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ReGen Powertech launches made-for-India wind turbine

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 28, 2014

Chennai-based ReGen Powertech has come up with a made-for-India wind turbine with a capacity of 2.8 MW. The machine’s blades will sweep a circle of a diameter of 109 metres. The wind turbine has been developed by ReGen’s wholly-owned R&D subsidiary in Germany, Wind Direct...

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Govt to launch 'zero liquid discharge' pilot project

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 28, 2014

If the Centre gets states on board, it will not allow any of the 140 drains between Gangotri and Gangasagar to open into the river Ganga to discharge municipal and industrial waste water. A small step in this direction was taken on Monday when the government decided to launch...

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Indian Company Launches Solar-Powered Self-Cleaning Toilets

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 27, 2014

An Indian company has announced a potentially revolutionary leap in sanitation and hygiene with the launch of a solar-powered toilet to coincide with the launch of the Clean India Mission.
 
India's Eram Scientific has launched a solar-powered self-cleaning...

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SASE develops country's first geothermal space heating system

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 21, 2014

In a first step towards harnessing geothermal heat energy, scientists at Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) have successfully developed and installed country's first geothermal space heating system at Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) here on...

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Waste at Work: Indian Entrepreneurs Turn Dung into Dollars

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2014

Across India, young entrepreneurs are finding ways to innovate the mundane. Using found technology, they cobble simple machinery together to do more than just recycle: They’re expanding local resources and transforming waste products into profits. This spring, I visited a few...

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European cleantech SMEs eye Asean growth

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 10, 2014

Economic development goes hand-in-hand with a heightened demand for energy. As economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) grow, the region is investing in the sustainability of its development, from managing energy and resource-usage to planning for urban...

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India’s energy storage industry ‘encouraged’ by Modi government plans

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 9, 2014

India’s growing energy storage industry shares the enthusiasm of its solar counterpart in welcoming the Modi government’s aims and ambitions, according to one industry veteran.
 
PV Tech spoke to Rahul Walawalkar, executive director of the India Energy Storage...

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A Green Opportunity for Viscose Processing in India

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 6, 2014

India is the second largest exporter of viscose behind China and in 2012, India produced 84.37 million kg viscose spun yarn. While the production of viscose fiber is relatively low compared to the 259.88 million kg of polyester spun yarn and the 3126 million kg of cotton,...

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Waste into Value: Overcoming challenges in mainstreaming “sustainable products”

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 6, 2014

India generates 6,137 tonnes of uncollected and littered plastic waste each day. Further 40% of that plastic waste is not recycled becoming a source of continued pollution as plastic is not bio-degradable. In order to tackle the issue, stakeholders are re-imagining products...

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The Most Sustainable Building is the Building not Built

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 1, 2014

A recent bid by the Modi government to create 100 Smart Cities has re-ignited the urban planning and green design discussion for building infrastructure in emerging cities. However, in cities like Delhi, Surat and Kolkata; there is still existing infrastructure pre-dating the...

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