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75% of municipal garbage in India dumped without processing

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 30, 2018

Barely 35,600 metric tonnes (MT) or a quarter of the 1.43 lakh MT of garbage generated every day in Indian cities gets processed. The remaining three-quarters...

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Solar industry seeks urgent clarity on rate of GST on projects

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 30, 2018
Country’s solar industry has sent out an SoS to policy makers, including key officials in...
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Solar installations leave electricity network in peril in West Bengal

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 30, 2018

As solar installation becomes more affordable and homes begin to generate electricity and push it into the grid, power utilities like CESC and West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (...

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On October 2, 1 lakh students in India to assemble solar lamps

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 30, 2018

As part of the upcoming 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and ongoing diamond jubilee of IIT-Bombay, a whopping 100,000 students from 100 schools across India will assemble solar lamps...

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At 62.8 GW, India using just 7 per cent of renewable energy potential

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 27, 2018

India is using just 7 per cent of the energy it could potentially generate using wind, solar, biomass and small hydro resources. But capacity is building up and with it the share of renewables...

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India's carbon-dioxide emissions will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030: Study

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 27, 2018

India's carbon-dioxide emission will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030 not 3.8-4.9 gigatonnes as was projected earlier, which is consistent with the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)...

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Delhi CM announces solar energy scheme aimed at raising farmers income by 3-5 times

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 25, 2018

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced the 'Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojna' which aims to increase the income of farmers by three to five times in the national...

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Rooftop solar power installations cross 1 GW

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 25, 2018

Rooftop solar installations in India have crossed 1 GW, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s SPIN portal.

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Power discom BYPL signs agreement to source 100 Mw wind power

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 19, 2018

Power discom BYPL has signed an agreement to source 100 Mw wind power that will help meet its renewable power obligations, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. 

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Haryana govt to explore possibilities to re-use treated waste water in agriculture

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 19, 2018

The Haryana government would explore possibilities to re-use treated waste water from various sewage treatment plants in agriculture, horticulture, thermal power plants and other places, state...

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