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Tamil Nadu set to power 300 households in Telangana using solar energyTamil Nadu is set to power 300 households in Telangana using solar energy developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras is being distributed by Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSSPDCL) and Rural Electrification Corporation. The solar powered system was transferred to and commercialized by Cygni Energy, an IIT Madras-incubated firm. It has already been installed in all the houses by June this year and the performance and health of all the installed systems are being monitored remotely, with data being collected via mobile phones and synchronized... Read more.. Date : Sep 13 Source: The Economic Times
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Shell coming to set up vehicle recharging stations in IndiaRoyal Dutch Shell aims to expand marketing operations in Asia and wants 20 per cent of sales from its fuel stations worldwide to come from recharging electric vehicles and low carbon fuels by 2025, as the world shifts away from crude. The Anglo-Dutch firm, with 43,000 fuel stations in 80 countries, aims to expand in China and India, as well as Mexico, where it sees fossil fuel growth in the next decade, John Abbott, the head of refining, trading and marketing, told Reuters. But he said Shell remained focused on a future of where demand for alternatives to petrol and diesel... Read more.. Date : Sep 13 Source: The Economic Times
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European Union-India set to broaden strategic, business tiesThe European Union is poised to broaden its engagement and deepen its strategic and business ties with India by formalising a big-bang action plan across a broad spectrum of issues at the upcoming EU-India summit in Delhi next month. "The EU and India are expected to announce at the October summit a string of joint declarations along with a concrete deliverables roadmap revolving around climate change, clean energy, maritime security, naval cooperation, space research, to combatting cyber crime and even ringing in an ambitious partnership for developing smart cities by linking EU's... Read more.. Date : Sep 13 Source: The Economic Times
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Piramal Capital & APG bet on Mytrah, invest $300 millionPiramal Capital's Structured Finance Group and Dutch partner APG Asset Management (APG) are investing Rs 1,900 crore ($300 million) in Hyderabad-based renewable energy producer Mytrah Energy India Pvt. through mezzanine debt instruments in one of their largest transactions, said two people aware of the development. The proceeds will mostly be used to buy out existing investors such as Apollo Global Management, Aion, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and IDFC Alternatives. About Rs 150-200 crore will go toward funding growth and refinancing debt. Barring IDFC, the... Read more.. Date : Sep 13 Source: The Economic Times
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Every village to be solar power hub soon: Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu NaiduChief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said that State is ushering in a new era of power reforms and every village of Andhra Pradesh will emerge as a solar power production hub. The CM... Read more.. Date : Sep 13 Source: The New Indian Express
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IIT Madras: New eco-friendly cement being tested for use in industryA research collaboration between India and Switzerland on a new cement material that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the manufacturing process is set to take off into implementation. The construction sector is a major contributor to global carbon dioxide emissions. Though this is known, it appears difficult to reduce the scale of construction, especially as it is a route to establishing more equitable conditions in developing countries like India. One way of mitigating the emissions factor is the use of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement or the LC3 technology. Traditional... Read more.. Date : Sep 13 Source: The Hindu
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Tamil Nadu ends wind season evacuating 1,477 million units more in 2017Wind power season has come to an end this year. In the last few days the wind power generation has gone down below 500MW while the total power demand has crossed 13,000MW. Compared to the last wind power season, Tangedco has evacuated not less than 20% more and in terms of million units, 1477.062 million units more till end of August. With better transmission lines and sub-stations, Tangedco was able to evacuate more wind power compared to any other year and also sell more units of renewable power to other states. “This year till August end we have evacuated wind power to the... Read more.. Date : Sep 13 Source: ET Energyworld
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IIT Delhi gets Centre of Excellence for renewable energyThe prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here has set up a centre to facilitate research in renewable energy. The Centre of Excellence (COE) set up in collaboration with ReNew Power Ventures Pvt Ltd, a renewable energy company, was inaugurated today by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. "Industry participation is essential for creating solutions which are market ready and this COE will help solve critical problems in the clean energy sector. The centre will be a good example of taking forward industry academia partnership," Javadekar said. The centre has... Read more.. Date : Sep 13 Source: ET Energyworld
