You are here
Sustainability Outlook Headlines
China now world's largest energy userChina's rise to the top ranking was faster than had been expected in part because the United States has outpaced China in improving energy efficiency measures over the past decade. The IEA warned that the energy use figures for China last year were still preliminary, but that the trend was clear, the newspaper reported. In 2000, the United States -- the world's largest economy -- consumed twice as much energy as China, but China, which is now the world's third-largest economy, now consumes more than the United States, the report quoted Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist,... Read more.. Date : Jul 20 Source: Reuters UK
|
Meat may be less of a climate-change burden than some experts have claimedThis week the Lantern is taking a break from answering your green lifestyle questions to report on three studies that raise brand-new environmental dilemmas. Is meat less of a climate-change culprit than we thought? One of the Lantern's frequent tips is to cut back on your meat intake for the sake of the planet. But according to Frank Mitloehner, a researcher from the University of California at Davis, that advice is hogwash. Mitloehner takes exception to the widely cited claim that livestock are responsible for 18 percent of the world's anthropogenic greenhouse gas... Read more.. Date : Jul 20 Source: Washington Post
|
Can India's bioremediation process contain BP oil spill?Indian Energy and environment think-tank The Energy and Research Institute (TERI) holds the patent for Oilzapper formulation to clean up an oil slick using bacteria using a process called bioremediation. Oilzapper is a bio-friendly homegrown cocktail of bacteria used to reclaim vast areas of agricultural land polluted by leaking crude from pipelines or oily sludge (a hazardous hydrocarbon waste generated by oil refineries) coming from other connections. 'Bio' refers to living and 'remediate' means to fix or cure. It is a branch of biotechnology that makes use of living... Read more.. Date : Jul 20 Source: International Business Times
|
Tata Motors buses for Commonwealth Games will be disabled-friendlyTata Motors will deliver disabled-friendly vehicles to the Delhi Government for the Commonwealth Games this year. “We have an extra order to make 400 buses for the Delhi Transport Corporation to be used during the Games, of which some will be disabled-friendly,” Mr Ravi Pisharody, President, Commercial Vehicles, Tata Motors told Business Line. The company won the contract to supply vehicles for the Games that begin in October. The company will showcase its hybrid buses as well during the event — these are likely to be CNG-plus-electric technology vehicles that assure... Read more.. Date : Jul 20 Source: Hindu Business Lin
|
DSIIDC to redevelop 22 industrial areasThe Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) will be redeveloping 22 unplanned industrial areas in different parts of the city. The redevelopment work would cost around Rs.2,000 crore and the project will be executed on a self-financing basis. Informing about the plan, DSIIDC chairman and managing director Chetan Sanghi said over the weekend that the redevelopment work will be carried out as per the provisions of the new Master Plan for Delhi - 2021. Mr. Sanghi said to begin with the DSIIDC has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mundka... Read more.. Date : Jul 19 Source: Hindu
|
UP vies for biggest carbon credit earner tag in IndiaPower-starved Uttar Pradesh has drawn up the country’s largest plan to earn carbon credits. The idea is to save power by distributing subsidised compact fluorescent lamps in exchange of the usual incandescent bulbs. By distributing about 1 crore subsidised CFLs, the state plans to ultimately save over 1,000 MW of peak hour electricity. The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited along with Banyan Environmental Innovations Ltd of Hyderabad has designed about 30 such projects, which will be implemented across the state in stages. The state has already been successful in... Read more.. Date : Jul 19 Source: Indian Express
|
Include water conservation in school curriculum: Mayor“Water conservation is crucial .Therefore it should be included in schools curriculum so that importance of water conservation can be imbibed from childhood,” said Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal. He was speaking at the inauguration of the 4 th edition of ‘Harvest Rainwater and Recycle Water for Future” organised by Vision India at YASHADA on Friday. Dr VC Goyal, head, Research Coordination & Management Unit, National Institute of Hydrology, spoke about the new techniques in water conservation like river water remediation,waste water treatment, solar aquatic system . Dr SR... Read more.. Date : Jul 19 Source: Indian Express
|
Electric vehicle: Begin with public transportThe inadequate availability of electricity is often cited as a barrier to the use of such vehicles. However, power shortages are mostly during peak load periods. With appropriate policies, that allow a lower price for off-peak charging, it is possible to persuade car users to charge their batteries during off peak times. “Smart grids” can enable such off peak charging. This benefits power plants as well as it helps flatten their load profile and make better use of the installed capacity. A meaningful push towards electric vehicles can happen only with active intervention from... Read more.. Date : Jul 18 Source: Economic Times
|
What's My Carbon Footprint?
