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MLAs propose energy standing committee

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 26, 2014

 Climate Parliament, global network of legislators working to combat climate change has initiated Karnataka speaker and MLAs to constitute a standing committee on energy and power. Dinesh Gundu Rao, minister of food and civil supplies, who is also the chairperson of Climate...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

Astonfield and Solesa Partner to Deliver Industrial Solar Power Solutions for Businesses in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 25, 2014

 Astonfield Renewables, a leading solar independent power producer across India, and Solesa, an international engineering and project management leader in commercial and industrial solar projects, announced today a strategic partnership to deliver solar power solutions to...

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Kinetic announces a joint venture to enter the solar energy market

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 25, 2014

 The Kinetic Group has set up a new company, Kinetic Ikaros Solar, to tap into the rapidly growing solar energy market. This will be a joint venture with Ikaros, a Belgian photovoltaic company which set up operations in India last year. Kinetic will have a 25% stake in the...

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Rs 272 crore water project gets rolling

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 24, 2014

 India is about to launch the largest bidding of solar power projects worth 1,500 MW under its flagship Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). In what the government officials claim is the first success story of converging the three energy ministries vis-a-vis coal...

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UoP gets Rs 3-crore aid to set up solar lab

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 23, 2014

 The University of Pune's School of Energy Studies has got a central grant of Rs 3 crore to set up a new research, development and testing laboratory for concentrated solar energy. The lab, once operational, will be among two labs of its kind in the country. The Solar Energy...

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EV consortium pushes for energy-efficient design

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 23, 2014

 The Technical University of Munich, together with a consortium of carmakers and technology companies, has unveiled a prototype of an electric car that underscores some general design trends for electrical vehicles. According to them, the design goal of Visio.M project is two...

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Asian Development Bank injects Rs 310 crore into Welspun's clean energy firm

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 20, 2014

 Heating up the investment sentiment in the clean energy space, Asian Development Bank has made its largest ever equity investment in the sector by pumping Rs 310 crore ($50 million) in Welspun Renewables Energy (WREL). 

This investment amount translates into ADB...

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PEs stay away from renewable energy sector

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2014

 The new government at the Centre is widely expected to encourage the renewable energy sector. However, private equity (PE) investors are hesitant to put in money into the sector owing to various issues such as uncertainties around policies and tariff.

According to...

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Solar panel industries in AP and Telangana lies un used

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2014

 While both the new state governments are stressing on renewable sources of energy to become energy sufficient, the solar panel industry in the erstwhile state has almost become non-existent.

Even 10% of licenses issued by the AP government for manufacture of solar...

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Solar Wind Energy's Downdraft Tower generates its own wind all year round

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2014

 When we think of wind power, we generally think of huge wind turbines sitting high atop towers where they can take advantage of the higher wind speeds. But Maryland-based Solar Wind Energy, Inc. is looking to turn wind power on its head with the Solar Wind Downdraft Tower,...

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