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Tata Power's generation capacity up by 24 percent in FY14 as compared to FY13

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 24, 2014

Tata Power, India's largest integrated power company, generated 45,210 MUs (million units) of power collectively from all its power plants in the year 2013-2014, compared to 34,683 MUs in the previous fiscal. This marks a significant 24 per cent increase in generation, with...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

Govt reviewing hydro power projects

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 24, 2014

Government today said it is reviewing some of the hydro power projects in the country to ensure that the country gets enough clean energy without hurting the ecology. 

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said government was sensitive to the concerns expressed by...

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Subject Tags: Technology

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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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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Rethink on land use: A crucial necessity now

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 23, 2014

India may be the seventh-largest country in the world in terms of land mass, but it constitutes only 2.2% of the total land mass of the world. In population density, we are in the top 15 countries in the world. (Barring Bangladesh, all other nations are small countries, their...

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Swift green clearances to make Madhya Pradesh power surplus: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 22, 2014

Enthused by swift green clearance to a "number of projects" in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday asserted that the state would be power surplus in next four years and supply electricity to others.

Outlining future development plans of MP...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Can waterless dyeing clean up the clothing industry?

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 22, 2014

Each year, one global industry gulps down trillions of liters of fresh water, together with massive amounts of chemicals. The wastewater from that industry is then dumped, often untreated, into rivers that bring its toxic content to the sea, where it spreads around the globe...

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ENERGY SHOT- India's Nuclear Power Future

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 22, 2014

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor is an experimental fusion reactor being constructed at Cadarache in the south of France. It is the most challenging of all the research and development taking place in science and technology in the world today, and promises...

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Reliance pitches for linking gas prices to market rate for boosting domestic output

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 21, 2014

Energy conglomerate Reliance Industries believes that linking gas prices to market rate would be key to boosting domestic production. "Significant demand can be met by new indigenous production if market linked prices for gas is available," stated in a presentation to its...

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Subject Tags: Politics , Technology

Raj Bhavan cuts power bill by 14L, sets example for housing societies

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 21, 2014

British-era buildings, with their high ceilings and massive rooms are known to consume huge quantities of power. The 150-year-old Raj Bhavan on Malabar Hill was no exception. But in an example for far humbler abodes in the city, it has adopted a series of green measures,...

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Subject Tags: Technology