I'm a reasonably green guy - I recycle, buy mostly organic, a "residential vegetarian" (no meat in my fridge), walk or bike to work more days than not, keep lights and power strips off when not in use, compost...is it enough? Am I doing my part? Just about everything we do as "civilized" human beings - from driving to running computers to heating our homes to growing our food - releases carbon dioxide, which, what with several billion of us doing it all 24 hours a day, collectively contributes to increasing atmospheric carbon levels, which the overwhelming preponderance of... Read more.. Date : Jul 17 Source: Reuters
|
India takes a big leap in renewable energyThe United Nations listed India as the fifth biggest wind and solar water heating energy producer in a report released on Friday. The report, Global Trends in Green Energy 2009, says the developing world is taking a lead in adopting new renewable technologies. For the first time, private sector green energy investments in Asia and Oceania, some $40.8 billion in 2009, exceeded that in the Americas, at $32.3 billion, the report said. "Manufacturing leadership is shifting from Europe to Asia, as countries like China, India and South Korea continue to increase their commitments to... Read more.. Date : Jul 17 Source: Hindustan Times
|
SAP India bets big on sustainabilitySAP has set sights on India as an important part of the German software vendor's global strategy to generate a sustainability business worth US$9.3 billion by 2013, according to company executives. Pointing to India as a "very important market" for SAP, Peter Gartenberg, managing director of SAP Indian Continent, said during a press briefing here Thursday: "It is a large consumer market with high energy consumption [and] SAP can positively impact both the returns on investment and sustainability." Gartenberg was in town for the company's World Tour 2010. SAP has heighted its... Read more.. Date : Jul 16 Source: Zd Net Asia
|
India should now cash in on biofuels: expertsAt a workshop on 'Research opportunities in biofuels', chairman of Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Prof J Srinivasan said there should be a fundamental difference in the approach to biofuels. "In the West, climate change is a serious concern. They have to reduce emissions, so biofuels are very important for them. In India, we don't have a national mission on biofuels, but we need to work towards it. Engineering colleges should be involved in processing and other scientific areas of biofuel production,” he explained. Y B Ramakrishna, chairman, Biofuel taskforce, invited research... Read more.. Date : Jul 16 Source: Times of India
|
India Inc renews call for Green BusinessNew Delhi: India Inc on Thursday renewed its call for Green Business with a new vigour and constructive approach at Green Business Summit 2010 held in Delhi. The Summit was organised by Curtains Up and powered by www.economictimes.com in order to bring in impetus for low carbon business. Speaking on the occasion, Nitin Tanwar, CEO, Climate Connect, said that scope of renewable energy in India is huge, but carbon credit market needs proper IT attention and tools for its huge data base. He argued that proper IT tools needed to monitor carbon... Read more.. Date : Jul 15 Source: Economic Times
|
Pilot project to check soil erosion in Himalayas"A pilot project will be launched initially in five districts - Leh and Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir, Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur districts in Himachal Pradesh and Chamoli in Uttarakhand - for plantation of seabuckthorn," Palampur-based Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya scientist Virendra Singh told IANS. He said Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced this at a national workshop on seabuckthorn held at Leh in Jammu and Kashmir. "Riverbanks and hill slopes will be prioritised for its cultivation," said Singh, who also... Read more.. Date : Jul 15 Source: New Kerala
|
Polybags replace bouquets in Kanpur’s green driveIn an unique initiative to make the industrial city a polythene-free zone, the Kanpur district administration has asked locals to greet officials with used polybags instead of flowers and garlands. “The officials today took out a grand funeral procession of the polythene. These polybags will be recycled by the solid waste management plant. Everything has a certain life-cycle, after which they decompose. But polythene has a shelf life of almost a... Read more.. Date : Jul 15 Source: Express India
|
Ascent Solar receives Export Achievement CertificateAscent Solar Technologies has received a federal Export Achievement Certificate for the international market development and sales of its flexible and lightweight CIGS thin-film modules for building materials, portable power, and defense and transportation markets. Suresh Kumar, assistant secretary of commerce and director of the U.S. commercial service said, "Ascent Solar Technologies is an excellent example of how innovative U.S. clean technologies are working to create a more sustainable world environment while supporting economic growth and jobs here at home. Through the... Read more.. Date : Jul 14 Source: PV Tech
|
Tata Power Says Wind Farm First to Win Carbon Credit ApprovalTata Power Co.’s wind farm in western India has become the company’s first project to win eligibility from the United Nations to earn carbon credits. The 50-megawatt wind power project at Khandke in Maharashtra state has been registered with the UN Clean Development Mechanism, the utility said in a statement today. The CDM is the world’s largest carbon market after the European Union program. The project is expected to earn 85,000 Certified Emission Reductions annually, it said. If awarded, the credits would be valued at 1 million euros ($1.27 million), based on the benchmark... Read more.. Date : Jul 14 Source: Business Week
