Sustainability Outlook Headlines

Bihar: 571 private hospitals fail to dispose of biomedical waste properly

Total 571 private hospitals in Patna, Nalanda, Buxar, Bhojpur, Rohtas and Kaimur districts in Patna division don't dispose their biomedical waste in the prescribed scientific manner set by Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2016. Around 100 of them are in Patna alone.

"Despite notices served on 600 hospitals by the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) in the last three months, only 29... Read more..

Andhra Pradesh: Chief Minister directs officials to adopt best practices for energy conservation

As part of the endeavour to provide the benefits of energy efficiency and energy conservation to the consumers and achieve the estimated energy saving potential of 19,079 million units by 2020 in domestic and industrial sector alone, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday directed the energy department and power utilities to study the best practices of energy efficiency from advanced countries like UK, USA, China and South Korea.

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cKers Finance paves way for innovative sustainable energy project financing: makes 5 investments and looks for more

Recently launched cKers Finance (pronounced ‘seekers’) has made a series of 5 investments in quick succession. They cover several emerging segments: rooftop solar, solar home systems and solar pumps. The project financier is actively building its portfolio in other decentralized renewable energy segments including micro-grids. This was revealed by Jayant Prasad, Executive Director, on the sidelines of Intersolar India being held in Mumbai.

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Karnataka tenders 860MW of dispersed solar

Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) has issued a request for proposal (RfP) for 860MW of solar, split between 43 taluks with 20MW in each.

A taluk is a subdivision of a district such as a group of villages.

The minimum project capacity is 3MW and the maximum is 20MW. Meanwhile 10 Talukas... Read more..

SECI floats tender for 2,000 Megawatt capacity wind energy projects

State-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has floated tender for setting up 2 GW inter- state transmission system (ISTS) connected wind power capacities across the country.

The company has invited proposals for setting up of ISTS connected Wind Power Projects in India, on 'Build Own Operate' basis for an aggregate capacity of 2000 MW, as per the tender document.

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In Chandigarh, install solar rooftop plant at your house or face the heat

With the two-year deadline for installing rooftop solar power plants at residential properties set to expire in three months, notices will be issued to owners who fail to comply.

The Chandigarh administration, in a notification issued on May 18, 2016, had made installation of rooftop solar power plants mandatory in residential houses measuring 500 square yard and above and group housing societies. There are... Read more..

Siemens announces India plan for manufacturing solar PV inverters

Siemens AG, the German $80 billion conglomerate, today announced its plans to start manufacturing Solar Photo-Voltaic (PV) inverters in India which will initially cater to the domestic market and later supplied for exports.

The company said the Sinacon PV inverter will be locally produced and manufactured at Siemens’ Kalwa plant near Mumbai. It added the Indian renewable energy sector is the second most... Read more..

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited and CII to jointly design energy efficiency solutions for the Indian industrial sector

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL), India’s leading power distribution company and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work towards designing innovative energy efficiency solutions for the Indian industrial sector.

The purpose of the MoU was to pave the way for knowledge transfer, information and experience sharing, technical... Read more..

Art of Living festival damaged Yamuna floodplains, rules NGT

Sri Sri Ravishankar’s Art of Living Foundation (AoL) is “responsible” for “causing damage and environmental degradation” to the Yamuna floodplains due to its three-day World Culture Festival (WCF) held in March 2016, the National Green Tribunal said on Thursday. The tribunal, which had earlier levied Rs 5 crore as environment compensation, did not impose any further costs on AoL.

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IRFC launches first US$500 million green bond on behalf of Indian Railways

Indian Railways Finance Corporation has issued its inaugural green bond on behalf of Indian Railways — the world’s fourth largest rail network.

The US$500 million Climate Bonds Certified issuance will fund a series of low-carbon upgrades to Indian Railways’ infrastructure. The 10-year Green Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Reg S only issuance stands as the first certified green bond by IRFC and the tightest... Read more..

Under new solar policy, Goa eyes to produce 150 MW power by 2021

The Goa cabinet today approved the much-awaited Solar Power Policy, under which the state expects to generate 150 MW of power by 2021, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said here.

Parrikar, after chairing the cabinet meeting, also informed that the policy would become functional by the end of current financial year.

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Indian Oil prepares for shift to a less carbon-intensive future

The country’s largest refiner Indian Oil Corp. Ltd  is making a strategic shift to a less carbon-intensive future by getting into clean energy and related infrastructure, while keeping refinery expansion plans flexible for course correction, said chairman Sanjiv Singh in an interview.

What is pushing the state-run refiner to new markets is the rise of renewable energy sources in the country’s energy mix,... Read more..