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AP power regulator approves Rs 483unit for wind projects

pnbspThe Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission today approved a tariff of Rs 483 per unit without accelerated depreciation and Rs 425 per unit with accelerated depreciation benefit for wind power projectsp

pIn an order passed today G Bhavani Prasad Chairman APERC and members P Raghu and P Rama Mohan have approved a capital cost of Rs 6 crore per mw including evacuation costp

pThe tariff structure is applicable for all new wind power projects entering into power purchase agreements with effect from July 31 2015 and valid till March 31 2016p

pThe commission... Read more..

Source: BusinessLine

Indian Railways to test its solarpowered trains to reduce pollution

pIn a bid to reduce diesel consumption in trains the Indian railways have sort to harness solar energy to run their trains This will prove to be highly costeffective to the railways by saving upto Rs 124 lakh per coach yearp

pThe train in trial has one of its nonAC coach fitted with solar panel on the rooftop Out of the 40 sq metre of space on the roof of the coach about 24 sq metre is covered with solar panels Each coach generates nearly 17 units of power every day This reduces the railways diesel consumption by 90000 litres The train however will use diesel engines to be pulled... Read more..

Source: DNA

Apple Google and Microsoft pledge to spend billions to fight climate change

pAs part of its continuing commitment to improve the environment Apple has partnered with 12 other major companies and the White House and has taken the American Business Act on Climate Pledgep

pThe pledge includes agreements by the companies to spend some 140 billion in lowcarbon investment and 1600 megawatts of new renewable energy generation Other companyspecific goals target carbon emissions water use and morep

pApple has already met many of these goals on its own which was made easier by its large cash pile and hefty profit margins by running all its US operations and... Read more..

Source: TechRepublic

Tata tests solar power at dam in Maharashtra

pIn a bid to encourage the generation of unconventional energy Tata Power is experimenting with generating solar power by installing floating panels at lakes in the Western Ghats One such effort has been made in collaboration with an Australian company at Walwan Dam in Lonavala where floating solar panels have beennbspinstalled generating 135kw energy Officials from the company however said that more research was needed to see if there was an impact on marine lifep

pldquoThe floating solar panel has been so far at a primary level and we need to check if marine life has been affected... Read more..

Source: The Asian Age

EDF and Eren fire up 150 MW of solar in India

pOperations have begun on two largescale solar PV projects in India that are partowned by EDF Energies Nouvelles and Eren Renewable Energyp

pDeveloped by Acme Solar ndash in which both Eren Renewable Energy and EDF own a 25 stake ndash the 150 MW of solar PV plants are located in the Indian states of Rajasthan and Odishap

pThe Rajasthan project has been set up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission JNNSM and comprises five individual solar plants located in the Thar desert with a combined capacity of 120 MW The project was partfunded by the International Finance... Read more..

Source: PV Magazine

Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation All Set to Tap Solar Power

pThe plan to tap solar energy for the office of City Corporation is getting materialised a year after it was proposed Now the installation process is fast progressing on the rooftop of the main office and annexe Once the work is over the project will be capable of providing power for the functioning of the two buildings on the premisesp

pThe Rs 151crore project is funded by the Plan Fund of the Corporation It is expected to turn fully functional next month The work is taken up by Keltronp

pldquoSolar panels get operational with electricity and not with battery They are... Read more..

Source: The New Indian Express

Junagadh gets Gujarats first fully solar powered village

pDark days have become a thing of past in this nondescript hamlet of Junagadh districtp

pNana Kajaliyara some 30 km from Jungadh town has become the first village in the state to meet its entire power requirement through nonconventional and clean energy that is generated in its own backyardp

pA 480 kilowatt KW solar plant set up by staterun Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd PGVCL in Shapar adjoining the village is providing uninterrupted power supply to all 196 householdsp

pNana Kajaliyara was selected as a pilot project by the state government wherein entire village39s... Read more..

Source: The Times of India

Rajasthan government clears solar power projects worth Rs156 lakh crore

pThe Rajasthan government on Tuesday approved investment proposals worth Rs156 lakh crore in the solar power sectorp

pThe proposals were approved at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vasundhara Rajep

pquotWe gave approval for investment proposals worth Rs156000 crore for solar power production of 26000 MW in Rajasthanquot Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore said at a press conferencep

pHe said four companies signed agreements for solar energy production under the Rajasthan Solar Energy Policy 2014p

pILampFS Energy Ltd and Essel Infra... Read more..

