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Himachal's mega hydro project re-allotted

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 24, 2018

After over a decade of flip-flops and litigation, a multi-million dollar hydropower project was re-allotted on Monday by the Himachal Pradesh government to state-run Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd...

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No blanket ban, but SC puts checks on firecrackers this Diwali

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 24, 2018

People can burst low-emission firecrackers between 8 pm and 10 pm this Diwali, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday, ruling against a blanket ban on fireworks. But the top court ordered that the...

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REC to tap US investors with $1-billion bond offering

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 23, 2018

REC, one of the largest lenders to the power sector, is planning to raise $1 billion through a bond sale to US-based investors, a first for the state-run company that has so far tapped investors...

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ReNew Power to set up 3 MW floating solar project in Vizag

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 23, 2018

Private renewable energy producer ReNew Power said on Monday that it has won an order for developing a 3 MW floating solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh....

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National Green Tribunal orders pan India audit on waste management

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 23, 2018

Door-to-door collection and source segregation of garbage would be the top tick on the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) pan India audit on the performance of urban local bodies (ULBs). The audit...

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Invest India Wins Top UN Award for Promoting Renewable Energy Investment

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 23, 2018

Invest India has received the top UN Investment Promotion Award in recognition of its efforts to boost investments in the renewable energy sector in India.

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Chandigarh: 118 government houses to get solar panels

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 23, 2018

Decks are cleared for the installation of solar-energy panels atop 118 government houses of the city, since the UT environment department has at last received a "fair" bid for this prestigious...

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Ajmera Group to invest $10 million in solar, e-commerce startups

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 23, 2018

Real estate developer Ajmera Group is committing $10 million to invest in startups, and has already invested in BookMeIn, Sports Gurukul and Modulex. 

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National Thermal Power Corporation to use biomass to co-fire coal-based power plants, cut emissions.

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 22, 2018

NTPC Ltd, India's largest power producer, plans to start biomass co-firing across all its coal-based thermal power stations in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut pollution,...

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Solar park project in Trichy gets approvals under smart cities mission

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 22, 2018

Trichy Corporation has managed to obtain both administrative and technical approvals for establishing a 2.5 megawatt (MW) solar park under smart cities mission to generate electricity from...

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