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The government will create a corpus out of penalties paid by state-run power distribution utilities to promote wind energy projects of 10 MW or more capacity.

So we learn from the Budget presentation of the finance minister that India is planning to launch a National Mission for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

The Municipal Corporation of Gwalior has received consent in principle from the Government of India for its proposal of solar city.

Germany's policies prove that renewable sources of energy are a viable option.
IN September 2010, the German Federal Environment Agency announced that by 2050 the country would be in a position to meet all of its electricity requirements from renewable energy sources as opposed to the present 16 per cent.

This did not come as a surprise since Germany has always considered renewable energy sour

Power Finance Corporation, a Navratna public sector lender, is in the process of creating a wholly-owned subsidiary for the renewable energy sector, in a couple of weeks, to be called PFC Green Energy Ltd.

M K GoelM K Goel, director (commercial), PFC, told reporters here today that this sector required relatively smaller amounts and had not been getting adequate priority.

Faced with demands for better evacuation of wind energy, the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) has agreed to set up two 400 KV sub-stations in the State.

BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Government is leading by example.

The government has collected Rs 3,124 crore under the Clean Energy Fund this year through an imposition of cess on coal, but it is yet to decide how and when to invest the money.

A senior finance ministry official said an inter-ministerial committee will be approving schemes to be funded through the corpus.

Telecom tower companies are beginning to use green and efficient alternatives in renewable energy, especially in rural areas where electricity is scarce, opening up new business avenues worth over $1 billion for clean energy equipment makers.

Indian telecom infrastructure companies, including Indus Towers, American Tower Company, GTL and Viom Networks (erstwhile Tata Quippo), that depend heavil

A project by Puthuppadi grama panchayat
Panchayat to invest Rs.15 lakh for the Rs.1-crore project
Seeks sponsorship from tourism industry
Kozhikode: The Puthuppadi grama panchayat is planning to install solar lamps on the 13-km stretch of the scenic Thamarassery ghat road.

The panchayat will initially invest Rs.15 lakh for the project besides seeking financial support of sponsors from the to