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India, Germany agree to provide financial support to climate conservation projects

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 14, 2019

India and Germany on Wednesday agreed to provide financial support to climate conservation projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting renewable energies and sustainable forest management in India. Addressing the third Indo-...

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Trial run of Ukkadam solar power plant on

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 14, 2019

The city corporation has commenced the month-long trial run of solar power plant at Ukkadam. The plant would be inaugurated shortly after the trail period. “Till date, we have not witnessed any major failure during the trail run,” said a...

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India gets first grid-scale battery energy storage system

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 14, 2019

The 10 MW grid-connected system, owned by AES and Mitsubishi Corporation, will pave the path for wider adoption of grid-scale energy storage technology across India. It uses the Advancion energy storage platform from Fluence, a joint venture formed by Siemens and AES....

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Volvo wants to lead EVs race in India

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 14, 2019

 Volvo set up a facility near Bengaluru to assemble its vehicles locally in 2018 to compete more aggressively in the highly competitive 40,000-unit luxury car market. ...

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Arvind to reduce 20,000 tonnes carbon emissions annually

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 14, 2019

Arvind is aiming to reduce carbon emissions by 30 per cent with the installation of rooftop solar projects across its Ahmedabad, Santej and Bangalore facilities and by shifting to renewable biomass for boilers. The company...

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India deployed more than 25GW of solar by 2019 - Ministry

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 13, 2019

India's total solar PV deployment hit 25.21GW by the end of last year, according to figures supplied to parliament by the minister for new and renewable energy and power, R.K. Singh. ...

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India, China leading global greening effort: NASA study

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 13, 2019

India and China are leading the global greening effort, which is quite contrary to the general perception worldwide, a latest NASA study said...

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India on track to fulfilling climate commitments: Harsh Vardhan at World Sustainable Development Summit 2019

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 13, 2019

Building on the momentum of last year’s summit, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), one of India’s leading think tanks, kickstarted the World Sustainable Development 2019 (WSDS 2019). The...

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Major boost for 4 hydro projects worth Rs 45,000 crore

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 13, 2019

 The government expects a big push to hydropower sector having received clearances for four projects worth about Rs 45,000 crore. ...

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Global energy arena changing: PM Modi

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 13, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said globally the perception of energy consumption and supply is changing and nations are coming together to tackle climate change.
"Winds...

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