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7000 Railway Stations Would Be 100% Solar Powered; Govt Allocates Rs 8100 Cr For Doubling Solar…
Govt. of India has decided to go full throttle for pushing solar power generation in the country. As per reports coming in, massive increase in budget has been allocated to double solar power generation, even as plans for putting 7000…
Cochin Airport Becomes World’s First Airport To Run on 100% Solar Energy
Indian Government is aware about the advantages and power of Solar Energy; and this is the reason that under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, they decided to generate 20,000 MW of power using Solar Energy , up from 2600 MW…
Govt to Ask Flipkart, Amazon & Snapdeal To Sell Solar/Wind Powered Products
The government of late seems to be betting big on renewable sources of power. Just a few months back, Government approved Masayoshi Son’s Softbank to partner with Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology to install a 20GW solar power generating…
Softbank, Bharti & Foxconn Bet $20 Billion on Indian Solar Energy Projects
As of June 2015, PM Modi has made 20 foreign trips endorsing the “Make in India” movement and has returned back with promises. Well, one promise is on the way to being fulfilled, courtesy: Mr Masayoshi Son.
After having invested in…
Lotus Green Developers Launch Green App That Calculates Your Carbon Footprint!
Lotus Greens, Delhi based real estate development company has become Asia’s first real estate developer to launch their own green application – A web and mobile application that can track and measure your carbon footprint and suggest ways…
India’s Energy Consumption: 4th Largest in the World
Although India’s per capita energy consumption is one of the lowest (and much lower than developed countries) India still ranks 4th largest energy consuming nation in the world according to the latest report released by U.S Energy…
Wipro beats Nokia, Dell, Apple to become Greenest Electronics Company in World
This is one achievement Wipro should be definitely proud about – They have beaten likes of HP, Nokia, Dell, Apple, Sony and all other major electronics manufacturer to rank number one greenest electronics company in the world according to…
Alternative Sources of Energy – Technology has to take lead!
Sometime back, I wrote an article on the conditions of batteries in technology. Right now, they are the true bottle necks and if they are worked through, it would be the biggest revolution since we learnt that silicon is not just sand. This…
Per Capita Consumption of Electricity in India [State-wise Chart]
Government of India recently released per capita consumption of Electricity in India and it makes for an an interesting reading. The State of Goa (2004.77 kWh) & Puducherry (1864.5 kWh) account for maximum per capita consumption…
Asia’s largest solar park opens in Gujarat today
What do you say to a state which is on a dream run? The state's tourism is promoted by Amitabh Bachchan, its infrastructure for the automobile industry is geared towards making it the Detroit of India and now the state has launched Asia'a…
Clean Energy Economies: India ranks 6th!
India Inc is on a roll. After claiming the second spot in the Regus Business Confidentiality Index 2012, the Pew Energy report recently announced that private investment in clean energy in India increased by 54 percent in 2011, which…
5 Innovations that will change your life in 5 years [ IBM 5 in 5]
Its amazing how technology changes our lives - The life we lived 10 years back and the life we live today is completely different, thanks the advent in Technology. Just think how Mobiles have changed our lives, think how internet has made…
India to develop 48 cities as “Solar Cities”!
In line with India’s pledge to promote renewable energy and reduce Green House Gas emissions, Indian Authorities have today given an in-principle nod to develop 48 cities as Solar Cities in India. According to the Government press…
Top 5 Companies Using Renewable Power!
Renewable energy usage has picked up lot of steam in the corporate sector what with carbon credit exchange and Corporate Social Responsibility. However, like a lot of other initiatives, cutting down on energy usage and investing on…
Can Power sector become the next Telecom sector?
Telecom sector in India evolved in India after the regulations made competition enter this industry. The National Telecom Policy (NTP) Act 99’ which deregulated the Group of Telecom (GoT) , raising Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit to…
Shale Gas – The New energy resource !
Shale gas, which is locked in organic-rich sedimentary rocks, is found below the surface between two rock formations where shale acts as source for the natural gas. Earlier, the commercial exploitation of shale gas was largely uneconomical…
Fuel Price Regulation – Should be or should not be done ?
This has been a raging debate for a while now – Just to give a perspective, in India prices for fuel (Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene, LPG etc) are regulated by the Government. In today’s scenario for example, the market prices for Petrol are…
India’s per capita Energy consumption one of the lowest in the world !
I hit upon an interesting graph, while researching upon the consumption of energy amongst developed and emerging countries. I expected that India’s energy consumption will be low, but I did not expect that it would be one of the lowest in…
Delhi gets First Public Air Purifier System – We also want it !
Delhi seems to be a lucky city – Some days back, it became first city in India to get remote controlled street lighting system, Now it becomes first city to get the first Public Air Purifier System.
Air pollution is bad for humans, there…
Can Carbon Trading help create Greener India
Carbon Trading or Carbon Emission Trading is defined as, Carbon emissions trading is emissions trading specifically for carbon dioxide (calculated in tones of carbon dioxide equivalent or tCO2e) and currently makes up the bulk of…