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The state government is contemplating a comprehensive solar power policy as a large of solar power projects are in the pipeline in Andhra Pradesh. A study team that recently toured Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, said that consultants will now be appointed to give recommendations for the policy.

The Western and Central railways have decided to go green in order to reduce its carbon footprint. They have been planting saplings of jatropha, a major source of bio-diesel, on pilot basis.

''Running trains on bio-fuel will help cut down the cost of operations and also cause less pollution. We have sucessfully conducted trial runs using bio-diesel.

China's energy efficiency company Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings Ltd revived its plan for a U.S. listing on Friday, filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of up to $300 million.

Private equity-backed Nobao had previously filed for the same-sized IPO in April 2010 and later trimmed back the size to $180 million.

Technological breakthroughs and economies of scale will make solar power competitive in six years and help India add 67,000 megawatts of solar generation capacity by 2022

KOCHI: Lifeway Solar Devices Pvt Ltd, headquartered in Kochi, did a demonstration ride of their newly-designed solar churulan vallam in the Kochi backwaters. The solar boat can continuously run for about four hours. The DC current produced from 200 watt solar panel collected in a battery is used to run the boat. The boat with an operator and four commuters can travel at a speed of 15 km/hr.

Since nuclear and biofuel extract environmental cost, renewable energy is our best green bet

Recently, ET organised a workshop, Energy India 2011: Energy security, climate change and economic development, where it was stressed, inter-alia, that our government is facing tough challenges in meeting energy requirements in an environmentally-sustainable manner.

Lack of prior experience and equity in the capital-intensive solar power sector is driving the Indian investors and EPC contractors to join hands with experienced cashrich foreign players.

The National Solar Mission envisages installing 20,000 MW of generation capacity at an investment of about . 3 lakh crore in next one decade.

Chandigarh The government has put nine solar power projects in Haryana on fast track to meet the mid-September deadline.

Italy approved a long-awaited decree that cuts spending on generous solar power incentives, ending a period of uncertainty that had irked international investors and weighed on shares of major global solar companies.

Italy's solar market, the world's second-largest after Germany, has boomed since 2007, when the government boosted production subsidies, but Rome has sought to cut incentives to he

Government support for renewable energy must end gradually and in tandem with cuts in fossil fuel subsidies, say investors and lobbyists who complain bitterly about unpredictable chopping of incentives.

Most green energy sources still struggle to compete with fossil fuels except in favorable areas, for example for onshore wind in coastal areas of western Europe or in Texas.

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