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IITs start virtual centre on biofuel technologypFive IITs have come together to set up a virtual centre spread across their campuses to develop advanced technologies in the area of biofuelsp pThis is a joint initiative of IITs and Department of Biotechnology DBT under the Ministry of Science and Technology IIT officials saidp pThe virtual centre named 39DBTPan IIT Centre for Bioenergy39 has five IITs Bombay Kharagpur Guwahati Jodhpur and Roorkee involved in itp pProf Saikat Chakraborty of IIT Kharagpur said the research team from the five participating institutes has 32 investigators who will research on topics... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Business Standard
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Recommendations called for best workable model on solid waste management JKpJammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today directed the Housing and Urban Development officials to submit recommendations within one month for choosing the best workable model for solid waste management The Chief Minister asked the Administrative Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Department to examine the proposals and submit recommendations within a month for selecting the best workable model which fits within the statersquos available budgetary resources Read JKNPP holds protest in Jammu against Narendra Modiled NDA governmentp pldquoWe need to render... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Indiacom
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US supports rapid deployment of solar energy in India OfficialpThe US strongly supports rapid deployment of solar energy around the world including in India and will continue to work to ensure that the best products and technologies are available to global consumers an American Trade Representative official has saidp pquotIn line with the numerous actions President Obama has taken to advocate for clean energy at home and abroad the US strongly supports the rapid deployment of solar energy around the world including in Indiaquot Andrew Bates spokesman US Trade Representatives told PTI yesterdayp pquotThe US will continue to work to... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: The Economic Times
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New nuclear power in UK would be the worlds most costly says reportpNew nuclear power in the UK would be more expensive than in any other country according to a report from the International Energy Agency IEA and Nuclear Energy Agency NEAp pThe study on nbspProjected Costs of Electricity Generation tries to compare different technologies and countries on a level playing field It uses uniform assumptions along with specific data gathered in a survey of 181 plants in 22 countries including 11 planned new nuclear plantsp pThe results showing the high cost of UK nuclear arrive as the government prepares to finalise a pound245bn deal to build... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Carbon Brief
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Indonesia reveals draft climate offer for 2030pIndonesia the worldrsquos tenth biggest emitter has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 29 below businessasusual projections in 2030p pThe Asian country could broaden the target to 41 with international support newswire Carbon Pulse reported on Wednesday after viewing the final draft documentp pEnvironment and forest minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar confirmed the offer at an event in capital Jakarta the Guardian reported but gave few details on how it would be reachedp pThe draft sees another prominent emitter move to meet a 1 October deadline for... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: RTCC
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India reaches 22 pc of renewable energy targetpLatest figures published by the ministry of new and renewable energy MNRE India indicate that the country has attained about 22 percent of its 175gigawatt renewable energy target for 2022 by the end of Julyp pThe figures show India currently has installed capacity of 366 gigawatt of ongrid and 117 GW of offgrid renewablesp pimg althttpwwwgreentechleadcomwpcontentuploads201509IndiaREjpg srchttpwwwgreentechleadcomwpcontentuploads201509IndiaREjpg p pimg altIndiaRE1 classaligncenter sizefull wpimage27853 srchttpwwwgreentechleadcomwpcontentuploads201509IndiaRE1jpg... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Greentech Lead
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Govt seeks corporate majors push for solar projectspIndia has closed bids for a third of its target of tendering 15000 MW of solar projects this fiscal year a government official said and is expecting interest from investors such as SoftBank to lift the industryp pThe tenders are part of Prime Minister Narendra Modirsquos ambitious plans to raise solar capacity five fold to 100000 MW by 2022 to meet Indiarsquos growing power needs create jobs and fight climate change without committing to an emission targetp pldquoWe are creating the base for big companies like SoftBank and Foxconn to participaterdquo Upendra Tripathy New and... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: BusinessLine
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India Australia to establish research center for clean energy technologypAcademic institutions in India and Australia are cooperating to start a center for bilateral collaboration in energyrelated research and technology developmentp pThe focus of the center will be on renewable energy and fossil fuels particularly on clean coal technologiesp pAustraliabased Curtin University and Indian School of Mines Dhanbad Jharkhand are signatories to an agreement for establishment and operation of AustraliaIndia Joint Research Centre for coal and energy technologyp pThe center will offer PhD training technology development student and staff exchange... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Greentech Lead
