Sustainability Outlook Headlines

Businesses Try Not to Sweat New Global Climate Change Rule

The air conditioning and refrigeration industries are accustomed to change.

Indeed, manufacturers had been bracing for an international climate regulation targeting them, and representatives of the industries even had a seat at the negotiating table.

Global leaders last month celebrated completion of a deal... Read more..

Rs.10 Lakh for each mandi for setting up Waste Management Plants Under e-Nam Scheme

Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh brief the media about the outcome of Swachhta Pakhwada and initiatives taken by the Ministry. Shri Singh informed that as per the directions of Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, the Swachhta Pakhwada was observed this year from 16th to 31st October, 2016 in all the three Departments under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, namely Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Department of Animal Husbandry... Read more..

India needs $100 billion more to meet Narendra Modi’s clean energy goal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs at least $100 billion more to finance country’s goals for clean energy even after his government’s policies brought in record investment in wind and solar power stations.

That’s the conclusion of a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which found $10.5 billion flew into renewables in India for the fiscal year ended 31 March, almost 60% more than the $6.6 billion invested... Read more..

Bihar eyes 4,000MW of power from December

Senior officials in state energy department, while addressing a function to mark the fourth foundation day of Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (BSPHCL) and its four subsidiaries on Tuesday, said the state would be able to meet its daily power demand of 4,000MW by December this year.

"The state requires around 4,000MW of power daily. As of now, the overall power supply in the state stands at 3,769MW... Read more..

Honeywell UOP Water Technology to Help Food Processor Cut Freshwater Use 75%

Honeywell UOP’s wastewater treatment technology will help a food processor reduce its freshwater use by about 75 percent through recycling and reuse of process water.

A Honeywell UOP spokesperson said the customer, a fresh-cut fruit and vegetables company, wishes to remain anonymous. The company will install a modular XCeed bioreactor technology as part of a system to remove biological oxygen demand (BOD)... Read more..

Greenko likely to raise $300 million to refinance SunEdison India debt

Greenko Energy Holdings, which recently acquired SunEdison's India assets, may refinance the entire debt of SunEdison India by tapping the overseas bond market, three people aware of the development said.

“Talks are still in early stage and no decision has yet been made with regard to the tenor or the likely date of issue but Greenko has been in talks with banks to explore refinancing options of SunEdison's... Read more..

India to get electricity from offshore wind energy in 5 yrs

 India will get electricity generated by wind-propelled plants installed in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu in about five years as part of the country's green energy development programmes, an energy expert has said. 

"We are preparing India for offshore wind (and) providing MNRE a road map for offshore wind for Gujarat and Tamil Nadu," said Mathias Steck, Executive Vice President and Regional Manager at DNV GL, an... Read more..

Puducherry government to implement waste management rules

Puducherry government will implement the Municipal solid waste management rules, 2016, notified by the Union environment, forest and climate change ministry within a month following a direction from the National green tribunal (NGT).

Puducherry municipality and Oulgaret municipality commissioners - R Chandrasekar and M S Ramesh respectively - made an announcement in this regard in the presence of director (... Read more..

Central grants for Smart City Project released for Guwahati

The Union Government has allocated an amount of Rs 2,296 crore for the Guwahati Smart City Project. An amount of Rs 196 crore has already been released. The Union Government’s contribution to the Smart City Project is strictly in the form of grant.

The Guwahati Smart City proposal has two broad-based components – area-based development and pan-city solutions. The proposal has the objectives to promote the... Read more..

Tesla’s Elon Musk unveils better looking solar roof made of glass tiles

Elon Musk showcased his ambitions to make Tesla Motors Inc a clean-energy behemoth on Friday, unveiling a new “solar-roof ” product at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. 

As the sun set, Musk told hundreds of guests gathered in an outside courtyard on the ‘Desperate Housewives’ set that Tesla and Solar-City Corp, the company that he chairs and which he aims to acquire, will make solar roofs that... Read more..

Courtesy engineer, footsteps ‘creating’ energy at railway station

A young city engineer, Mandar Tulankar, has developed a flooring system in which pressure exerted by a person walking on the floor helps generate electricity. One footstep or footfall generates about 10W of energy. It is an ideal solution for high footfall areas like railway stations, airports, malls, offices and apartment blocks.

Nagpur railway station on Saturday night installed one of Tulankar's 'energy... Read more..

Indian Government plans to rationalise power tariffs

The government plans to make electricity billing more efficient and transparent by reducing the number of categories of consumers, which should improve tariff collection and improve the health of distribution companies. The Central government and states have begun talks to rationalise various categories of consumers. Currently , states have different and complex tariff structure with various categories and sub-categories of power consumers, officials said. 

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