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CIC pulls up Environment Ministry over clearance given to Karnataka solar park

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 4, 2015

The Central Information Commission has directed the Environment Ministry to explain whether it is revisiting environmental clearance given to a solar park in the habitat of Indian Bustard in Karnataka as per directions of National Green Tribunal.

The Commission has...

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Subject Tags: policy , solar energy

Three ways to use solar energy for data centres

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 4, 2015

The list of firm that have struck renewable energy deals to power data centres is growing fast and it already includes major names such as Amazon, Google Inc, Facebook Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co (HP). Srikanth Murugan, a telecommunications industry expert and head of sales at...

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Subject Tags: solar energy

SoftBank debuts in Indian solar market

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 4, 2015

Japan's SoftBank, which had announced its entry into the with an investment of $20 billion, has made its first bid - for...

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Solar power to electrify all police stations in UP

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2015

In a first in the country, all 1,517 police stations in Uttar Pradesh will be made self-reliant for electricity through solar power by March 2016. In the first phase, funds have been sanctioned for 250 police stations which will be equipped with 5 KV and 10KV power generation...

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Subject Tags: solar energy

Renewable capacity addition jumps 49% in H1

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 2, 2015

Country’s renewable energy sector has reported significant growth in new capacity addition during the first half of this fiscal.

The sector added 1,629 MW of new capacity from various sources during April-September 2015 as against 1,094 MW in the same period previous...

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Subject Tags: solar energy

Visakhapatnam Port Trust to generate 10 MW solar power

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 2, 2015

The Visakhapatnam Port Trust is the first among the major ports in the country to take up a solar power plant and the 10-MW solar power project is likely to be commissioned by March 2016.

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The port issued a letter of intent to Jakson Engineer...

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Subject Tags: solar energy

India to launch alliance of solar-rich countries at Paris climate summit

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 30, 2015

According to reports, India will propose the launch of an alliance of solar-rich countries — to enable growth on a low-carbon path — on November 30, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Paris to attend the inauguration of a crucial climate summit.

Modi announced...

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India’s Embassy Group to go green with 1 GW by 2020

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 23, 2015

October 22 (SeeNews) - Indian real estate developer Embassy Group plans to diversify its business operations by developing some 1,000 MW of wind and solar parks across the country within the next five years, The Economic Times said Thursday.

To that end, the company...

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Power-hungry Indian businesses build their own solar plants

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 4, 2014

Fed up with constant electricity cuts and government-enforced "power holidays", Indian IT firm ValueLabs has turned to the sun beaming down on its head office for help. In July, it finished building a 13 megawatt solar plant - enough to power 6,000 homes - to keep the lights...

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Solargise to use $200m to set up 3,000 mw projects

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 27, 2014

UK-based solar power firm Solargise plans to invest $200 million or Rs 1,200 crore in seting up about 3,000 mw of both self-generated and EPC projects in the next two to three years through its Indian subsidiary Solargise Grapp Energies.
 
The company has already...

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