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Incentives for wind power producers to be simplifiedBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 2, 2014
Ahead of the Union Budget next week, the ministry of new and renewable energy has taken up the issue of accelerated depreciation (AD) benefit with the ministry of finance. The issue of providing additional funding for generation-based incentive (GBI) and wind... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Paris pact hinges on successful $100 bn Green Climate Fund: Javedakar to French ministerBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 2, 2014
Actions of the developing countries, including India, in the run up to the Paris summit of world leaders in Climate Change would be predicated on successful operationalisation of the $100 billion Green Climate Fund, the Union environment, forests and climate change minister... Read more.. Subject Tags: Green Climate Fund , Technology |
Pune builders get smarter, adopt to technology to save waterBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 2, 2014
Taking a lead, Pune-based Gera Developments announced that in light of the deficient rainfall, the company would shift from water-based curing to chemical curing for their current projects and would continue it till the water situation in the district improves. The move... Read more.. Subject Tags: Human Interest , Technology |
E-rickshaws legal but aren't regulatedBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 2, 2014
Jai Bhagwan Goel, a politician active in Delhi circles who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in February, was instrumental in getting a significant rally convened on June 17. In the rally, he managed to win back a cause, and vote bank, being taken over by Aam Aadmi Party... Read more.. Subject Tags: Bharatiya Janata Party , Business , Business Standard , e-rickshaw , e-rickshaws , Hospitality , India , Law , Politics , Technology |
In sunny Tamil Nadu, developers lukewarm to solar plantsBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 2, 2014
The solar policy unveiled by the AIADMK government when it came to power in 2002 aims to create 3000 MW of new solar capacity by 2015. Of this 1500 MW was to come from big plants called utility-scale, 350 MW from building rooftops and remaining 1150 MW to be achieved through... Read more.. |
NASA to launch satellite to track carbon pollutionBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 1, 2014
The US space agency is to launch on Tuesday a satellite that tracks atmospheric carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. The launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 is expected at 2:56 am Pacific time (0956 GMT) from Vandenberg... Read more.. Subject Tags: National Aeronautics and Space Administration , Technology |
Ministry of Mines pitches for quick green clearancesBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 1, 2014
In a recent presentation put before Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of Mines stressed on the need to expedite the process of granting environmental clearances to revive the crises-hit sector and instill confidence in investors. Sources told Deccan Herald... Read more.. Subject Tags: mining , Technology |
'Power Grid to invest Rs 5.8Kcr on upgradation work in Guj'By : Sustainability ..., Jun 30, 2014
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) will invest Rs 5,800 crore for upgrading itsnetwork in Gujarat over the next three to four years, its ED D K Singh has said. "Power Grid will invest Rs 5,800 crore in Gujarat to increase the number of Extra High Voltage (EHV)... Read more.. Subject Tags: Power Grid Corporation , Technology |
AU Financiers (India) gets $25 mn debt funding from IFCBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 30, 2014
IFC, the investment wing of the World Bank, which has committed an investment of $4.5 billion in India, made its latest investment in a Rajasthan-based non-banking finance company with $25-million debt for onward investment principally into medium and... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Gujarat-China bonhomie on display at Vadodara eventBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 30, 2014
The formal inauguration of a Rs 1,000-crore plant of TBEA Energy (India) Limited, a Chinese transformer manufacturing company located nearly 30 km from Vadodara, by Chief Minister, Anandi Patel on Saturday, became an event to celebrate India-China... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |