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New and Renewal Energy Department has made a programme for power pack in solar sector in Madhya Pradesh. A total amount of Rs 12 crore will be spent on the installation of small solar power pack in the fiscal year 2011-12. Under this programme, a plan to set up plants of over three thousand kilowatt has been made.

JAIPUR: The Keoladeo bird sanctuary in Bharatpur would soon be contributing to conservation in more ways than one. Apart from being one of the finest birding areas, the sanctuary would soon go solar.

Asserting that nuclear power will play a major role in meeting the energy needs of the country during the 12th Five-Year Plan, the Planning Commission on Thursday said the country needed an additional 1,00,000 MW of power during the 12th Plan period (2012-17) and therefore capacity expansion should be undertaken keeping the safety measures intact.

Making a presentation to the Prime Minister at

Delhi The National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF), created under the aegis of non-renewable energy ministry, will provide financial support for development of indigenous technologies in solar power.

The government views the research will help in reducing the final cost of producing electricity through tapping solar energy.

Park to create awareness about environment-friendly fuel
SHIMOGA:The Kuvempu University will establish a Bio-fuel Park

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide up to $150 million in credit guarantees to help India scale up use of solar power as a major renewable energy source.

The guarantees, according to an ADB statement here, will be available to local and foreign commercial banks that finance private sector solar power plants in the country and will cover 50 per cent of the payment default risk on bank

A solar powered electrical fence was recently set up by a group of farmers in Chorao to prevent wild animals from entering their fields and damaging crops.

Set up by the Varana and Patraman Khazan Association, the 1-km long solar powered fence will protect an area of 54 hectares cultivated by about 200 farmers.

Cautious scrutiny: Aggressive biddings by developers have resulted in lower returns on investments

Lack of finance is expected to spoil the party for the solar power project developers involved in the government's plan to commission 20,000 MW of projects in the next decade.

Financers are finding the tariff for solar power projects under the central policy unattractive as aggressive biddings

Attappady tribes accuse department of helping windmill companies
PALAKKAD: Tribal people have alleged that the Forest Department has been encroaching upon their land at Kottathara in Attappady, where some windmill companies had earlier allegedly tried to usurp their property.

As in the local body elections last September, during the latest Assembly elections, they say, the department had been

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The accident at Japan