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US extends support to India's target of 20 pc Ethanol blending by 2025

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 24, 2021

At the twelfth ministerial-level meeting of the India-United States Trade Policy Forum (TPF) in New Delhi on Tuesday, the US marked its support to India's ambitious goal of reaching 20 per cent ethanol blending country in the next five year and expressed an interest in...

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Subject Tags: Ethanol Blending , India , USA

The United States of America becomes the 101st member country of the International Solar Alliance

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2021

In a big boost to accelerate global adoption of solar energy, John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate announced at the UNFCCC COP26 today that the United States of America (USA) has joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as a member country. U.S becomes...

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America's DFC to invest $350 million in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 8, 2020

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is looking to invest $350 million in multiple projects in India to support the country’s financial services sector, health infrastructure, renewable energy and food security. DFC, known as America’s development bank,...

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U.S. Department of Energy Signs Memorandum of Understanding with India for Solar Decathlon India Competition in 2021

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 6, 2020

This week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide collaboration and support to India in the establishment of Solar Decathlon India in 2021. “India is joining an international family of Solar Decathlons that is preparing...

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US and Indian solar EPCs rise up global rankings - Wiki-Solar

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 26, 2019

The world's utility-scale solar EPC contractors are thriving in the least volatile PV markets such as India and the US, according to figures released by Wiki-Solar.org. Incumbent EPCs are particularly benefitting in such markets, said Wiki-Solar, whose figures – it should be...

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Travelling at 600mph: India’s Hyperloop dreams take shape in the Nevada Desert

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 20, 2019

California just decided to sharply scale back its plans for a high-speed rail artery meant to transform travel up and down the state. But in the desert outside Las Vegas, the transportation...

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India rejects US solar claim at WTO, explores new defence

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 9, 2018

Renewable energy has become an area of severe trade friction as major economies compete to dominate a sector that is expected to thrive as reliance on coal and oil dwindles.
India hit back...

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CDP: Eight-Fold Increase in Global Companies Pricing Carbon Since 2013

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 13, 2017

Putting a price on carbon is becoming the new normal for major multinationals, with almost 1,400 companies[1] factoring an internal carbon price into business plans, according to a new report...

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U.S. formally proposes scrapping Obama's carbon-cutting plan

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 12, 2017

The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally proposed on Tuesday to scrap the agency's Obama-era plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, as the Trump administration seeks to slash fossil...

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Subject Tags: Clean Power Plan , EPA , USA

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fall 2 pct in 2016, led by power industry - EPA

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 6, 2017
Washington: Greenhouse gas emissions from America's largest industrial facilities fell 2 percent in 2016 to 2.99 billion...
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