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With non-renewable energy sources in India, such as coal, petroleum and natural gas, on the verge of extinction, the need to tap into renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy has risen considerably.

Although a number of NGOs and individuals have taken the lead, the government

COIMBATORE: During the last three days nearly one-fourth of the power consumption in the State is from wind energy.

According to data published by the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation, of the 236 million units consumed on May 31, 57.7 million units were from wind energy.

It was 51 million units on May 30, and 55 million units on May 29.

The corporation reduced power purchase from the m

As cities grow and create more garbage, disposal of the waste has become a big problem for municipal corporations around the country, including the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.

Spanish solar energy producer T-Solar has entered into the Indian solar sector by striking technical, operational and financial collaboration with Astonfield Renewable Resources to develop a solar power generation capacity of 200 Mw in four years.

Both the companies plan to invest $600 million into the venture which would see development of thin film photovoltaic (PV)-based solar projects in th

New Delhi With four times the population of the US, an economy growing 8-9% a year and surging energy demand, India’s race to become an economic power has propelled it to No 3 in the list of top carbon polluters. India’s greenhouse gas emissions will keep rising as it tries to lift millions out of poverty and connect nearly half-a-billion people to electricity grids.

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Chennai A US-based thin film solar module manufacturer is exploring the possibility of setting up a facility in Tamil Nadu with an investment of $500 million (approximately R2,255 crore) in the coming months.

Merkel's nuclear U-turn driven by Fukushima disaster
BERLIN: Germany wants to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition declared on Monday, in a policy reversal drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

The coalition, sensitive to accusations it may increase dependence on highly polluting brown coal, said it planned to cut power use by 10 pe

Infrastructure Development Company Limited, the state-owned financial institution, is set to install 2,000 solar PV-based mini-grid power plants in the off-grid areas of the country.

Opposition to cap and trade, a regulatory tool for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, normally comes from the right end of the political spectrum, where it is derided as