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Paris climate meet reaches draft deal, India’s concerns visibleLess than a week into the crucial global climate change conference here, some 196 participating countries on Saturday reached a draft deal which seeks to address one of India’s main demands that rich nations must extend emerging economies both funding and technology so that their clean and green development goals do not entail unfair costs or burden. The delegates at the 21st Conference of Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, who have been holding deliberations here since November 30 said they have a blueprint that seeks to reduce carbon emissions... Read more.. Date : Dec 7 Source: Greentech Lead
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India needs to create green buildings, says expertThere is an urgent need for India to make energy efficient buildings by jumping to the latest technology, creating awareness among people and teaching building physics to next generation architects, says an expert in energy simulation. There is also a need for demonstration projects to show to people that they will recover the money by bearing extra cost during the construction. “This is a must to create confidence among people because today they are hesitant to buy insulation, expensive glass and other construction materials,” Vishal Garg, who is heading the Centre for... Read more.. Date : Dec 7 Source: Greentech Lead
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Dow Collaboration Produces Sustainable PackagingDow Chemical’s Packaging and Specialty Plastics business has collaborated with Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) and Accredo Packaging to produce Seventh Generation’s first recyclable dishwasher pods packaging. Dow developed the resins for the recyclable polyethylene stand-up pouch to help ensure the package’s stiffness, toughness and sealability. Accredo Packaging converts these materials into pouches. The new packaging features SPC’s How2Recycle label. The pouches can be recycled at more than 18,000 store drop-off locations throughout North America. The recycling... Read more.. Date : Dec 7 Source: Environment Leader
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Schneider Electric Brings IoT to Agriculture IndustrySchneider Electric is leveraging its big data and Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled WeatherSentry platform to connect more than 4,000 disparate rural area weather stations. The platform will provide a more holistic view of rural weather patterns across the US, helping the agriculture industry to increase efficiency, profitability and sustainability. WeatherSentry sensors capture field-level weather and soil conditions that are used to create accurate localized temperature and precipitation forecasts, alongside storm record archives and historical weather logs, to help farmers,... Read more.. Date : Dec 7 Source: Environmental Leader
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China to become largest electric car market in the worldElectric car sales in China are expected to reach 220,000 to 250,000 this year, surpassing the US to rank first worldwide, the China Association of Automobile Manufactures (CAAM) has forecast. Date : Dec 7 Source: Greentech Lead
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Top fashion CEOs fear rising costs from climate changeThe chief executives of seven top clothing companies, including Hennes & Mauritz Gap and Adidas, are calling on governments to agree a strong climate change deal, saying they fear global warming will drive up their costs. Almost 200 nations are meeting in Paris until Dec. 11, trying to work out a deal to limit a rise in temperatures blamed on increasing emissions of greenhouse gases. "We come together to acknowledge that climate change is harming the world in which we operate," read the joint declaration, also signed by heads of Levi Strauss, Timberland-owner VF Corp,... Read more.. Date : Dec 4 Source: Reuters
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Solar Power Now India’s 2nd Largest Renewable Energy TechnologySolar power has overtaken biomass-based power generation to become India’s 2nd largest renewable energy technology in terms of installed capacity. According to the latest data issued by the Indian Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, solar power’s installed capacity stood at 4,579 MW on 31 October, while biomass-based power generation capacity stood at 4,550 MW. A total of 827 MW solar power capacity has been added in this financial year so far (April to October) against a full year target... Read more.. Date : Dec 4 Source: Clean Technica
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India Plans $1 Billion Equity Fund For Renewable Energy ProjectsAs competition among renewable energy project developers in India continues to increase the Indian Government is planning to step up investment in the sector to keep the momentum going. The Indian Minister for Power, Coal, and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, recently announced that his government will soon float an equity fund for investment in renewable energy projects of around $1 billion,... Read more.. Date : Dec 4 Source: Clean Technica
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Africa Launches 300 GW Renewable Energy InitiativeThe heads of state of African nations have launched the African Renewable Energy Initiative in an attempt to provide 300 GW of renewable energy. Launched on Tuesday at the COP21 United Nations climate talks in Paris, the African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) was launched as the continent’s major contribution to the talks. African nations are often left out in the cold when it comes to the development of renewable energy capacity — which verges on the criminal, considering that African nations will be some of the first to feel the heat of global warming. This new initiative... Read more.. Date : Dec 4 Source: Clean Technica
