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Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and Selco International, a Bangalore-based waste management company, recently tied up to build a waste-to-energy plant. The airport's operating company, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), and Selco will build a $30 million, 10MW plant that will generate energy from municipal waste. It will be located...

The government is planning to set up a new company to oversee and implement energy efficiency schemes and reduce transmission losses. The company, Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), will be a joint venture with equity participation of 25 percent each from its promoters - NTPC, PowerGrid Corp, Rural Electrification Corp...

Wow! Did you know that there is a detailed set of building codes that have been established by the government of India. See here. The purpose of this code is to provide minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design and construction of buildings in India. "The Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)...

India will unveil its first solar power target as soon as September, pledging to boost output from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 as it firms up its national plan to fight global warming, draft documents show. Well, the National Solar Mission might not yet be formally adopted...

Many Indian paper mills that have traditionally depended on virgin paper are increasingly inclined towards using recycled paper, according to news sources.The Indian paper industry is growing at about 7% per year, requiring about 7,00,000 additional tonnes of raw material every year. Add to this the fact that technology has...

The department of telecom in India has decided to offer financial support from the Universal Services Obligation fund to telecom players using renewable sources of energy to power their base stations in rural areas. The government has announced that it will give 50 lakhs per installation to those companies that...

The Indian government is serious. No, I'm not joking, trust me! I read a news item that the Indian government has asked the 12 applicants who recently received in-principle nod for PV projects filed under special incentive package scheme to complete their financial closure by Aug 31, 2009. According to...

In order that Indian power sector gets easier access to power generation machinery and equipments, power companies such as Alstom and Toshiba will set up their manufacturing base in the next 3-4 months. This decision is expected to help the power ministry in its objective to add 78,000 MW of...

The company recently mentioned that it has entered into a pact with EUFER to supply wind turbines to Spain and Portugal.EUFER is a joint venture between Enel Green Energy and Spanish utility Union Fenosa.Suzlon is expected to supply 2.1 MW turbines for wind farms totalling 224.5 MW. These turbines are...

Vedanta Group plans to generate 11,000 MW by 2012, with about 4500 MW slated by 2010. It plans to invest about Rs 50,000 crores for these capacities. That would be about 4.5 crores per MW installed capacity.About 50% of power produced will be for commercial purposes with the rest for...