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Drive to make Yercaud free from plastics waste

By : sustainabilityo..., May 25, 2011

The Salem district administration has undertaken an ambitious drive to make Yercaud free from plastics waste.

As a prelude to it, the administration in association with Lions Club International District 324 B2 had launched the plastics-free campaign at the foot hills...

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IFC To Invest $55M In Solar Power Co; Debt Funding Also On The Cards

By : sustainabilityo..., May 25, 2011

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is looking to invest $55 million to pick 15 per cent equity stake in an upcoming solar power development company which is sponsored by US-based SunEdison LLC. It has a pipeline of grid-tied solar PV projects in India and Thailand, with...

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Moser Baer of India Says It Has Halted Production of Solar Cells at Plant

By : sustainabilityo..., May 25, 2011

Moser Baer India Ltd. (MBI), the country’s second-largest maker of solar cells, declined as much as 2.3 percent after saying it temporarily halted production of the electrical devices.

The company shut its solar cell manufacturing line “a few weeks back” to carry out...

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Inaugural GridWeek Asia to Be Held as Part of ELECRAMA 2012

By : sustainabilityo..., May 25, 2011

Clasma Events and IEEMA partner to deliver GridWeek Asia as part of ELECRAMA 2012, 16-18 January 2012 , in Mumbai, India

Dallas, TX and New Delhi, India (PRWEB) May 24, 2011

Clasma Events and IEEMA (Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association...

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GE Joins Suzlon, Acciona in Betting on Slow-Wind Turbines to Boost Sales

By : sustainabilityo..., May 25, 2011

General Electric Co. (GE), Spain’s Acciona SA (ANA), and India’s Suzlon Energy Ltd. (SUEL) this week began offering new wind turbines that generate power in gentle breezes, allowing them to target regions such as the U.S. Southeast that have been largely overlooked for...

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Toshiba Gets Smart With Green Energy

By : sustainabilityo..., May 25, 2011

Toshiba is to move into the green energy business and turn its smart community operations into a money spinner. It aims to add technologies for low carbon energies including solar power, geothermal power and hydro electric power to its current portfolio of consumer...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology , Toshiba

Toyota Develops Tropospheric Ozone-concentration Simulator

By : sustainabilityo..., May 24, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., have developed a simulator able to predict tropospheric ozone concentrations across the whole of South and East Asia. The project was carried out in collaboration with Tsinghua University in China1, The...

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Electrical equipment sector grows 14pc

By : sustainabilityo..., May 24, 2011

The Indian electrical equipment manufacturing industry is witnessing a sustained growth momentum, with the industry registering a growth of 14pc in the financial year 2010-11, in spite of sustained imports, especially from China, South Korea.

 

 
The...

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Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology

Solar energy yet not commercially viable: Kakodkar

By : sustainabilityo..., May 24, 2011

Nuclear energy will continue to be an inevitable option for India [ Images ] as other alternative renewable energy sources like solar will take few more years to establish as a commercially viable technology, according to experts.

Trying to contain the unjustified, yet...

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Subject Tags: energy , radiation , Technology

"Innovative IT solution can cut desktop computing energy cost by 35-50%," says Founder of SeeBeyond Technologies

By : sustainabilityo..., May 24, 2011

In this next interview under the ‘Sustainable Technology Series’, V. K. Kripanand, Founder of See Beyond Technologies talks about InfraSecure, their innovative desktop energy reduction  product which was also recognized at the Parivartan Sustainability Summit earlier in the...

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