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Nestlé Waters North America Invests $6M to Close the ‘Recycling Gap’Nestlé Waters North America is investing $6 million in an effort to find a national solution to the “critical recycling gap” in the US, the company announced today. Its investment is going to the Closed Loop Fund, a $100 million social impact investment fund committed to funding comprehensive recycling infrastructure and programs in cities across the US. Nestlé Waters joins the ranks of companies like 3M,... Read more.. |
June 1 deadline for firm to start waste-to-energy plant: Shimla Municipal CorporationThe Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has set June 1 as a fresh deadline for a company to operate the much-awaited Rs 42-crore waste-to-energy project at Bhariyal landfill site. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had directed both SMC and private operator to generate the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from combustible components of municipal solid waste being supplied to the plant by the SMC and speed up the... Read more.. |
Surat Municipal Corporation constructs road using plastic wastePlastic waste, which forms a significant portion of the total municipal solid waste and happens to be an environmental hazard, is being put to good use in the city. The road department of Surat Municipal Corporation has constructed 10.5km of road using plastic waste as additive in the city. The city generates nearly 1,650 metric tonnes of solid waste daily of which 13 per cent is plastic waste. National... Read more.. |
Social entrepreneur from Gujarat designs P-block bricks made out of waste produced by paper mills used to make toilets and roadsWith a dream of making the world’s cheapest house and turning the fate of the slums in India in an eco-friendly way, an innovator and social entrepreneur from Gujarat, Binish Desai started his Swachh journey when he was just 11 years old. Today, 23-years old Binish Desai has successfully built more than 1,000 toilets across India and benefitted around 3,000 people. What’s outstanding is that, this waste warrior has done all this by recycling and using industrial waste and other waste which otherwise would... Read more.. |
Five more countries sign up to International Solar AllianceThe Modi government's key renewable energy initiative -- International Solar Alliance (ISA) -- on Monday received boost when Djibouti, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Somalia and Ghana signed the ISA framework agreement on the sidelines of African Development Bank (AfDB) meeting in Gandhinagar -- aimed a boosting Indo-African ties. The ISA Framework Agreement will be opened for signature in Gandhinagar during AfDB... Read more.. |
Work begins on India's first green energy corridor projectIndia today conducted the ground-breaking ceremony for its first green energy corridor project with an ultra high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) link over 1,800km with the aim to bring power to 80 million people. The project by state-run Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) is being executed by ABB Group in partnership with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). ... Read more.. Date : May 23 Source: ET Energyworld
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TCS unveils streetlighting solution to cut costsCountry's largest software exporter TCS today said it has created a solution that will cut payback on expensive LED lights by half. The software, which comes amid a greater thrust on Smart Cities, cuts energy consumption using self-learning algorithms and will reduce the typical four to five year payback on the lights to just two to three years, the Tata group company said in a statement. ... Read more..Date : May 23 Source: The Economic Times
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Gujarat: PM Modi to inaugurate African bank meet todayIn a bid to strengthen economic ties with Africa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will inaugurate the annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Gujarat. The event will take place at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. The President of African Development Bank - Mr. Akinwumi Adesina has... Read more.. |
Climate-threatened Bangladesh to impose carbon tax in JuneBangladesh is set to impose its own carbon tax on fuel next month – despite the hugely climate-vulnerable country producing relatively tiny per capita emissions. The tax is expected to be put in place on June 1 as part of the country's annual budget and will be part of a larger bundle of "green" measures, Nojibur Rahman, chair of the National Board of Revenue, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a... Read more.. |
Texas Co-op BEC develops cloud-based software to enhance solar, storage installationsBEC Solar, Texas-based subsidiary of Bandera Electric Cooperative, has launched Apolloware, a new cloud-based software solution for monitoring solar and energy storage installations in real time. An Apolloware pilot programme is underway through the end of 2017. BEC Solar believes the data obtained will help close the gap between predicted and actual models enabling a quantifiable determination of the... Read more.. |
Mix waste processing facility on Pune Municipal Corporation radarThe civic body has proposed to set up a mix waste processing unit of 750-tonne capacity at Uruli Devachi producing electricity, manure and refuse-derived fuel (RDF), two weeks after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis asked the civic body to prepare a concrete plan to tackle the garbage mess. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)'s solid waste management department said the comprehensive plan on which the... Read more.. |
Waste treatment plant in Gurugram for construction wasteA waste management plant for the recycling of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste will come up in Gurugram, in a bid to prevent air pollution. The foundation stone for the same was laid in Basai here today by Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) Commissioner V Uma Shankar. He said that the facility will get mixed C&D waste from designated sites of MCG in Gurugram. The waste would be recycled into aggregates, cement bricks and manufactured sand in the plant. The plant, which will take a year’s... Read more.. |
