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Stanford University to go for solar rooftop energy With one of the largest campuses in the country, the private research university in northern California announced the Stanford Solar Generating Station project last year. US’ Stanford University is moving ahead with its goal that 50 per cent of its electricity will be powered by a new solar plant now in the ... Read More »

A cool opportunity to be climate-friendly The agreement adopted at Kigali, Rwanda, to limit and reduce the use of heat-trapping refrigerant gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), is a big win for the global effort to address climate change. For its part, India showed flexibility to help secure an ambitious agreement while protecting its development space. Now, make this a grand commercial opportunity. ... Read More »

India to eliminate use of HFC-23 by 2030 Taking the lead on tackling climate change, India on Thursday said it will eliminate the use of HFC-23, a greenhouse gas that harms the ozone layer, by 2030. The announcement came at a meeting of parties to the Montreal Protocol at Kigali in Rwanda where final negotiations are taking place to substantially ... Read More »

Solar module exports rises 116% in April-July Indian exports of solar modules and cells rose 116% during April-July 2016 and touched $41 million. During that same period India imported modules and cells worth $580 million, up 52 % compared to the same four-month period (April-July) of 2015. China is the single largest exporter of solar modules and cells to India, ... Read More »

Global debate on, government moves hydro projects to renewable ministry in India Is hydro power a source of renewable energy? This is a question that environmentalists around the world have asked. In many countries the harnessing of electricity from flowing water is not recognised as a renewable source. The reason: The environmental impact that dams have on river, fish and ... Read More »

Energy Efficiency Is Key To Taking On Climate Change—Here Are The Numbers That Matter Energy efficiency isn’t as sexy as inventing new, cleaner forms of power. But, if you care about climate change, you really ought to care about it. Efficiency will need to account for a third of emissions reductions by 2040 if we’re stay within relatively safe global ... Read More »

Hospital faces power cut, mother delivers baby under cellphone flashlight A woman in labour pain; a hospital without power or generator back-up; no doctor on duty; and a bunch of determined nursing staff – the situation looks similar to the one in popular Bollywood drama, 3 Idiots. Except that this actually happened last Sunday at the government-run Civil Hospital in ... Read More »

Mumbai bags gold in green building count With few open spaces and an almost insatiable demand for commercial and residential buildings, the city is usually a major worry for environmentalists. But it is at least doing one thing right: it continues to host the maximum number of environment-friendly “green” buildings. Mumbai has 753 buildings with advanced power and water conservation ... Read More »

Power demand falls, but installed solar capacity up Solar powerinstallations in the country have reached 8,643MW, driven by four states crossing the 1gw solar installation mark on the back of the Modi government constantly pushing renewable energy as part of its climate management policy. