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COIMBATORE: K. Gopal Memorial Trust, one of the three charitable trusts of the C.R.I. Pumps, has constructed a biomass gasifier crematorium at Saravanampatti on the city's northern border.

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Constructed at Rs.2.20 crore to mark the 30 {+t} {+h} death anniversary of the company's founder K. Gopal, the crematorium is powered by renewable energy.

K SUBRAMANYA

The Solar Mission can create at least 100,000 jobs for Indians, but that won't happen if we buy modules from China.

The prototype, which is slightly smaller than the plane has a wingspan comparable to that of an Airbus A340 airliner but weighs as little as a only 1,600 kg
The Solar Impulse Payerne (Switzerland), April 7: The Solar Impulse aircraft, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar energy, took off on its first test flight from an air base in western Switzerland on Wednesday.

Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard

A group of nine countries under the Global Climate Network (GCN) umbrella will meet on Wednesday to deliberate on the new low-carbon job opportunities. As one of the members of the group, India is looking to further explore non-conventional energy sources that would add to employment openings.

The New Delhi Commonwealth Games would be the first green games adopting eco-friendly practices, said Mr Jiji Thompson, Special Director General, Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games. Speaking at a media briefing, he said this would be the first

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Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) is planning to re-enter wind turbine manufacturing space in the next three months. The public sector power equipment major said it was planning to join hands with a foreign technology partner for the re-entry.

Priti Narayan

Photovoltaic power plants on rooftops of major government buildings being considered

Generating 1 MW of solar power requires around Rs.18 crore

PUDUCHERRY: The Renewable Energy Agency of Puducherry (REAP) has plans in place for solar power generation and heating systems in the Union Territory, in light of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.

The solar-powered rickshaws, launched amid much fanfare last year, are gathering dust. The rickshaw pullers, who were allotted these rickshaws, have given them back to the Municipal Corporation.