CFL producers like Philips Lighting, Havells, Surya and the Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturers' Association challenged the rules which was notified on March 23. The Centre claimed on Monday before Delhi High Court that manufacturers of CFL bulbs, mostly multinational firms, do not want to adhere to the new e-waste …
While using carbon credit sales to boost a company's revenues has been attempted, the new trend is to ride on the additional revenue generation potential to prune the upfront cost of the product that earns these credits. After the success of a nationwide rollout of compact fluorescent lights using the …
As part of the energy conservation programme, the Andhra Pradesh Government will distribute over two crore compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs to domestic consumers before June 2012 at nominal cost. This was disclosed by Mr Chandana Mithra, Managing Director, New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (NREDCAP), …
Even to this day, many remote villages in undivided Dakshina Kannada have not seen or heard of load-shedding. lightings in Mangalore. (Top) Hemalatha Rao, the woman behind solar lightings. Electricity does not appear and vanish whenever fancy strikes it, as is often the case with other villages. However, several such …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has assured to fully support power sector reforms, energy efficiency and improvement and energy conservation programme in the country. Rune Strom, Director Energy of ADB while talking to the Federal Minister for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar on Tuesday said ADB will also provide financial …
Scheme will provide capital subsidy and refinance for banks National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has come out with a scheme to encourage banks to provide credit for solar power. Formulated under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the scheme envisages NABARD providing capital subsidy and refinance to …
Vidya Niketan English Medium School, run by the Tata Motors Employees' Education Trust, has bagged 7th rank in the national-level green school programme competition organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The award was presented to the school during the Gobar Times green schools programme awards ceremony in …
Prices of LED lamps and luminaires have almost halved in the past 6-9 months, thanks to a fall in global prices of their chips and local output by Philips. Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps
Kerala and Karnataka have taken the lead in rolling out the Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY), a clean development mechanism (CDM) scheme that is on course to become the world's largest carbon credit project. Delhi is set to implement the project starting August, while Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa and …
The use of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (“CFLs”) is on the rise in Pakistan by reason of exacerbating energy crises. The CFLs contain small amount of mercury and by reason thereof the CFLs must be disposed off in the landfills without breakage, once its life span expires so as to …
EU ministers voted on Friday to exempt solar panels from a ban on toxic substances in electrical goods, enabling leading maker First Solar to keep selling its products in the industry's biggest market. The revised European Union law generally bans the use of six hazardous substances in electrical and electronic …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State is all set to win carbon credits for reducing carbon emission through its Bachat Lamp Yojana under which the Kerala Sate Electricity Board (KSEB) distributed two Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) of 14 W in lieu of two 60 W incandescent lamps to domestic electricity consumers. The United …
KOCHI: Kerala's initiative, to become the first to fully implement the Bacchat Lamp Yojana (BLY) in the country, has been recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC approved the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism Programme carried out by the Kerala State Electricity Board …
Co plans 20% market share in 3 yrs, in advanced talks with 3-4 local players to float Indian JV US-based LED manufacturer Lighting Science Group, a global leader in its business, plans to enter the Indian market by September with an eye to grab 20% share of the market over …
Tucked away in the Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary of Chhattisgarh is a small village, Deba. The national power grid is yet to reach there. But there is no interruption in the scheduled power supply to its 75 households. While power cuts are frequent in grid-connected villages across the state, the only …
Solar electricity lights the maximum number of villages in Chhattisgarh—but barely so. Tucked away in the Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary of Chhattisgarh is a small village, Deba. The national power grid is yet to reach there. But there is no interruption in the scheduled power supply to its 75 households. While …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $40 million for "National Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) Project." In a written reply to the National Assembly, Finance Minister Hafeez Sheikh said the ADB was providing Pakistan a Multi-tranche Financing Facility for Energy Efficiency Investment Programme. He said at present, there was only …
Use of compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs in all households in Karnataka may be made mandatory as part of measures to reduce power consumption, state energy minister Shobha Karandlaje said on Monday. "We have decided that use of CFL bulbs in households in the state should be made compulsory," she …
The State government on Monday kicked off the ambitious Belaku programme, which intends to introduce compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) in all the households in the State. Power Centre: Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje and Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa discuss a point at the launch of the