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MoEF to phase out more polluting chemicalsIndia has begun the process of eliminating seven extremely harmful chemicals almost eight years after the world agreed on their phase out under the Stockholm Convention. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest came out with a draft proposal to remove these seven chemicals from the industry. It would be done in the same manner as followed earlier to wipe off another 12 persistent organic pollutants. Four out of the seven chemicals are brominated flame retardants used mainly in the electrical and electronic industry; two are found in the insecticide industry and the... Read more.. Date : Sep 12 Source: Deccan Herald
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Developers seek change in Gujarat solar policySolar developers have petitioned Gujarat’s power regulator seeking a change in its solar policy, pointing out a major lacuna which is impeding the growth of solar rooftop capacity in the state. The policy permits only house owners themselves to set up solar plants on their roofs and is a barrier to leasing of roofs to solar developers. Though Gujarat was a pioneer among Indian states in promoting solar energy, the petition from the Distributed Solar Power Association (DISPA), a newly formed group of developers specialising in rooftop solar plants, notes that unlike most other... Read more.. Date : Sep 12 Source: The Economic Times
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China Fossil Fuel Deadline Shifts Focus to Electric Car RaceChina will set a deadline for automakers to end sales of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles, becoming the biggest market to do so in a move that will accelerate the push into the electric car market led by companies including BYD Co. and BAIC Motor Corp. Xin Guobin, the vice minister of industry and information technology, said the government is working with other regulators on a timetable to end production and sales. The move will have a profound impact on the environment and growth of China’s auto industry, Xin said at an auto forum in Tianjin on Saturday. The world’s second-... Read more.. Date : Sep 12 Source: Bloomberg
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India to conduct wind power auction next TuesdayIndia will conduct the much-awaited auction to award 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind power contracts next Tuesday. The auction to be conducted by state-run Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) comes in the backdrop of India’s wind sector transitioning from a feed-in tariff regime to tariff-based competitive auctions. While feed-in tariffs ensure a fixed price for wind power producers, the February auction conducted by SECI saw wind power tariffs in India following the solar route and hit a record low of Rs3.46 per kilowatt hour (kWh) for another 1GW tender. This, in turn, caused... Read more.. Date : Sep 12 Source: livemint
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Scientists make methanol using oxygenScientists have found a way to produce methanol — an important chemical often used as fuel in vehicles — using oxygen in the air, an advance that may lead to cleaner, greener industrial processes worldwide. Methanol is currently produced by breaking down natural gas at high temperatures into hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide before reassembling them — expensive and energy-intensive processes known as ‘steam reforming’ and ‘methanol synthesis.’ However, researchers from Cardiff University in the U.K. have discovered they can produce methanol from methane through simple... Read more.. Date : Sep 12 Source: The Hindu
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Over 100 stakeholders converge at Moradabad to deliberate on solar energy roadmapOver 100 stakeholders in the solar segment converged at Moradabad to deliberate on India’s renewable energy roadmap. The meet organized by Su-Kam, a leading company in power back- up and solar solutions, at Hotel Holiday Regency, Moradabad also showcased latest technologies in the solar segment catering to the households. The agenda of the meet was to educate people about the use of solar energy and deliberate on the future of renewable energy. The company also showcased their newly launched product grid-tie inverter and explained its functioning. On the occasion, Mr. Kunwer... Read more.. Date : Sep 12 Source: The Hans India
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NTPC commissions 40MW of Rojmal Wind Energy ProjectNTPC announced that 40 MW out of 50 MW of Rojmal Wind Energy Project of NTPC in Gujarat has been commissioned. With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 44482 MW and that of NTPC group has become 51698 MW, said the company in BSE filing on Monday post market hours. Further, Unit 2 of 250 MW of Nabinagar Thermal Power Project (4 X 250 MW) of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company (BRBCL), a subsidiary of NTPC is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hours of September 10, 2017. With this, the commercial capacity of BRBCL and NTPC group... Read more.. Date : Sep 12 Source: IIFL
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India exploring carbon capture utilisation storageAs part of its climate change commitments in the aftermath of signing the historic Paris agreement India is now exploring the possibility of carbon capture utilization storage or CCUS. "... Read more.. Date : Sep 12 Source: India Today In
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India plans to add 1,305 MW Hydropower capacity in current fiscalIndia is planning to add around 1,305 Megawatt (Mw) of additional hydropower generation capacity in the current financial year, over 20 per cent lower as compared to 1,659 Mw added last fiscal. The last year’s target stood at 1,714 Mw. This year, the government is expecting 1,000 MW to be commissioned through its four Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) projects while the rest 305 MW are expected to from the private sector. “Of the 1,305 MW capacity planned this year, 266 MW has already been commissioned so far. From our own PSUs, we are expecting 1,000 MW to be installed while... Read more.. Date : Sep 12 Source: ET Energyworld
