Dolly s dark cousin
Scientists in India claim that they will soon clone the buffalo
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Technology driven by ideology
Research on solar cookers has remained the enclave of Gandhian innovators
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Change in the wind
Wind energy could soon become as cheap as other forms of energy
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MONEYMAKERS
inexpensive cures: Drugs to combat the HIV virus may become cheaper in Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile and Vietnam. Pharmaceutical companies, Glaxo Wellcome and Hoffmann-La Roche have decided to cut
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Managing Motorcycles
<p>This report by ICCT <a href="http://www.theicct.org/">http://www.theicct.org/</a> reviews current trends in motorcycle emissions and fuel efficiency technology. Summarizes policy approaches to improve motorcycle emission and energy performance, and discusses what is required to implement these policies.</p> <p><strong>Related</strong></p>
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Solar home systems: an effort by Bangladesh
<p>Using the Bangladesh national household survey, this policy research working paper prepared by World Bank, quantifies the carbon and distributional benefits of solar home system (SHS) programs in Bangladesh.
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An eyewash
Rajasthan s so called solar power project
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Draft Jammu & Kashmir state hydel policy 2010
The objectives of this policy are: to harness the hydropower capacity of the State in a manner that is consistent with policy of the State Government; to generate and provide employment opportunities to the people of the State, particularly those who live in the project areas; to develop hydropower projects in an eco-friendly manner causing minimum distress to affected people; to secure the long t
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Worldwide trends in energy use and efficiency: key insights from IEA indicator analysis
Governments in many countries are increasingly aware of the urgent need to make better use of the world's energy resources. Improved energy efficiency is often the most economic and readily available means of improving energy security and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To support better energy efficiency policy-making and evaluation, the International Energy Agency is developing in-depth indicators of energy use, efficiency trends and CO2 emissions. This publication provides a summary of the key results of the indicators work so far.
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Nuclear arms race will trigger nuclear terrorism
An interview with Tilman A Ruff, Australian head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). At Jadugoda in East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, he observed a human settlement perilously close to the mines of Uranium Corporation of India.
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Household energy poverty and paraffin consumption in South Africa
Using paraffin (kerosene) for cooking, heating or lighting is strongly associated with poverty in South Africa. In addition, many regard it to be the most dangerous form of household energy because of the high profile given to the unacceptably high number of harmful paraffin related domestic incidents that have taken place.
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Access to sustainable energy: what role for international oil and gas companies?
Development experts agree that ensuring access to sustainable modern energy services is critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Some 2.4 billion people still use traditional biomass fuels for cooking, often facing the risk of indoor air pollution, while about 1.6 billion people have no access to electricity. This report explores how international oil and
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ADB approves $780 million loan for energy projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $780 million to Pakistan through a multi-tranche financing facility for priority energy efficiency projects that will secure the country's growing energy needs and reduce its reliance on costly, polluting fossil fuels, said Bayanjargal Byambasaikhan, energy specialist with ADB's Central and West Asia Department.
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Draft guidelines on green SEZs
The draft guidelines on green SEZs introduced by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Has elaborated on optimization of use of energy, power, water consumption, plantation in the project, ventilation, internal roads, waste management, site restoration and preservation, etc. All new & existing SEZs must implement these green guidelines and go for green certification.
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Hydro generation not tapped for 15 years: CAG
BHUBANESWAR: While the State is reeling under power crisis, the Government has not taken any proactive measures during the last 15 years to add hydro generation capacity despite huge potential.
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Poultry firms eye better returns via environmentally controlled sheds
S Sujatha NAMAKKAL POULTRY farmers are betting on the advantages of the automated environmentally-controlled (EC) sheds as they suffer from manpower shortage, extreme climatic conditions and mounting feed costs. But many of them are worried about the high electricity costs as the sheds require uninterrupted power supply.
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Focus on power-poverty
Innovate Rural Electrification THE International Energy Agency (IEA) has highlighted that over 20% of the global population or 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity, which hinders economic and social development. Here in India, the grim reality is that almost half the population in rural areas has little or no supply of power.
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Power to the people: investing in clean energy for the base of the pyramid in India
<p><span id="itro1">This new analysis published by WRI in collaboration with Center for Development Finance-IFMR focuses on the energy needs of India's rural poor and looks at the market potential for clean and renewable energy in rural India.</span></p>
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Poor peoples energy outlook 2010
<p> This new report presents a unique perspective on energy access in developing countries. Presents the experiences of energy use and deprivation of people living in poverty & alongwith recommendations on policy, financing & capabilities towards creation of a vibrant energy access “ecosystem” of energy product and service providers, engaging public, private & civil society sectors.</p>
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The base of pyramid distribution challenge: evaluating alternate distribution models of energy products for rural base of pyramid in India
<p>This paper from Centre for Development Finance (CDF) - IFMR analyzes the product distribution choices available in rural BoP markets to help enterprises evaluate the key drivers of distribution for successful go-to-market strategies.