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CIC pulls up Environment Ministry over clearance given to Karnataka solar parkBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: policy , solar energy |
Three ways to use solar energy for data centresBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: solar energy |
SoftBank debuts in Indian solar marketBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 4, 2015
Japan's SoftBank, which had announced its entry into the Indian solar power market with an investment of $20 billion, has made its first bid - for... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Finance , solar energy |
Solar power to electrify all police stations in UPBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: solar energy |
Renewable capacity addition jumps 49% in H1By : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: solar energy |
Visakhapatnam Port Trust to generate 10 MW solar powerBy : 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. Adjacent to runway The port issued a letter of intent to Jakson Engineer... Read more.. Subject Tags: solar energy |
India to launch alliance of solar-rich countries at Paris climate summitBy : 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... Read more.. Subject Tags: Clean Energy , solar energy |
India’s Embassy Group to go green with 1 GW by 2020By : 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... Read more.. |
Power-hungry Indian businesses build their own solar plantsBy : 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... Read more.. |
Solargise to use $200m to set up 3,000 mw projectsBy : 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. |