Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday inaugurated “Akshay Urja Bhawan” constructed at a cost of Rs 11 crore in Sector 17, Panchkula. The building demonstrates an energy-efficient building design and green building concepts. This building will house the offices of the Renewable Energy Department and Haryana Renewable Energy …
Chennai Corporation’s new programme to improve lighting in the city will focus on replacement of around 60,000 old streetlights in eight added zones. Mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy at a meeting on Tuesday announced the commencement of the programme to improve streetlighting system in eight zones. The initiative of the civic …
City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (Cidco) has been felicitated by President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, for its achievements in the domain of energy conservation with the National Energy Conservation Award. The objective of the National Energy Conservation Award, 2012, the performance award for State PWD and CPWD, …
Coimbatore-based C.R.I.Pumps Private Ltd has won the first prize for the production of BEE Star-labelled agricultural pumpsets. This is the second consecutive year the company has won the first prize under the National Energy Conservation Award given away by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under the Ministry …
The Ambala divisional railway building has been declared as the "most energy-efficient government office building" for the year 2012. On Monday, the Union ministry of power honoured R K Gupta, senior divisional electrical engineer, for introducing the extraordinary efficiency measures in this over-25-years-old railway office. The award was jointly given …
Says there is not enough water to generate the power claimed Chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) Madhav Gadgil said in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday that the Athirappilly hydel project was undesirable, not just on environmental, but on technical and economic grounds also. During an interaction with the …
A universal climate change agreement is both necessary and possible — and we need to migrate to the politics of opportunity The results of the UN climate-change conference that closed in Doha, Qatar, last Saturday show once again that the international negotiations are progressing, albeit slowly. At the heart of …
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the 11 National Energy conservation Awards - 2012 to Indian Railways - the highest ever by any Indian industry for the remarkable achievements by its Zonal Railways in Energy Conservation initiatives during the year 2012. In order to intensify the energy conservation initiatives, Ministry of Power …
This summer's Olympics games in Britain's capital generated 28 percent less carbon dioxide emissions than was forecast as energy use at venues was cut, the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) said on Wednesday. The organizers had promised the London Olympics and Paralympic Games, held over around four …
"The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission will be in the second phase starting from 2013 up to 2017. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has therefore come up with its draft policy document on the programmes for the second phase. The document is available for public comments. The draft …
Civic body will be able to reduce power consumption to the extent of 57,53,071 kwh a year The Coimbatore Corporation will replace conventional bulbs with 22,000 LED lamps, Mayor S.M. Velusamy said here on Tuesday. He was speaking at the seminar on ‘Climate Resilient Action: Accelerating Urban Development and Finance …
Of the total number of green buildings that have come up in the whole of India, only 0.58 per cent of them have been built in northern India. Such is the state of affairs even though the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) was introduced by the Union Ministry of Conservation …
Vodafone India has received the ‘Green Telecom Company of the Year 2012’ award in recognition of its initiatives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The telecom operator had set up mechanisms to measure and report carbon emissions. This resulted in a 10 per cent reduction in diesel consumption, leading to a …
An overnight diplomatic slugfest ended in log jam as US and EU refuse to even discuss how they shall provide the promised US $ 100 billion to the poor countries to adapt to climate change and address emission reductions. The row erupted even as new reports came in of the …
LUCKNOW: Use of solar appliances has helped in reducing government's electricity bills by Rs 7.42 lakhs. This became possible after solar appliances helped in generating an average of 1.83 lakh units of power every month for Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhavan which is better known as the state annexe. The development …
JAIPUR: That a state with abundant sunshine should set an example in using solar energy to meet most of its requirements is still a distant dream. But, the Central University of Rajasthan, in a first-of-its-kind initiative, has shown the way by meeting 60% of its energy needs through solar energy. …
Britain plans to exempt industrial energy users from extra costs arising from its electricity market reform following complaints from industry that the costs would harm their international competitiveness. Details of the plan have not been decided, a spokesman for the energy ministry said. The government will launch a consultation next …
Light Emitting Diode (LED) solar lights is emerging as an alternative to the grid powered conventional street lighting systems in rural areas because of their superiority in energy effi ciency, lumen depreciation, operation and maintenance. Solar PV powered LEDs for street lighting systems are ideally suited for rural areas where …
On average, efficiency of existing coal-fired power plants is quite low and this IEA technology roadmap focuses on development and deployment of HELE coal technologies for power generation & provides guidance on installing latest technologies in plants. Coal is the largest source of power globally and, given its wide availability …
The World Economic Forum in collaboration with Accenture and a panel of experts have developed an Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI). The EAPI benchmarks and ranks 105 countries globally on how well their energy system delivers economic growth and development, environmental sustainability and energy security and access. In a changing …