|
India sitting on huge untapped solar PV off grid opportunitiesIndia is sitting on huge untapped solar Photo Voltaic offgrid opportunities, given its ability to provide energy to hitherto vast untapped remote rural areas, the scope of providing backup power to cell towers and its inherent potential to replace precious fossil fuels. "The solar PV offgrid opportunities in India are huge,given the fact that over 400 million people do not have access to grid connected electricity",Sathya Prasad,President SEMI India (Semiconductor Equipment Materials International) told PTI. The off-grid opportunities are significant, given the cost involved... Read more.. Date : Jul 14 Source: Daily News and Analysis
|
Essar Energy to fully acquire Navabharat Power Pvt. LimitedEssar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, announced that its subsidiary, Essar Power Limited (EPL), has entered into binding agreements for the acquisition of a 100 percent interest in Navabharat Power Pvt. Limited. EPL will initially acquire 76 percent of the existing equity with balance 24 percent being acquired upon completion of certain project milestones. Navabharat Power is a 2,250 MW coal-fuelled power plant (Project) being set up in Dhenkanal district, Orissa, India. The Project is being implemented in two phases; the first phase of 1,050 MW and phase... Read more.. Date : Jul 14 Source: PennEnergy
|
UN eyes private help in $100 billion climate aidUNITED NATIONS A pledge by rich nations in Copenhagen to provide as much as $100 billion a year of climate-related aid to developing countries by 2020 may depend in part on the generosity of private donors and other non-governmental sources. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that his panel of advisers - seeking ways to fulfill a U.N. climate summit's pledge in the Danish capital last December - was considering private sources to deliver some of the aid promised to help developing countries deal with rising sea levels, drought and other effects of rising temperatures. ... Read more..Date : Jul 14 Source: CharlotteObserver
|
Maharashtra plans to hire private firms to take out garbageThe Maharashtra government plans to bring in private companies to treat tens of thousands of tonnes of municipal solid waste that the state produces every day. It has instituted a six-month study on treating waste through private help, being conducted by Infrastructure Development Finance Co. Ltd (IDFC) and its associate company Infrastructure Development Corp. (Karnataka) Ltd (iDeCK). “The study is to see how to go about inviting private players because finance is essential to look at the entire sector in a consolidated manner,” said D.T.V. Raghu Rama Swamy, chief operations... Read more.. Date : Jul 14 Source: Livemint
|
Low Iron Pattern Glass for Solar Photovoltaics and Solar ThermalGujarat Borosil Limited (GBL), a member of the BOROSIL Group, announces production of high performance low iron extra clear Solar Glass. The entire process plant comprising of this manufacturing facility has been imported from West Europe and United States. Its process line to impart a pencil edge and temper glass sheets conforming to EN12150 is soon to be commissioned. With this GBL will be able to meet the requirements of demanding customers in this industry. It has been set up in District Bharuch of Gujarat State, India. GBL makes 230 tons of sheet glass in a... Read more.. Date : Jul 13 Source: Earthtimes
|
Wake up to a Himalayan opportunityGlobal warming and climate change influence the choice of energy sources throughout the world. There is a growing emphasis on minimising the use of fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum oil & gas that emit carbon dioxide?the major cause of global warming?and increasing the use of non-conventional and renewable sources of energy. The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has identified India as a country likely to be most affected by global warming. Therefore, we need to act with the urgency that the problem deserves. Fortunately, these concerns have led to increased use... Read more.. Date : Jul 13 Source: Financial Express
|
India sitting on huge untapped solar PV off grid opportunitiesIndia is sitting on huge untapped solar Photo Voltaic offgrid opportunities, given its ability to provide energy to hitherto vast untapped remote rural areas, the scope of providing backup power to cell towers and its inherent potential to replace precious fossil fuels. "The solar PV offgrid opportunities in India are huge,given the fact that over 400 million people do not have access to grid connected electricity",Sathya Prasad,President SEMI India (Semiconductor Equipment Materials International) told PTI. The off-grid opportunities are significant, given the cost involved... Read more.. Date : Jul 13 Source: Daily News and Analysis
|
UK-listed Essar Energy to buy India's Navabharat PowerEssar Power Ltd will initially acquire 76 percent of the existing equity in Navabharat, and the rest will be bought after the completion of certain project milestones, the company said in a statement. Navabharat is a 2,250 megawatts coal-fuelled power plant being set up in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, the statement said. (Reporting by Pratish Narayanan) Date : Jul 13 Source: Reuters India
|
