Sustainability Outlook Headlines

Vikram Solar achieves milestone of 1GW solar manufacturing capacity

Globally recognized and India's leading solar energy solutions provider Vikram Solar has announced reaching 1GW of manufacturing capacity.

This feat is a major contribution towards the 100 GW target set by the Indian government by 2022. With this accomplishment, Vikram Solar cements its position as a forerunner of the Indian Solar energy segment, which is emerging to be the largest PV market in the world.... Read more..

Date : Jun 14

Source: ABP Live

Indian Oil Corporation set to foray into energy storage business

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation’s largest fuel retailer, is planning to foray into energy storage business. The firm is weighing the option of launch of an improved version of lead-acid battery for low cost mobility and industrial applications.

The idea of developing a next-generation energy storage product is also being contemplated by the oil marketer as told by IOC’s Director-Research &... Read more..

Date : Jun 14

Source: ET Energyworld

Researchers Announce Sustainable Metals Processing, Electrodes From Scrap Metal

Metals are critical to virtually all of the products that form the basis of the global economy. Whether they are automobiles, electronics, or structural items, few would exist without metals. Yet the process that converts metals from raw materials to consumer products relies heavily on a variety of toxic chemicals. At the end of their useful life, disposing of metals creates problems of another kind.

New... Read more..

Date : Jun 14

Source: CleanTechnica

Coal India Will Set Up 1,000 Megawatt Solar Power Generation Capacity: Piyush Goyal

Power, coal, mines and renewable energy minister Piyush Goyal has announced that state-owned miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) will set up 1,000 Megawatt (Mw) solar power generation capacity in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint.“Power PSUs are working on switching to renewable energy sources for generation of power. Coal India is also working to set up 1 GW of solar power generation. We will continue to work towards achieving 10 GW of renewable power capacity addition,” Goyal said here during a press briefing on... Read more..

Date : Jun 13

Source: Khabar India

Haryana finalises additional floor area ratio for projects with solar, waste plant

The Haryana government on Monday said additional floor area ratio (FAR) will be granted to builders who install solar units and solid waste management plants in their projects. A provision has been made in the Haryana Building Code, 2017, with respect to grant of benefit of additional FAR in case the applicant proposes to install solar photovoltaic power plant (SPPP) and solid waste management plant (SWMP), the town and country... Read more..

Date : Jun 13

Source: The Economic Times

Time for India to build an ecosystem of electric vehicles: MoS Aviation Jayant Sinha

Minister of State for civil aviation Jayant Sinhaposed three sets of challenges that businesses and research agencies could surmount in the next few years.

He wondered if India's huge motorcycle population could be run on electricity instead of petrol.

"Tesla has done that in the US, we can build an entire... Read more..

Date : Jun 13

Source: ET Energyworld

RadiciGroup adopts sustainable dyeing technique

RadiciGroup has taken the initiative to promote solution dyeing of yarns that helps reduce water and energy consumption. In solution dyeing, colour is added 'upstream' in the extrusion phase, and is thus incorporated into the polymer matrix. Solution dyeing is typically utilised for dyeing large quantities of product in a standardised production process.

"Having made sustainability a strategic asset of our... Read more..

Date : Jun 13

Source: Fibre2Fashion

RenewSys Launches Production Of India’s First 5 BB Solar Cells

RenewSys, India’s first & only integrated manufacturer of Solar PV Modules & its components i.e. Encapsulants, Backsheets and PV Solar Cells, became the first Indian company to launch the production of five Bus Bar (BB) Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Cells.

The 5BB cells, part of RenewSys’ RESERV range of solar PV cells, will be manufactured using world class European PV cell equipment. Greater efficiency... Read more..

Date : Jun 13

Source: Businessworld

Interface Unveils World's First Carbon-Negative Carpet Tile

Carpet manufacturer Interface has uncovered a new way to mitigate the negative impact of carpet production — a process that traditionally relies on petroleum-based fibers and adhesives and chemical dyes. Putting its Climate Take Back mission into action, the company has developed Proof Positive, a first-of-its-kind carbon negative carpet tile.

Plants pull carbon out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis... Read more..

Date : Jun 13

Source: Sustainable Brands

Qualcomm demonstrates charging of electric cars on the move

Nothing can ensure that electric cars keep going better than tech that charges cars on the go. May sound like sci-fi, but electric tracks could well be the breakthrough that revolutonise transportation by ending range anxiety, that is, how long before the car runs out of battery. Here’s bringing you up to speed...

HOW THE ROAD CHARGED THE CAR...

Date : Jun 13

Source: ET Energyworld

EU, France grant 3.5m euros to curb emissions in India

Aiming to reduce emissions and promote sustainability to help India’s smart city programme, France and the European Union on Friday extended a grant of 3.5 million euros under the ‘Moblise Your City’ (MYC) initiative.

Three Indian cities -- Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad -- will get the grant as part of the EU’s commitment under the Paris Climate agreement, French Development Agency (AFD) officials said.... Read more..

Date : Jun 12

Source: Hindustan Times

7 years in jail, Rs 100 cr fine for offences on Ganga

Robbery, cheating, causing grievous hurt and attempt to commit culpable homicide are all punishable by up to seven years in prison. Now add one more crime to that list that may soon attract such a stringent punishment: messing with Ganga.

A Centre-appointed panel has drafted a bill, the National River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Bill 2017, which if passed into a law will also prescribe... Read more..