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Government to focus on creating water grid on par with power grid: Nitin GadkariMaking e-autorickshaws a common sight in rural India, creating a water grid that is on par with power grid and constructing 17 highways-cum-airstrips are the government's priorities and it will start work on them this year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said. After getting the additional charge of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation in last week's Cabinet reshuffle, Gadkari told PTI in an interview that another "mammoth task" that lay on his shoulders was to make Ganga 'aviral and nirmal' (continuous and clean flow). "Public transport on electric mode... Read more.. Date : Sep 11 Source: ET Energyworld
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ReNew Power targets 5 Gigawatt generation capacity in next two yrsRenewable energy firm ReNew Power Ventures targets to double its generation capacity to 5 GW in the next two years, a top company official said. The company has planned to add 1 GW capacity this fiscal, ReNew Power Venture Chairman and CEO Sumant Sinha told . It has installed generation capacity of 2.4 GW, at present. "We are aiming at 5 GW power generation capacity in the next two years time. We have planned to add 1 GW during this fiscal," Sinha said. "We have sufficient funds to meet our expansion requirement during the current fiscal," Sinha said. An estimated... Read more.. Date : Sep 11 Source: ET Energyworld
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Madhya Pradesh seeks to quash Goldman-backed solar projectMadhya Pradesh, India’s second largest state, has appealed to the country’s top court to quash a Goldman Sachs-backed solar project, highlighting the challenges faced by solar companies looking to expand in Asia’s third largest economy. Madhya Pradesh’s attempts to scrap the agreement with ReNew Power over the 51 megawatts (MW) project, citing land acquisition delays, were thrown out by a state court. But the central Indian state’s distribution company (discom) has now appealed to the country’s highest court, potentially setting up a prolonged legal battle. The move... Read more.. Date : Sep 11 Source: Reuters
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Rockefeller Foundation picks Chennai, Pune, Surat, Jaipur in 100 Resilient cities listGreat cities have crumbled, unable to cope with the onslaught of expansion and demographic growth. They now also have climate change to reckon with. So, while unprecedented disruptions can strike Indian cities at any hour, they are not prepared to face them. To remedy this situation, the Rockefeller Foundation has chosen four cities in India — Surat, Chennai, Pune and Jaipur — as part of its 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) initiative to build resilience into cities across the world. The 100RC programme lists urbanisation, lack of adequate planning, globalisation and climate change as... Read more.. Date : Sep 11 Source: Financial Express
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Wind power developers upset over Karnataka tariff revisionWind power developers in Karnataka are up in arms over a September 4 tariff order of the state power regulator, which they claim is unfair to projects of 599 MW, for which power purchase agreements (PPAs) have already been signed. The order reduces the feed-in tariff — the price at which state electricity distribution companies (discoms) are required to buy wind power — from Rs 4.50 per kwH, set by an order passed in October 2015, to Rs 3.74 per kwH. The order further adds: “The tariff determined in this order shall also be applicable for the projects which have entered... Read more.. Date : Sep 11 Source: The Economic Times
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As demand grows, open market electricity tariff at 5-year highAt the India Energy Exchange (IEX), the average electricity tariff for August was ₹3.12 a unit (kilowatt hour) with peak tariff touching ₹7.91. In the first seven days of September, the average was ₹3.34 a unit and maximum at ₹8.7 a unit. The electricity sector did not witness such high prices in the last five years. Previously the Southern region used to pay higher prices due to lack of connectivity to the national grid but that anomaly too was removed since 2014. Electricity tariff normally moves up in end-monsoon. In September 2016, the average tariff was ₹2.42 a unit, up... Read more.. Date : Sep 11 Source: Business Line
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E-vehicle drive: Centre may take Elon Musk’s Australian policy for a spinIndia is working on an Elon Musk-inspired policy to challenge global and Indian firms to set up manufacturing facilities for electric vehicles, batteries and charging infrastructure in an ambitious time frame with the help of assured policy and regulatory support along with help in getting land and other infrastructure. The move follows Australia’s decision to award Tesla a giant contract against stiff competition after Musk promised to build a grid-scale battery in 100 days and deliver it free if he overs hoots the deadline. The lithium-ion battery, which can light up 30,000 homes... Read more.. Date : Sep 11 Source: The Economic Times
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EU likely to cut minimum import price for Chinese solar panelsThe European Union is likely to reduce the minimum price that Chinese solar panel producers are allowed to sell into Europe after a meeting on Thursday of trade representatives from EU countries, EU sources said. The possible reduction has been opposed by EU panel manufacturers who say it will kill jobs in the sector and EU importers and others in the industry who argue that it will not cut prices enough. Chinese solar panel imports have been subject to measures to counter dumping and subsidies since 2013, with an 18-month extension agreed by EU countries earlier this year.... Read more.. Date : Sep 11 Source: ET Energyworld
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