Source: India TV

Odisha names five cities for Smart City

pThe state government has proposed to the Centre to include five cities under the Smart City Missionp

pThe cities named are Bhubaneswar Rourkela Cuttack Berhampur and Sambalpur A statelevel high power steering committee chaired by chief secretary recently assessed the eligibility of cities for inclusion in the Mission taking into account their performances under various parameters for selectionp

pThere Bhubaneswar topped the list of cities with a score of 70 per cent followed by Rourkela 6111 per cent After these two Cuttack Sambalpur and Berhampur were tied with scores of 60... Read more..

Source: Business Standard

Air travel Airlines future tied with better biofuel

pAs people in countries such as China India and Indonesia get wealthier they are increasingly turning to air travel for vacation or business creating an enormous financial opportunity for the airlines The number of passengers worldwide could more than double to 73billion a year in the next two decades according to the International Air Transport Associationp

pBut many in the industry believe that without a replacement for jet fuel that growth could be threatened by forthcoming rules that limit global aircraft emissionsp

pquotIt39s about retaining as an industry our license to... Read more..

Source: fayobservercom

World Bank wont fund coalrelated projects in India

pThe World Bank has made a Uturn on its stance that coal is the backbone of the India39s energy economy 17 years after it agreed to lend 103 billion to Coal India along with a Japanese lending agency The international lender has now decided not to invest in any coalrelated project be it a coal mine or a thermal power plantp

pquotThe World Bank Group will only in 39rare circumstances39 provide financial support for new greenfield coal power generation projects these 39rare circumstances39 refer to considerations such as the country in question having no other feasible alternatives to... Read more..

Source: The Economic Times

River Ganga likely to be clean by 2020 Government

pCleaning of river Ganga is expected to be completed by 2020 by which time desired results of initiatives taken up for the purpose will be visible the government has saidp

pIn reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha Union water resources minister Uma Bharti said cleaning of the river Ganga was a massive taskp

pquotThe present initiative of Ganga cleaning is expected to be completed by 2020 by which time most of the projects that have initiatedproposed are expected to be completed and desired results will be visiblequot she saidp

pThe National Ganga River Basin Authority... Read more..

Source: The Economic Times

Green activists see red over new secretariat proposal

pA proposal to axe thousands of trees on 60 hectares of reserve forest land in Mussoorie Forest Division of Raipur just 15 km away from Dehradun to build new state assembly and secretariat has drawn the ire of environmental activistsp

pActivists associated with the Citizens for Green Doon CFGD met additional principal chief conservator of forests Central Ajay Kumar who heads the regional office of ministry of environment and forests and climate change in Dehradun to register their protest against selection of this land They pointed out that the a report of the Wildlife Institute of... Read more..

Source: The Times of India

Clause on social responsibility finds place in renewable energy policy

pEven as it rolls out sops for companies setting up renewable energy projects in the state the Maharashtra government has inserted a mandatory clause on lsquosocial responsibilityrsquo in its new policy on renewable energyp

pAccordingly all entities setting up renewable energy projects barring wind and solar power plants will have to compulsorily set aside two per cent of their profit to be given to the local gram panchayat for development works in the villages where the projects are located This will include all cogeneration hydro and biomass projects which officials say tend to... Read more..

Source: The Indian Express

A parliamentary panel asks government not to rush with changes in existing green laws

pFlagging concerns of civil societies NGOs and experts a parliamentary panel has asked the government not to rush through the proposals of a highlevel committee to bring amendments in six existing green laws saying it would result in quotunacceptable dilutionquot of the present environment protection architecturep

pConsidering views of over 50 organizationsindividualsexperts from across the country the panel Parliamentary Standing Committee on environment and forests has recommended that the government should rather give due consideration to the views expressed by stakeholders... Read more..

Source: The Economic Times

Semitransparent low cost material to harvest wind energy

pRoyal College of Art graduate Charlotte Slingsby has created Moya Power a semitransparent low cost material that could be used to harvest small amounts of wind energy in a range of locationsbr
nbspbr
Inspired by Slingsby39s native South Africa where powercuts are a frequent occurrence Moya Power meets the challenge of developing a new way of harnessing energy that does not require expensive land or infrastructure to set upp

pquotPersonally I come from South Africa where power cuts have become our everyday reality The need for a free energy solution is no longer a future... Read more..

Source: Energy Harvesting Journal

HighPerformance 3D Silicon Anodes Made From Reed Leaves

pA lowcost approach to fabricating nanoporous silicon mdash a potentially highly useful material for nextgeneration anode material in batteries owing to assumed greater capacity and lowered operating voltage mdash has been developed by researchers at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research the University of Science and Technology of China and the South China University of Technologyp

pThe new approach interestingly doesnrsquot rely on exotic chemicals or processes but rather simply uses reed leaves from the common plant which can be transformed via simple calcination... Read more..

