Will Have Power In 5 Years With The Help Of Solar

By : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2014

 Four hundred million Indians, more than the population of the United States and Canada combined, lack electricity. An official of India’s newly elected Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, recently said that his government wants every home to be able to run at least one light bulb...

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In India, solar surge aims to reshape the country's energy future

By : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2014

 The deserts of Rajasthan have long been known for their spare beauty and their intense sunshine. Now that sun is being turned into a surge of solar power expansion that may one day power not just Rajasthan but a wide swath of India with clean energy.

Dhursar, a...
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