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Indias wind energy potential estimated at 302 GWpIndiarsquos installable wind energy potential has been estimated to be 302 GW with towers of a height of 100 metresp pThis has been estimated by the National Institute of Wind Energy and the new findings were released in the form of a wind atlas launched by the Minister of State Independent Charge Power Coal and New amp Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal on Wednesdayp pAt the launch Goyal said that the wind atlas can help states plan their transmission networks better to take more wind energy ldquoIt can also help in development of hybrid solar and wind systems which would help... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: BusinessLine
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Solar plant on SIPCOT campus generates green energy in bulkpA production unit in SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre at Perundurai that sources onethird of its power requirements from a captive solar plant is being cited by official circles as a model worthy of emulation by manufacturing industriesp pOn an average the one MW solar plant spread over a fouracre expanse generates nearly 4500 units of power every dayp pLast year the annual output from the solar plant was 135 lakh units said Jayaraman Factory manager of Free Look Fashions Dyeing Divisionp pThe plant installed at an investment of Rs 8 crore two years ago does not... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: The Hindu
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India ready with indigenous model to predict rainfallpIndia is finally ready with an indigenous model to predict long range and seasonal rainfall In the next six months the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology IITM Pune will be able to operationalise a dynamic numerical climate model it has developed to forecast extendedrange rainfall for a timescale of 1520 days after results from the experimental stage were found to be reliablep pquotFor the first time we have indigenously developed a prediction system that was not available in India The tests have been done the performance of the experimental model was found to be good and can... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Hindustan Times
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Global green energy firms eyeing India entrypGlobal green energy firms seems to be making a beeline to take bets on Indiarsquos renewable energy story as companies including New York Stock Exchange NYSElisted NRG Energy Inc and Canadarsquos TransAlta are planning an India entryp pWhile NRG has an installed capacity of 50000 megawatts MW TransAlta is Canadarsquos largest publicly traded power generator and marketer of electricity and renewable energy India needs as much as 250 billion to meet its target of installing 100 gigawatts of solar power and 60000MW of wind power by 2022p pldquoThese firms are actively scouting... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: livemint
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Work on wastetoenergy plant to commence next monthpFinding a solution to the disposal of nearly 1000 tonnes of solid waste being generated in the city work on a wastetoenergy project is expected to be launched in Octoberp pThe GVMC would enter into a 21year agreement and lease out 25 to 30 acres of land and supply 920 to 950 tonnes of garbage for running the plant Municipal Commissioner Pravin Kumar told reporters on Tuesdayp pThe wastetoenergy plant would come up at Tangudubilli in Anandapuram mandal where the Kapuluppada dump would be shiftedp pKeeping the requirement for the next 30 years in view the dump would be... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: The Hindu
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Batteryrun tricycles to collect wastepBatteryoperated vehicles engaged in garbage collection in suburban Pallavaram will ply on the narrow city lanes soonp pThe Council on Monday has decided to buy 400 batteryoperated tricycles to collect garbage directly from houses on congested lanes in areas like George Town Purasawalkam and Royapuram The Corporation collects garbage from 18 lakh households But most of them do not segregate the waste due to lack of awareness The city generates around 5000 tonnes of municipal solid waste but the segregation at source continues to be poor councillors complainedp pThe initiative... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: The Hindu
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Hero Future Energies commissions 10MW project in KarnatakapIndiabased independent power producer Hero Future Energies has commissioned a 10 megawatt solar power project spread on 50 acres in Chitradoorga Karnatakap pThe commissioning of the project has taken the cumulative capacity of Hero Future Energies in Karnataka to 60 megawattsp pThe project at Chitradoorga has been built incorporating bestinclass technology and was completed ahead of schedule Sunil Jain the company CEO said in a statementp pHiriyur team of Clean Solar Power built the project which is expected to generate 17 million units of electricity annuallyp Date : Sep 23 Source: Greentech Lead
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India A Renewed and Resurgent National Solar MissionplsquoI want to kill 10 birds with one stonersquo aptly describes the aspirations targets and determination of Honrsquoble Minister for Power Coal and Renewable Energy Shri Piyush Goyal when it comes to resolving Indiarsquos power sector problems This statement is turning out to be prophetic ndash at least as far as solar is concernednbspp pIn 2009 on the eve of the Copenhagen Summit of UNFCCC when the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the National Solar Mission with a target of 20000 MW by 2022 solar industry veterans in India couldnrsquot believe that change could be... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Solar Plaza
