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Demand for rural solar home lighting systems in India to reach 3,000 MW by 2018

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 12, 2014

 Hundreds of thousands of Indian villages are either not connected to the country's power grid, or lack uninterrupted power supply. It is estimated that more than half of the country's 1.2 billion people do not have access to electricity.

Solar home lighting systems...

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India, Azerbaijan Set To Boost Energy Co-operation

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 27, 2014

India and Azerbaijan have decided to strengthen energy co-operation in the coming days.

During the third meeting of the Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade and Economic, Science and Technology Co-operation between...

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Co-Operation in Renewable Energy

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 26, 2014

New Delhi: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Renewable Energy Cooperation was signed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 18th January 2014. Cooperation between India and the United Arab Emirates is for establishing an institutional...

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Missing links in solar metering system a barrier to boost output

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 25, 2014

 Missing links in the net metering system is turning a barrier for a increasing the number of smaller captive solar power generation plants. Net metering records net energy between export of generated energy and import of discom energy for a billing month.

According to...

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CLP Wind Farms makes fresh attempt to raise up to Rs 1,200 crore from PEs

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 21, 2014

 India's biggest wind utility firm, CLP Wind Farms, plans to sell a minority stake to global private equity investors to raise up to Rs 1,200 crore to fund expansion, two people with direct knowledge of the development said. The company, a unit of Hong Kong-listed power...

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US Energy Secretary to visit India next month

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 20, 2014

 US Energy Secretary Ernest J Moniz will travel to India in March to revive the bilateral energy dialogue postponed last month due to diplomatic dispute between the two countries. 

Moniz, who is expected to meet Indian officials on March 10 and 11, had put off the trip...

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Sustainable Packaging Market to Hit $244 Billion by 2018

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 19, 2014

 Consumer demand, government legislation and technology advances will propel sustainable packaging to a $244 billion market by 2018, according to a new report by Smithers Para.

The Future of Sustainable Packaging to 2018 details market sizes, projections and five-year...

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Alternate energy: India to develop people-centred technology with BRICS partners

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 19, 2014

 India will collaborate with the four other BRICS countries in science and technology to generate new knowledge and develop innovative products, services and processes, critical to its and the grouping's growing economies.

Science and technology ministers of Brazil,...

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Finance not the key challenge for catalyzing MSME energy efficiency

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 12, 2014

 The MSME sector is reported to have a total of US$51 billion in total credit lines and available funding, however, only 36% of this credit has been utilized, according to presentations on the MSME sector during a side-bar conversation on promoting energy efficiency in MSMEs...

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High court notice to Centre, Madhya Pradesh govt on Welspun plant

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014

 JABALPUR: Taking note of an alleged ghost public hearing hosted by the Katni administration to garner support for Welspun Energy Limited, the Madhya Pradesh high court issued notices to the company, collector Katni, the Union environment ministry and state department of...

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