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Govt's solar mission aims adding 22,000 MW by 2022
Mr Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Advisor on the Solar Thermal Programme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has said that the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission aims at setting up 20,000 MW grid solar power and 2,000 MW of off-grid solar power by 2022.
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- 11/03/2010
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- Business Line (New Delhi)
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No say for power ministry in green panel irks Shinde
NEW DELHI: The power ministry may be the government's main instrument for implementing measures to reduce carbon emissions and improve efficiency in the energy sector but a group of experts put together by the Planning Commission to prepare a roadmap to turn the country on a low carbon growth pathway has left out the ministry, much to the chagrin of power minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Commercialising solar energy, German way
Sudha Nambudiri
KOCHI: Germany has made policy decisions on alternative energy sources and has been concentrating on research in those areas long before the rest of the world began thinking of them, said Muller-Steinhagen, head of the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics (ITT) at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Rs 48-cr surplus Budget for R’sthan
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today presented a surplus Budget of Rs 48 crore, focusing on poor, farmers, potable water, power and health sectors. However, he has given a jolt to urban population by increasing power tariff and tax on four-wheelers.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Just a bottle of water can power your home
With one bottle of drinking water and four hours of sunlight, an MIT scientist says he can produce 30 KWh of electricity — enough to power an entire household in the developing world.
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- 09/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Govt looks at own funds for green projects in Capital
With the Centre slashing funds allocated to the Delhi government by about Rs 1,200 crore this year, the government is now eyeing the Air Ambience Fund, created by the government three years ago, to finance projects of the Environment department.
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- 09/03/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Origin, Tata may develop geothermal power project in Indonesia
Origin Energy Ltd, the Australian electricity and gas retailer, and India’s Tata Power Co may bid to develop a geothermal power project in Indonesia, the Sydney-based company said.
- Date:
- 06/03/2010
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Humble vegetable oil brings them electricity
Bibhuti Barik
BHUBANESWAR: The inhabitants 65 tribal families of remote Kolha village in Dhenkanal district never thought of experiencing the joy of electricity in their lifetime.
But now with indigenously developed straight vegetable oil (SVO) technology, they would fulfil their long-standing desire.
- Date:
- 05/03/2010
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- New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
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University of Madras plans to tap solar energy
Decision taken to cut down on electricity bill of Rs. 9 lakh
MADURAI: The University of Madras has decided to switch over to solar power within a year in order to cut down its monthly electricity bill.
A one-time investment of Rs.3 crore was being made to purchase the solar equipment and install it in the university campus, said G. Thiruvasagam, Vice-Chancellor.
- Date:
- 05/03/2010
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- Hindu (Chennai)
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Thermal units of 8,000 MW may be mothballed in green drive
Anil Sasi
The Centre's policy document targets a near 30 per cent reduction in emission intensity (or kg of CO2 emitted for generating Re 1 of GDP) from the power sector by 2022..
Ministry plans hydro push, gas-based capacity, super-critical units
New Delhi, March 3
- Date:
- 04/03/2010
- Source:
- Business Line (New Delhi)