Date : Jun 12

Source: The Asian Age

US' G7 partners vow to curb climate change as Trump pulls out of Paris deal

The United States' (US) partners in the G7 club of wealthy democracies vowed on Sunday to pursue efforts to curb climate change despite a rift caused by the United States' withdrawal from the Paris accord.

"G7 countries have crucial roles and responsibilities to our own public opinion, to developing countries and to the planet," Italy's Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti said at the start of a two-day... Read more..

Date : Jun 12

Source: Business Standard

GST Council may not lower burden on hybrid vehicles

The Centre on Sunday indicated that it was unwilling to lower the GST burden on hybrid cars, which face a 43% levy along with SUVs and other luxury cars, as it did not want mild hybrids to walk away with gains.

The stance came despite a strong pitch from states such as Karnataka, which argued for a reduction in the rate for hybrids. Karnataka is home to Toyota, which has been leading the fight for a lower... Read more..

Date : Jun 12

Source: The Times of India

India likely to become power surplus nation in current financial year

India may become a power surplus country in the current fiscal as the energy shortage and peak power deficit was already less than 1 per cent in April with many states reporting nil electricity deficit.

According to Central Electricity Authority's latest monthly report for April, the energy shortage in the country is reported at 0.5 per cent during the month compared to 1.4 per cent a year ago.... Read more..

Date : Jun 12

Source: ET Energyworld

Plea in NGT against polluting jeans dyeing units in Delhi

A plea was on Friday filed in the National Green Tribunal highlighting release of poisonous substances into ground water from polluting jeans dyeing units in northeast Delhi’s Karawal Nagar. The plea filed by a Delhi resident contended that many dyeing units were operating in the area without requisite permission.

It said that untreated effluents are contaminating groundwater, which is the main source of... Read more..

Date : Jun 12

Source: The Indian Express

Karnataka discoms barred from buying more wind power

Thermal power plants are facing the heat from wind energy, prompting the regulator in Karnataka to order distribution companies to stop signing any power purchase agreement (PPA) with wind electricity suppliers until further notice.

In an April 25 letter to Rajneesh Goel, additional chief secretary with the energy department of Karnataka, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), noted that the... Read more..

Date : Jun 12

Source: The Economic Times

295 thermal power plants get more time to meet emission norms

As many as 295 coal-based power plants have got more time of two to four years to meet strict new environment norms which were to be implemented by December 2017.

In November, the environment ministry brought in tougher norms relating to consumption of water, particulate matter,SO2, NOx and mercury for coal-based thermal power plants.

Date : Jun 12

Source: ET Energyworld

McGill Taps Green Chemistry to Develop Chemical-Free Metal Refining Solution

McGill is at it again. Just months after researchers at the Canadian university revealed that metal powders could provide a zero-carbon, closed-loop alternative to traditional fossil fuels, a team of chemists have uncovered a way to produce and refine metals without the aid of toxic solvents or reagents.

According to Jean-Philip Lumb, an associate professor in McGill’s Department of Chemistry, the discovery... Read more..

Date : Jun 12

Source: Sustainable Brands

Russia’s Rosatom may acquire wind power projects in India

Attracted by the opportunities in India’s green energy space, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corp. is planning to enter the country’s renewable energy sector.

To start with, the Moscow-based Rosatom, through its unit JSC OTEK, may acquire wind energy projects in India.

Rosatom, which has a partnership with... Read more..

Date : Jun 12

Source: livemint

India approves new centre on clean coal technologies, solar photovoltaic, thermal storage and solar fuels

India announces mounting a National Mission on advanced ultra supercritical technologies for cleaner coal utilisation at a total cost of US $ 238 million and setting up of two Centres of Excellence on Clean Coal Technologies at US $5 million each. In its quest for cleaner fuels, a National Mission on methanol and di-methyl ether is being mounted. A new centre on solar photovoltaic, thermal storage and solar fuels research has been approved ~ US $ 5 million. Funding opportunities have been announced in the... Read more..

Date : Jun 9

Source: Business Standard

Indian Railways to set up additional 8,500 km of transmission lines to end dependence on state discoms

Indian Railways, which is working towards saving its energy bill and ending dependence on state discoms, is planning to expand its own power transmission lines by an additional 8,500 km.

At present the national transporter is working on setting up transmission lines across the dedicated freight corridor. It plans to create a network of transmission lines across the diamond quadrilateral as well.... Read more..

Date : Jun 9

Source: ET Energyworld

Ola joins WWF-India to support renewable energy project

Cab aggregator Ola and World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India) on Thursday joined hands to support 'Sahasra Jyoti', a renewable energy project in the Sundarbans.

The 'Sahasra Jyoti' initiative is aimed at bringing sustainable development to the Sundarbans by enabling energy access to 1,000 households through solar energy.

Date : Jun 9

Source: ET Energyworld

Topaz Solar Power to set up 500 Mw unit in Odisha for Rs 220 cr

Kolkata-based Topaz Solar Power proposes to set up a solar module manufacturing plant in Odisha with an annual capacity to produce 500 megawatts (Mw) of solar panels.

This will be the first solar panel manufacturing facility in the state, which of late has identified renewable energy as a priority area.

The... Read more..

Date : Jun 9

Source: Business Standard

Uttar Pradesh's new industrial policy to be out in 2-4 weeks: Satish Mahana

Promising ease of doing business, tax relief and continuous power supply, the Yogi Adityanath- led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh is all set to unveil its industrial policy in the "next 2-4 weeks".

"We are coming out with an industrial policy within next 2-4 weeks. We will try that it is rolled out by June 26," , state Industries Minister Satish Mahana told reporters in Mohali today.

Date : Jun 9

Source: ET Energyworld