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Solar PV Costs To Fall Another 25% In Three Years

By : Sustainability ..., May 27, 2015

The big fall in solar PV costs over the last five years is helping redefine the future of energy generation across the world, with grid parity in the retail market achieved in dozens of countries, and even beating wholesale prices in markets such as Chile and the Middle East...

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Clean Ganga mission faces 'most critical' challenge in pollution hotspot Kanpur

By : Sustainability ..., May 27, 2015

The Modi government’s plan to clean the Ganga faces its toughest challenge yet in Kanpur, a heavily industrialised north Indian riverside town which could make or mar the mission since it is crucial to plugging pollution elsewhere, experts say.

A strategy document of...

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Investors Call On ExxonMobil, Chevron to Stop Resisting Transition to Clean Energy

By : Sustainability ..., May 27, 2015

Shareholders of ExxonMobil and Chevron and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) say they will focus on climate change at the companies’ annual general meetings (AGMs) this coming Wednesday.

Fossil fuel companies are facing increased...

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Tata Power launches India’s 1st Self-Healing Grid technology for continuous power supply

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

Tata Power has announced the adoption of Self-Healing Grid technology at its 11 kV Distribution Network in Kandivali, the first of its kind in India to be implemented by the Company as a Distribution utility.

The purpose of the Self-Healing Grid technology is to help...

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32 companies responsible for 31% of global emissions

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

Just 32 companies are responsible for 31% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, with their emissions rising 1.3% from 2010-2013, Reuters reports.

According to the news service, at 1.26bn tonnes a year Russia's Gazprom is the biggest emitter with Coal India second,...

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Subject Tags: Emissions , Industry news

Vikram Solar to more than treble capacity in West Bengal

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

NEW DELHI: Kolkata-based solar photovoltaic modules maker Vikram Solar plans to more than treble its manufacturing capacity in West Bengal by the end of this fiscal, its MD and CEO Gyanesh Chaudhary said.

The first phase of 250 MW expansion at its facility at Falta,...

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Adani plans 1,000-Mw solar park in Tamil Nadu

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

After announcing solar parks in Gujarat and Rajasthan, Adani Power has firmed up plans to set up a 1,000-megawatt (Mw) one in Tamil Nadu. The proposed energy park is likely to attract around Rs 7,000-crore investment.

Although an Adani spokesperson declined to comment...

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