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HyperSolar Reachs 1.0 Volt Milestone In Solar Hydrogen TechnologyBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 21, 2013
HyperSolar, which develops of a new technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, has announced that its artificial photosynthesis technology is now capable of producing 1.0 volt open circuit voltage for use in direct solar hydrogen... Read more.. |
Solar thin-films may fall under local sourcing ambit, but with caveatBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 18, 2013
India may extend compulsory local sourcing conditions on solar thin films, mostly imported from the US, in the next round of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. This will be in addition to similar conditions for solar cells and modules. The mandatory norms,... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics |
Nodal agency for offshore wind energy to be set up soon: MNREBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 18, 2013
A National Offshore Wind Energy Authority (NOWA) under the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) will be constituted that will be the nodal agency for offshore wind projects in the country. NOWA will carry out resource assessment and surveys in the exclusive... Read more.. |
Govt plans to roll out Rs 43,000-crore ‘green energy corridor’ projectBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 15, 2013
To facilitate flow of renewable energy into the national grid, the Government plans to roll out a Rs 43,000-crore ‘green energy corridor’ project. The project will be implemented with the assistance of Germany which has promised to provide developmental and technical... Read more.. |
If you don’t make sustainability a mission, innovation can never take place By : Anindita Chakraborty, Aug 14, 2013
Sustainability Outlook spoke to Suresh P Prabhu, former Union Cabinet, Govt. of India about why and how India needs to transition into a green economy Do you think that environmental considerations are playing a part in the development discourse of... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics , Technology |
CSR mandatory with passage of New Companies Bill: All you need to knowBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 13, 2013
The New Companies Bill was finally passed in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, making it mandatory for profit making companies to spend on activities related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). With the new legislation, India would possibly become the first country to... Read more.. |
UT likely to approach Punjab, Haryana for city share in water supplyBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 7, 2013
With water woes staring at the city, the UT Administration is likely to approach the governments of Punjab and Haryana for a permanent solution to the problem. At present, augmentation of water supply in Chandigarh is stalled due to the dispute between the two states. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics |
‘Commuters waste fuel worth Rs. 54 crore every year due to jams’By : Sustainability ..., Aug 6, 2013
As told by Chetan Agarwal, environmentalist and resident of Gurgaon, to HT. Tolls play an important role in financing highway projects but if traffic is beyond a certain level, then the externalities of toll plazas in terms of time wasted, fuel consumed and... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Disaster , Education , Health , Labor , Politics , Social Issues , Technology |
First decide Hyderabad status, water sharingBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 6, 2013
Even as Telangana protagonists are opposing the very proposal of making Hyderabad a Union territory after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, PCC chief Botcha Satyanarayana on Sunday joined chorus with Union minister Chiranjeevi and said issues like status of Hyderabad and sharing... Read more.. |
Illegal trash trade: E-waste smuggling contaminate developing countriesBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 6, 2013
Disposing of electronic waste these days somehow resembles dumping radioactive waste in a third-world country: it’s illegal, but profitable. Millions of tons of used electronics end up in Asia and Africa, where recycling is a big yet dangerous business. New models of... Read more.. |