Erravelly to become first solar-powered village in IndiaErravelly, adopted by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, is all set to script history by becoming the first village in the country to have all its houses depend on solar power. Speaking to Telangana Today, N Rameshwara Rao, district manager, Telangana New and Renewable Energy Corporation Limited (TNRECL), said that they had completed installing solar panels on 330 houses of 450 double-bedroom houses at... Read more.. |
African Development Bank to discuss solar alliance, export credits with IndiaThe International Solar Alliance (ISA), which was mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the $10-billion export credits promised by India to African nations are among the major issues that will come up for discussion with Indian officials at the annual meeting of the African Development Bank that begins at Gandhinagar in Gujarat from May 22-26. Modi is scheduled to attend the event on May 23. “The India... Read more.. |
Welcome GST rate on coal; solar, wind will not be impacted: Piyush GoyalPower, coal, renewable energy and mines minister Piyush Goyal welcomed the GST council's decision to keep coal in the lowest tax slab of 5%. "The entire GST regime has been designed to being down the cost of goods and aims at one nation, one tax to reduce corruption. I am happy that the GST Council decided to keep coal in 5% tax slab. It will help bring down costs," Goyal said on Friday at a media conference... Read more.. |
EESL to invest Rs 1,000 cr under buildings programmeThe Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), on Saturday said it would bring investment to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore covering more than 10,000 large government or private buildings in next 2-3 years as part of the Energy Efficient Buildings programme. UnionPower, New and Renewable Energy, Coal and Mines Minister Piyush Goyal launched the programme here, in the presence of Maharashtra PWD Minister Chandrakant... Read more.. |
Uttar Pradesh government setting up 750 megawatt solar plant at BadhlaWith solar energy rates crashing below that of the coal-fired thermal power, states even with land constraints and lower irradiance are now warming up to the renewable energy. In a first in the country, the Uttar Pradesh government is setting up 750 megawatt solar plant at Badhla, near Jodhpur and draw the power in their state from the transmission network of Power Grid Corporation of India. In a meeting... Read more.. |
Restore and clean water bodies expeditiously: NGT directs Delhi govt, civic bodiesThe National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government and the civic bodies to restore expeditiously all water bodies in the city and ensure that these remain clean not become a waste-dumping yard. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that the water bodies surrounding colonies should be maintained and kept clean so that they become source of natural beauty for the residents... Read more.. |
NTPC’s auxiliary power may be sourced from domestic solar equipmentDespite facing flak at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the domestic content requirement clause in the National Solar Mission, the government is still looking at means to aid the solar equipment manufacturing industry. Towards this end, the NTPC may be mandated to meet its entire auxiliary power requirement through domestically manufactured solar equipment, a top government official told BusinessLine... Read more.. |
Andhra Pradesh to float tenders for two pilot battery-backed solar power projectsWith rapid growth in the solar power capacity and changes in the battery back up technologies, the Andhra Pradesh Government plans to float tenders for two solar parks to be taken up on a pilot basis. According to Ajay Jain, Principal Secretary-Energy, Andhra Pradesh, two pilot projects of 5 MW capacity of solar along with storage systems would be taken up on a pilot mode and the power generated utilised for... Read more.. |
Howrah station to go solar in AugustC station, Kolkata's iconic red-bricked edifice, is set to go green. Come August, the largest and second-oldest railway station in the country will switch over to solar power to meet its daytime energy needs. With 23 platforms, and 293 trains starting, ending or passing through the station each day, Howrah Junction has the highest train-handling capacity of any railway station in India, and is ranked as the... Read more.. |
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation: June date for new e-waste rulesThe municipal corporation organised a stakeholders' meeting here today to introduce a comprehensive system for electronic waste management and decided to implement the new e-waste management rules from next month. Sources said the new rules would be implemented keeping in view the Eco-Cities Programme rolled out by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a wing of World Bank, for the state capital. The... Read more.. |
Centre to strengthen regulatory mechanism to curb pollutionThe marine environment in India is under stress due to pollution and it has become one of the probable reasons for the decline in fish stock, said the new national policy that was released by the Centre. It said that the government would strengthen regulatory mechanisms to control pollutants to ensure that land and sea-based pollution are effectively controlled and the ecosystems were monitored. Fishermen... Read more.. |
Adidas advances its swimwear range using recycled ocean wasteSportswear brand Adidas has announced a partnership with Aquafil for the Spring/Summer 2017 Parley Hero swim range. Aquafil is a leading producer of Nylon 6 for carpets and apparel and will supply its 100 per cent regenerated Econyl fibre for the Adidas’ new range. Explaining the technology, Aquafil reports that once collected, the pre- and post-consumer Nylon waste material – fishing nets, discarded carpets... Read more.. |
NITRA launches book on Solar Energy to help India apparel exportersUse of solar energy is increasing day-by-day in Indian textile and garment industry. Not only the Southern part of the country, which always stays ahead in taking such initiatives, apparel factories in Northern India are also installing solar plants now on large scale. To spread more awareness about the solar energy and its advantages, NITRA (Northern India Textile Research Association), Ghaziabad has recently launched a book – “Solar Energy – Fundamentals, Economic and Energy Analysis”. ... Read more..Date : May 22 Source: Apparel Resources
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