Sustainability Outlook Headlines

Azure Power completes first phase of 14 MW Delhi Metro solar installation

Azure Power, a developer of renewable energy projects based in India, has completed phase one of a 14 MW solar rooftop project for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Azure was awarded the contract to supply the Indian capital’s metro network with solar power at a tariff of INR 5.55/kWh ($0.083/kWh), with a total subsidy of INR 167.4 million ($2.5 million).

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MIC Electronics gets patent for solar rechargeable LED lantern; stocks up

MIC Electronics Ltd has informed BSE that the Company have been granted a patent by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Intellectual Property of India, for an invention entitled "Solar rechargeable LED lantern" for a period of 20 years commencing from August 25, 2008.

The Solar LED product is a portable one embedded with multiple applications and is very advantageous for people... Read more..

Solar-powered boat service to begin in Kerala on January 12

Kerala will script a new chapter in its transport sector when a solar-powered boat will start its first service from Vaikom in Kottayam district, about 180 kms from here, on January 12. “The solar powered boat would conduct its first service with 75 passengers on January 12 from Vaikom to a place near Kochi, State Transport Minister A K Saseendran told reporters here today. The service will be offered as part of the state government’s initiative to shift from diesel and petrol to other sources of energy, in... Read more..

Trichy Corporation's 'smart' street lighting bags award

Trichy Corporation has bagged the 'Skoch Smart Technology Award 2016' for energy efficiency in street lighting by bringing down power consumption by as much as 38 per cent in the city. The feat was achieved with the successful implementation of the Rs 30.29 crore energy efficient project in the city.

Skoch is a Gurgaon-based think tank dealing with social economic issues. The city corporation had received... Read more..

Dispose off your solid waste according to rules or pay Rs 10,000 fine: NGT

The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed that anybody who was caught disposing of garbage in a public space would be slapped with a fine of Rs 10,000. The tribunal further directed that all the respective authorities were now to be under a statutory obligation to make sure that all the waste was collected, transported and disposed of according to the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 so that this waste does not cause a public hazard. NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar Kumar spoke to the IE and said that... Read more..

Govt asks pollution watchdogs to get their instruments calibrated to maintain accuracy

Admitting that most of the pollution measuring and biomedical equipment are "not calibrated as per standards in the country which affects quality of the measured data", the Centre has asked pollution watchdogs - CPCB and SPCBs - to get their instruments calibrated periodically and also put specialized agency on job to calibrate biomedical machines to maintain instrumental accuracy.

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China to install 110 GW solar power by 2020

China, the worlds top energy consumer, will install over 110 million kilowatts of solar power by 2020, official media reported today.

China will install at least 105 million kilowatts of photovoltaic power capacity by 2020, according to the solar power development plan for the next five years released by National Energy Administration (NEA).

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Unit faces power disconnection for violating pollution norms

A corrugated boxes manufacturing unit, Sylvan Greens, located at Kulhariwala village in the Barotiwala industrial area is violating the pollution control norms by openly spilling its untreated effluents into the nearby area.

This was brought to the notice of a committee headed by the Member Secretary, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), who visited the site and took stock of the situation. The team... Read more..

India announces plan to step away from coal, casting doubt on approved Queensland Adani mine

India has released a new power plan promoting a dramatic increase in renewable energy and raising doubts about the Indian-owned Adani Group's massive coal mine in Queensland.

The new national electricity plan says India will not need any additional coal-fired energy capacity in the next decade.

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Gujarat now at 3rd position in solar power generation in India

After losing its top rank to Rajasthan last year, Gujarat has now slipped further to end at third position in commissioned solar power capacity. Rapid capacity addition by Tamil Nadu helped the state to topple both Rajasthan and Gujarat from their respective top ranks.

According to the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), Tamil Nadu has topped the list with solar power capacity of 1,555.41 MW... Read more..

Telangana gets Rs 8,000 crore highway projects 'gift'

Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday announced Rs 8,000 crore worth projects for development of national highways in Telangana. The road projects, extending to 460 km include development of the Jagityal-Karimnagar, Suryapet-Khammam, Sangareddy-Nanded, Mancherial -Chandrapur and Kodad-Khammam national highways.

Speaking at the 77th annual session of Indian Roads Congress (IRC), the Union... Read more..

Maharashtra plans for making it compulsory soon for Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporations to use recycled water

The state government would make it compulsory for Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation zones to compulsorily use treated waste water if it is available. Such MIDCs would not be given raw water anymore. There are hundreds of such areas in the state.

A policy in this regard would be announced by the government in January, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday. He was addressing the... Read more..