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Energy Storage Industry At “Inflection Point,” Says Investment Bank LazardIn its first in-depth analysis on the costs of energy storage, US investment bank Lazard says storage is already competitive in some situations – particularly at the utility scale and in providing services such as frequency regulation that was previously the province of conventional fuels. Lazard for the past eight years has been producing an annual in-depth analysis of generation costs, tracking the fall in the costs of solar and wind energy in particular, and how they are now beating conventional fuels. The latest analysis shows wind and large-scale solar PV beating all... Read more.. Date : Dec 4 Source: Clean Technica
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Power sector outlook in India remains negative, says Moody’sThe outlook for India’s power sector remains negative due to evident structural challenges, Moody’s Investors Service said on Thursday, while assigning a stable outlook for the power sector in the Asia Pacific, except Japan. “Moody’s Investors Service says that its stable outlook for the power sector in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) is underpinned by steady demand, low input costs for most countries and transparent tariff mechanisms for some countries,” the American agency said in a release here. “However, the outlook for India’s power sector remains negative, reflecting structural... Read more.. Date : Dec 4 Source: Greentech Lead
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Azure Power bags 150 MW solar power deal in PunjabAzure Power announced on Thursday that it has signed a 150 MW solar power project agreement with the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) under the third phase of the state’s Solar Policy. “Azure Power has signed 150 MW of solar power implementation agreement with PEDA under its Solar Policy Phase III,” said the company in a statement. ... Read more.. |
Government released draft notification for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) in textile industryThe government of India has issued a draft notification to control the massive pollution caused by the textile industry. It has directed the industry players to adhere to the 'Zero Liquid Discharge' (ZLD) norms which make it mandatory for them to recycle all effluents released by the factories. According to the draft notification,
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"Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation” AnnouncedA broad coalition of nations, river basin organizations, business and civil society today announced the creation of the international Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation to make water systems – the very foundation of sustainable human development - more resilient to climate impacts. The “”Water Resilience Focus” event under the Lima to Paris Action Agenda on climate change also highlighted other key partnerships and coalitions to make river basins, lakes, aquifers and deltas more resilient to climate change and reduce human interference with oceans. Almost 290... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: Energetica - India
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World's richest 10% produce 50% of CO2: ReportThe richest 10 % of people produce half of the Earth's carbon emissions, while the poorest half-most threatened by droughts and super stroms linked to climate change--contribute a mere 10%, British charity Oxfam said in a study released on Wednesday. The richest 10% have, on average, carbon footprints 11 times that of the poorest 3.5 billion people on the planet, the campaign group said in its report. One of the biggest obstacles facing negotiators from 195 countries, attending the Paris climate meet, is how to find the billions of dollars needed by developing nations to enable them... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: The Economic Times
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India promises 33% cut in carbon emissions by 2030India Prime Minister Narendra Modi today promised to cut carbon emissions by 33 percent by 2030. “By 2030, we will reduce carbon emissions intensity per unit GDP by 33-35 percent of 2005 levels, and 40 percent of our installed capacity will be from non- fossil fuels,” Modi said at the Paris Climate Meet in Paris, France. “We will achieve 33 percent reduction in carbon emissions by expanding renewable energy by adding 175 GW of renewable generation by 2022. We will enlarge our forest cover to absorb at least 2.5 billion tons worth of carbon dioxide,” said Modi. India... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: Greentech Lead
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GERMI to train youth for rooftop solar installationGujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) is conducting the first training of trainers programme for rooftop solar photovoltaic installers at Gandhinagar. The 12-day programme, scheduled from November 30 to December 11 2015, would focus on developing teaching capacity of the instructors of rooftop solar installers. The programme is aimed at setting up over 100 authorized centres across the country, so that they can in turn train 10,000 rooftop solar technicians and entrepreneurs each year. It is known that Government of India has revised the solar target... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: BusinessLine
