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Blackout Risk Increases With Surging Populism: Corporate India

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 12, 2014

 In India, sporadic power outages have hobbled Asia’s third-largest economy for years.

The government’s solution was a $31 billion bailout of utilities, whose debts were so big and cash flow so small that they can’t provide a steady flow of electricity to homes and...

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Smart grid for electric vehicle fleet

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 6, 2014

 Being able to charge up to 30 electric cars at once requires some ingenious energy management. Researchers are incorporating a mix of renewables into the design of a smart grid for Germany's largest charging station.

The network of charging stations for electric...

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Sewage plants to generate electricity power

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 5, 2014

 Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has designed a project in which electricity will be generated through methane gas emanating out of sewage treatment plants proposed to be set up at Raiyadhar and Bedigam.

RMC commissioner Ajay Bhadoo told reporters that the plants in...

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Subject Tags: electricity

Big fall in electricity sector emissions since carbon tax

By : Anonymous, Feb 5, 2014

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are down about 7.6 per cent since the carbon tax was introduced in July 2012, or the equivalent of about 14.8 million tonnes.

This reduction, revealed in the September-quarter National Greenhouse Gas...

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Tapping infrared radiation for solar energy harvesting

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 21, 2014

 A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has formulated a method that is said to improve solar energy harvesting efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional...

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SEEP initiative: World Bank to help slash your electricity bills

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 7, 2014

A World Bank-aided initiative of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency will soon be considered for approval by the Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs, which will is expected to cause production and sales of super efficient electrical appliances in India....

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Subject Tags: electricity , World Bank

Solar panels to power Churchgate station

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 29, 2013

 In one of the Western Railways most ambitious plans to save energy, they have decided to install solar panels at Churchgate Station to produce electricity that will be six times the amount the station consumes every year. The excess electricity produced will be given back to...

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Subject Tags: electricity , energy

TN electricity regulator to come out with rules on solar charges in 2 months

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 12, 2013

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) will come out with rules for the charges that solar power producers in the State might need to pay the State-owned electricity generation and distribution utility, in about two months.

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Drax steams ahead with £700m biomass conversion

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 9, 2013

 Drax power station is set to transform from the UK's biggest carbon emitter into its largest green electricity generator following a £700m coal-to-biomass conversion project.

The Yorkshire site is currently the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide in the UK and...

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Indian Energy Exchange sees oversupply of electricity; fall in trading volumes

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 5, 2013

Indicating sluggish power demand, Indian Energy Exchange saw a decline in electricity trading volumes in November even as the availability continued to remain high. 

The fall in volumes was mainly on account of the onset of winter in the northern region where the...

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Subject Tags: electricity