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Government to replace street lights with LED bulbs in next 2 yearspThe government will replace all street lights of the country with LED bulbs in the next 24 months and Karnataka should join hands with the Centre in its energy efficiency plan Power Minister Piyush Goyal saidp pquotUnder the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme efforts are being made to replace all domestic bulbs into LEDs Karnataka should join hands with the central government in its energy efficiency programmesquot Goyal said while addressing the first Foundation Day celebrations of the Association of Renewable Energy Agencies of States AREAS in Bengaluru todayp Date : Sep 23 Source: The Economic Times
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Solar power installed capacity crosses 4 GWmilestonepGridconnected solar power installed capacity has crossed the 4 GWmark according to data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energyp pAgainst a target of 1400 MW for 201516 the achievement in the first four months of the financial year was 358 MW or 25 per cent On the basis of projects awarded in the recent months both under the federal and Statesrsquo schemes solar industry experts are confident that installations in the current year will exceed 2500 MW This contrasts favourably with the 1112 MW installed in 201415 and 948 MW in the previous yearp pSolar capacity... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: BusinessLine
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Punjab receives bids for 528 mn in clean energy auctionpThe government of Indian state Punjab has reported that it has received clean energy bids equivalent of Rs 3500 crore about 528 million at its latest auctionp pA statement issued by New and Renewable Energy Minister of Punjab Bikram Singh Majithia states that 18 companies bid for establishing solar projects in the statep pSunEdison First Solar and SkyPower Sun Pharma Acme Hero Group and Azure were among the biddersp pIn terms of capacity the bids total 1650 MW The state originally offered capacity addition of only 500 MWp pMajithia has stated that the process... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Greentech Lead
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Azure commissions 30MW project in ChattisgarhpAzure Power has commissioned a 30megawatt solar power project in Durg Chattisgarhp pThe independent power producer had won contract for the project under the Chhasttisgarh Solar Policy 20122017 The output from the project will be supplied to Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited CPDCL for 25 yearsp pAccording to a statement the project spread over 150 acres was completed in three phases of 10 megawatts each The first phase was completed in June and remaining 20 MW was commissioned in the consecutive monthsp pRecently Azure had commissioned a 100MW... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Greentech Lead
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4000 MW thermal project in Tamil NadupTamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said the government will set up a 4000 MW thermal power plant in Ramanathapuram districtp pAnnouncing this in the assembly Jayalalithaa said the mega power project would come up at an outlay of Rs24000 crore Ramanathapuram lies around 550 km from herep pShe said 3000 acres of land for the project had been identified and work would start after getting necessary approvalsp pJayalalithaa said the government would strengthen the power distribution infrastructure at an outlay of Rs6791 crorep Date : Sep 23 Source: Greentech Lead
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Inox to supply turbines for 100MW project in Madhya PradeshpInox Wind will supply turbines for installation on a 100megawatt project at Lahori in Madhya Pradeshp pOstro Energy has placed the order with Inox under which the company is required to supply and install 50 of its 2MW DFIG Wind Turbine Generators WTGsp pDetails of deadline for completion of the project or costs involved have not been revealedp pInox has also been contracted to provide operations and maintenance services for an unspecified number of yearsp Date : Sep 23 Source: Greentech Lead
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Adani bags bid for 50MW solar project in Uttar PradeshpAdani Green Energy Limited has won the bid for a 50 megawatt solar power project in Uttar Pradeshp pThe project was included in a tariffbased auction of renewable energy projects conducted by Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency NEDA under its Solar Energy Policy 2013p pApart from Adani Essel Infraprojects have also won bids for setting up a 50 megawatt unitp Date : Sep 23 Source: Greentech Lead
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Indian Cell Tower Companies Eye Renewable Energy To Cut CostspCell tower operators in India are increasingly looking to switch to renewable energy sources to reduce their costs and increase the reliability of their power supplyp pOne of the largest cell tower operators in India Viom Networks is reportedly working on reducing their consumption of diesel in an attempt to stop the use of diesel at 35 of its towers by the end of this yearp pIndus Tower the largest tower operator in India plans to switch to natural cooling for its towers which would reduce diesel and power used for airconditioning The company plans to convert half of its... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: Clean Technica
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Thanes first smart school with power saving methodspThane Municipal Corporation TMC is working towards making Thane a smart city As per the central government plan Thane is also selected for being a solar energy empowered city and as part of that attempt they have started work on building the nation39s first energy efficient school building Within the next two months the civic body will be known for building a smart green schoolp pTMC39s school number 44 at Vartak Nagar will be known for its energy efficient and green methods that are being adopted 15 kilowatts solar panels are being put up on the terrace of the school building None... Read more.. Date : Sep 23 Source: DNA
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