Source: Clean Technica

Meet Solar Paper A smartphone charger as thin as paper

pOne of the biggest pain points for any smartphone user is the fact that even the flagships canrsquot promise battery life that can get through a day at work Everything from playing video to camera use and poor network end up affecting battery life on these devices And there is never a powerpoint or your smartphone charger when you need it the most However there is always the sun to be tapped into for powerp

pSolar Paper is the worldrsquos smallest and lightest solar charger and is as thin as paper Created by Yolk a startup based in Seoul and Chicago the Solar paper has raised over... Read more..

Source: The Indian Express

Soon cheaper efficient metalbased solar cells maybe available

pIn a breakthrough discovery scientists have revealed a new method which could lead to cheap efficient metalbased solar cellsp

pScientists from Rice39s Laboratory for Nanophotonics described a new method that solarpanel designers could use to incorporate lightcapturing nanomaterials into future designsp

pBob Zheng a graduate student and postdoctoral research associate Alejandro Manjavacas created a methodology that solar engineers could use to determine the electricityproducing potential for any arrangement of metallic nanoparticlesp

pZheng said that one of the... Read more..

Source: The Economic Times

Infosys to set up 7 MW solar plant at Hyderabad campus

pInfosys is planning to set up 7 MW solar power plant at its Hyderabad campus as part of its target to meet its entire electricity requirements through renewable sources in the next few years The firm has made this commitment in its Sustainability Report launched recentlyp

pldquoOur Hyderabad campus is the first in the country to have radiant cooled commercial building Daylight and vision panels in the buildings ensure that over 91 per cent of occupied spaces have natural lightrdquo an Infosys release said here on Mondaynbspp

Source: BusinessLine

Suntech Supplies 93 Megawatts of Modules to Indian Solar Plant

pSuntech has recently supplied 93 MW to a solar power plant in India that is expected to generate 13000 MWh of electricity per year and power approximately 32000 households in Mundra Gujarat India Suntech supplied a total of 36470 modules to the power plant that has been developed by Adani Power Ltd one of the largest private power producers in India The project is completed and fully connected to the gridp

pquotWe are excited to collaborate with Adani Power to develop and deploy solar solutions in Indiaquot said Xiong Haibo president of Suntech quotSimilar to China India is faced... Read more..

Source: SYSCON Media

Parliamentary Panel Asks Centre States to Deal With Increasing EWaste

pNoting that generation of ewaste is increasing at a quotstaggeringquot pace and there is a quotyawning gapquot between its generation and capacity to deal with it a parliamentary panel today urged the Centre and state authorities to take immediate remedial measures A parliamentary standing committee on science and technology and environment and forest also urged the Environment Ministry to bring necessary amendments in ewaste rules by incorporating best practices and incentive schemes prevailing internationallyp

Source: NDTV

Guwahati Municipal Corporation to begin work on waste management plant

phe Guwahati Municipal Corporation GMC will begin work on a solid waste management plant after the revenue and disaster management department allotted it a 20bigha plot of land in the Noonmati Garden area under Beltola Mouzabr
Earlier bowing to sustained pressure from wildlife activists the Kamrup Metro administration had asked GMC to shift its garbage disposal project from Deepor Beel a major water body on the outskirts of the cityCommissioner of GMC Narayan Konwar said he has sought funds to the tune of Rs 195 crore from the state government to begin work on the project quotAfter... Read more..

Source: The Times of India

World Bank terms its first carbon auction a success

pOn July 15 World Bank auctioned rights but not obligation to sell CERs from methane emission reducing projects at a guaranteed floor price Twelve companies won the lsquoput optionsrsquo at a strike price of 240 per credit The World Bank has termed the exercise a ldquosuccessrdquo If market prices of carbon go up beyond 240 the companies that bid and won the options are free to sell the credits in the market If the market prices remain low as now then they could sell the credits to World Bankrsquos lsquoPilot Auction Facilityrsquo for methane and climate change mitigation at the floor... Read more..

Source: Hindu Business Line

SunEdison Inks Largest Open Access Solar PPA with Indias Biggest Utility Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited to Deliver 180 Megawatts of Solar

pSunEdison Inc NYSE a hrefhttpstudio5financialcontentcomprnewsPageQuoteampTickerSUNE relnofollow targetblank titleSUNESUNEa the world39s largest renewable energy development company today announced that it has signed a longterm power purchase agreement with Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited TPDDL to provide 180 megawatts MW AC of utilityscale solar power for the people of New Delhi TPDDL is the largest electricity distribution utility in Delhi and provides power to over 6 million people in India39s capital city This is the largest agreement that SunEdison has signed under the open... Read more..

Source: PR Newswire
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