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Sweta Dutta

While the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy readies to set up solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites in the Capital, the New Delhi office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has voiced concerns over the move and shot off letters to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) seeking details of the project.

Solar power lights up four checkposts in Kutch, more projects in pipeline
Parth Shastri | TNN

Ahmedabad: Gujarat police have taken a new step towards clean energy by utilising natural energy sources for its new projects.

Amitav Ranjan

In a move to initiate private investment in grid-connected solar power projects, the Centre is setting up a Solar Payment Security Fund that would guarantee compensation to power producers in case of default by state-run distribution utilities.

A solar air heating system installed at an industrial unit in Theni district. File photo
The Hindu A solar air heating system installed at an industrial unit in Theni district. File photo

CHENNAI: “Global warming is a global problem. Global problems need global solutions,” said Hans Burkhard Sauerteig, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, here on Tuesday.

The quantum leap in wind power in Asia will come from India as all favourable conditions in terms of potential, technical and support facilities, policy and regulatory environment, a robust manufacturing base and investor confidence are available here.

Vikas Sharma / Chandigarh June 22, 2010, 0:05 IST

Steel plants in Punjab, which constitute a large small and medium enterprise (SME) cluster in northern India, have begun working for a cleaner and greener environment.

A few industrialists from the region have set up wind turbine projects to provide cleaner energy, and others are considering following their example.

There is a need to use alternative source of energy like gobar gas, in the backdrop of growing demand for electricity and cooking gas, said Zilla Panchayat CEO A B Ibrahim.

Sanjay Jog / Mumbai June 21, 2010, 0:12 IST

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has made it mandatory for distribution licensees in the state to purchase 6 per cent of their total power procurement through renewable energy sources

Clean and green: Solar panels at the 3 MW plant in Yelesandra of Banagarpet taluk. DH Photo

The State will have 2520 MW of additional power to its grid by March 31, next year, Home Minister Dr V S Acharya has said.