Draft to be amended to focus on solar-powered thermal projects
A DRAFT document on India
A DRAFT document on India
- Hut where all appliances run on renewable energy to be unveiled soon; pool, toy train on cards ARTI SAHULIYAR Construction work in progress at Sidho-Kanho Park in Ranchi. Picture by Manik Bose Ranchi, Aug. 3: Picture a house where all electric appliances run without electricity. It is time to give electric energy a break and switch on to solar power.
The fate of U.S. climate control legislation is in the hands of the Senate, where it faces an uphill climb. Democratic leaders hope to put it to a vote in October. The House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a bill to mandate reductions in industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
With 2020 As Target, PM Okays It In-Principle New Delhi: In a step forward, the Solar Mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change got an inprinciple nod from the PM with an ambitious target of 20,000MW solar power by 2020 being accepted.
As international pressure mounts on India to undertake greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, the government on Monday reviewed the progress on its internal strategy to deal with climate change and discussed the feasibility of an ambitious programme to harness solar energy.
Going green starts from the top, and in the Capital the President
<p>The draft of India’s ambitious National Solar Mission plan under the National Action Plan on Climate Change approved by the Prime Minister of India on 3rd Aug 09. The plan has an ambitious target of generating 20,000 MW solar power by 2020 and this mission document describes the mission strategy in three phases. <br />
Doubt has been cast on a much-lauded method of disinfecting water using only sunlight, after a study found that it doesn't reduce diarrhoea among children in families using the technique.
The environment won a temporary reprieve in the recession as Americans slammed the brakes on one of their favorite pastimes: consuming stuff. But while the austerity brought by a battered economy has cut pollution, it has also hit investment in green technology, which could damage the environment in the longer term, experts say.
Manufacturing and technology company Emerson opened its new $50 million state-of-the-art global data center today -- a 35,000-square-foot facility that's expected to be 31 percent more energy efficient than a standard facility.
Returning to their ranch-style house in Sacramento after a long summer workday, Jon and Kim Waldrep were routinely met by a wall of heat.
The U.S. climate bill would give states that are heavily reliant on greenhouse-gas emitting fuels, like coal, more carbon credits on a per capita basis than those that use clean fuels, according to an analysis of the legislation released on Wednesday.
India's booming economy has huge potential to shift to a low-carbon future but needs a little hand-holding by rich nations to keep it on the right path, a top Indian climate change negotiator said.
Indonesia may cut subsidies for fossil fuels and introduce policies requiring state electricity firm PLN to use renewable energy sources for part of its supply within a year, a senior environment official said Monday. Ranked the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in a 2007 World Bank report, Indonesia is considered a key player in the fight against climate change.
The environment won a temporary reprieve in the recession as Americans slammed the brakes on one of their favorite pastimes: consuming stuff. But while the austerity brought by a battered economy has cut pollution, it has also hit investment in green technology, which could damage the environment in the longer term, experts say.
Power sector in India is quite phenomenal and it continues to grow Power generation, transmission and distribution for a huge country like India with its myriad geographical, physiological, demographic, natural and environmental variations pose a great challenge.
Shastry V. Mallady and Meera Srinivasan MADURAI/CHENNAI: A project initiated by the State
Apart from granting Rs 1,000 crore as compensation for the Aila affected people, the Centre ahs also sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore for provision of solar lanterns to the Aila-affected blocks in the Sunderbans area. The ministry of new and renewable energy has sanctioned this grant of Rs 1.5 crore to provide 14,000 solar lanterns to the Aila-affected people of Hingalgunj, Gosba and Patharpratima.
Germany is ready to assist Bangladesh in the solar-energy sector by providing its high technology for developing and tapping the renewable energy, the outgoing German ambassador said yesterday.
An American firm Bargamo E&A has shown interest to invest in the solar energy projects. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the firm, Hilard Herzong, called on the Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan. A statement on Sunday said that the meeting was held at the Governor House here.