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Renewable energy fund worth $1 bn in pipeline in IndiaThe government plans to set up a $1 billion private equity fund for the renewable energy sector that would be initially seeded by state-run companies. Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said: “We are planning a $1 bn private equity fund for renewable energy sector; initially seeded by Govt. companies. Seek to collect $4 bn/year in 3-4 years for clean energy fund. Seek long tenor, low-cost overseas debt for clean energy fund,” he said in a series of tweets. New and Renewable Energy Secretary Upendra Tripathi had said here earlier this year that... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: Greentech Lead
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India adds 2,311 MW renewable generation capacity in 7 monthsIndia has added 2,311.88 MW of grid-connected power generation capacity from renewable energy sources like solar and wind till October of this financial year, against the full fiscal’s target of 4,460 MW, an official statement said on Thursday. A total of 827.22 MW of solar power generation capacity was added in this period, taking the cumulative electricity generation capacity from the source to 4,579.24 MW, said the new and renewable energy ministry statement. Wind power generation capacity of 1,234.11 MW was added in these seven months, taking cumulative electricity... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: Greentech Lead
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India needs $140 bn investment per year in energy: IEAIndia needs more than Rs 900,000 crore or $140 billion investments per year in energy by 2040 as it is set to contribute more than any other country to the rise in global energy demand over the coming quarter century, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. “India’s energy transformation requires three things: investment, investment and investment,” IEA executive director Fatih Birol said here releasing the agency’s “India Energy Outlook 2015”. “India is set to contribute more than any other country to the rise in global energy demand over the next 25 years,... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: Greentech Lead
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US to work with India, China on climate changeResponding to Indian Prime Minister Narendara Modi’s “not our fault” message on climate change, the US said President Barack Obama has signalled a willingness to work with India and China for an ambitious climate change agreement. Obama had “very constructive” meetings Monday with Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in on the sidelines on Paris Climate Summit, deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes told reporters in Paris. “Now, today, very deliberately, President Obama wanted to send a signal with his meetings that we were going to work with China and work with India... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: Greentech Lead
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Chennai rain result of global warming: Indian expertsWith torrential rains in Chennai disrupting normal life, Indian environment experts attending the Paris climate change summit today said the downpour in the city was an outcome of global warming. “We are now experiencing the full blown impacts of climate change. The extreme rainfalls that Chennai is experiencing is a direct outcome of our ever warming planet,” said Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General of Delhi—based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). “The global average temperature has increased by less than 1 degrees. Think what will happen at 2 degree temperature... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: BusinessLine
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Washington State Pushing For Strongest Carbon Tax In The WorldThe idea of a “carbon tax” is still a relatively controversial one in the US, but that isn’t stopping some states from considering the option — with legislators and citizen groups in a fair number of states now working towards the implementation of the heavily debated idea. Washington state, in particular, has seen the emergence of a string of grassroots carbon tax campaigns — one that is now circulating a petition to put the carbon tax on the voting ballot. The “Carbon Washington” campaign was founded by the environmental economist (+ standup comedian) Yoram Bauman, and is... Read more.. Date : Dec 3 Source: Clean Technica
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Supply-side Reforms to boost Chinese Textile and Garment IndustryThe debate over the China’s sluggish economy has gathered the required momentum and China’s leadership has coined a new term – Supply-side Reforms, which is believed to provide some solace to the sluggish economy. There isn’t a shadow of doubt, that reforms, if implemented would be beneficial, especially for China’s textile industry. “After the release of the supply-side policies, medium- and large-sized... Read more.. |
Hybrid Wastewater Treatment Process Uses 90% Less EnergyAkvo Technologies has developed akvoFloat, a flotation-filtration water treatment process for industrial wastewater treatment that uses up to 90 percent less energy than comparable technologies. Based on the company’s proprietary flotation-filtration process, akvoFloat combines the akvola MicroBubble Generator and a ceramic membrane filtration system in a single unit to remove oil, algae and suspended solids in wastewater. The system’s compact design takes up 20 percent less space than conventional... Read more.. Date : Dec 2 Source: Environmental Leader
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