Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
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Foreign Companies Eye Clean Technology Projects in India
Western companies are in the race for slice of the lucrative market for clean technologies such as renewable energy and water or soil treatment projects in India and China, which corporate leaders say will be worth trillions of dollars in a few years as the Asian giants grapple with rising oil prices and pollution.
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Smart-grid 'stockbrokers' to manage your power
<p>Software agents that get the best price by buying and selling electricity on your behalf could increase grid efficiency and help you cut costs.</p>
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MoEF more strict on power projects
Concerned over the large-scale diversion of forest land for hydroelectric projects, the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment is imposing more stringent conditions, including declaration of reservoir created due to construction of dams as reserved forest, as a pre-requisite for granting clearance. The new conditions have been imposed in respect of the 402 MW Shongtong-Karcham projects and th
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Waste to energy plant in Vijaywada shuts down
in yet another indictment of incineration technology, the waste-to-energy plant at Vijayawada recently stopped operations. There is now no functional incineration-based waste-to-energy plant in the
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Green wheels
THE World Commission on Environmental Development, 1987, gave way to the famous Brundtland Commission Report titled Our Common Future. This report, for the first time, made 'sustainability' a
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Energy tax alternative still remains elesive
The US senate is in a dilemma because every alternative they have thought up to the contentious energy tax has received loud protests from some section of the American public.
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Living energy
Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.
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Alarm bells
JAPAN must get its act together on the energy front, says the International Energy Agency (iea). In a news conference organised in Tokyo in mid-June, Robert Priddle, director of the iea warned that
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Guide on basics
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY . K P Srivastava . Published by Kalyani Publishers . New Delhi . 2001 . Rs 195 As apparent from its title, this book introduces one to the various
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The super cars are coming
With aerospace technologies set to revolutionise engine and body design, today's cars could become as obsolete as dinosaurs.