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 …
COIMBATORE: The civic body may not be doing too well on the LED project front, but it has made large strides in tapping solar energy, installing 2000 solar street lights within city limits. This has enabled the corporation to save Rs33.52lakh in electricity bills since 2012. Solar street lights that …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is introducing on a pilot basis a new locally made energy efficient cooking stove for use by rural dwellers across Ghana, as a means to prevent or reduce the use of firewood for cooking. The newly-introduced cooking stove, which is made from ordinary clay, cow …
MUMBAI: The government's decision to switch over to LED bulbs by 2018 under the energy efficiency mission would result in saving of up to USD 6 billion per annum, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today. Under the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP), nearly 4.59 crore LED bulbs have been distributed …
In the New Year, India's somnolent real estate market may finally get a much needed boost — builders may have to comply with only 12 to 24 environmental norms, depending on project size, instead of the 100 green rules that were originally proposed. Senior officials familiar with the matter told …
More than 2,000 students from 26 states, seven UTs and three countries - UAE, Kuwait and Qatar joined Tricity residents in the Young India Walkathon. The walkathon was organized at Sukhna Lake by the department of science and technology, Government of India, in collaboration with Chandigarh University to create awareness …
The municipal corporation (MC) is planning to replace conventional street lights with 18,000 LED light-emitting diode (LED) lights in the coming few months. The energy saving project, the project for which has been floated, would cost between Rs 15 crore and Rs 20 crore. MC commissioner Uma Shankar Gupta said, …
This report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) provides the first quantification of the macroeconomic impact of doubling the global share of renewables in the energy mix by 2030. The study builds on IRENA’s previous work on the socio-economic benefits of renewable energy, as well as on REmap 2030, …
Water scarcity challenges industries around the world. Global population growth and economic development suggest a future of increased demand, competition, and cost for limited freshwater supplies. Scarcer water, in turn, creates new challenges for energy supply because coal, oil, gas, and electricity production can require massive amounts of freshwater. Yet …
China will continue improving its energy consumption structure and efficiency in 2016, a senior energy official said Tuesday. China will lift the ratio of consumption of non-fossil fuels among total energy consumption to 13.2 percent next year, compared with about 12 percent in 2015, and reduce that of coal from …
The Western Railway has won five National Energy Conservation Awards in various categories instituted by the Ministry of Power. WR bagged first prize for Palanpur station of Ahmedabad Division and third prize for Rajkot railway station in Railway station sector. It won second prize for Divisional Railway Manager’s office, Bhavnagar …
Bringing together a large set of data and building on two years of consultations in Vietnam with Government counterparts, research organizations, state-owned enterprises, the private sector, and the country’s international development partners, Exploring a Low-Carbon Development Path for Vietnam shows that achieving low-carbon development in Vietnam is both beneficial and …
Keltron will implement the estimated Rs.70-lakh solar project on the main campus of the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit at Kalady, near here. The varsity Syndicate has included the project among the various initiatives to be undertaken utilising the Rs.2.5-crore assistance, received under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) of …
Many of the city streets will probably continue to be in darkness at least until the Assembly elections next year, as the State government has raised a few objections to the city Corporation’s LED street lighting agreement with SIDCO. It was at the fag end of the last council’s tenure, …
Power consumers changed one crore traditional incandescent or CFL lights with energy-efficient LED bulbs in the last 25 days, even as more states joined the central government's replacement scheme. The total number of replacements stood at over four crore as Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Karnataka joined the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme …
Like everybody else in the energy business, Anil Gupta had followed the negotiations for the climate change deal in Paris closely. His firm Smart Buildings was formed in Bengaluru three years ago, as the more enlightened IT companies in the city had set about improving their energy efficiency. Now that …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Reduction in carbon intensity of GDP, 21/12/2015. India is a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). All Parties to UNFCCC have been requested to submit their Indented Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) towards addressing climate change. Accordingly, India has submitted …
Hyderabad: If everything goes well, about 25 existing and recently-developed Industrial parks will be turned eco-friendly in the next couple of years apart from new industrial parks that would be developed in Telangana soon. Two industrial parks at Jadcherla and Aerospace park in Adibhatla will be developed as Green Industrial …
They dribble out regularly — Energy Department rules or “standards” that require ever improving levels of energy efficiency for dishwashers, refrigerators, and much more. On Thursday, though, the Department dumped what it is describing as the “largest energy-saving standard in history” and one that “will save more energy than any …
This compendium on implementing energy efficiency in buildings studies the challenges in the implementation of building energy codes; policy regulation and its impact and international best practices. In India, the building industry – commercial and residential - accounts for almost 34 percent of the country’s total energy consumption, making it …
The conversations surrounding COP21 Conference showed that immediate action needs to be taken by the policymakers involved in global climate change negotiations. Many turn to global listings like the Energy Trilemma Index in order to determine where there country ranks. Now in its fifth edition, the World Energy Council’s 2015 …
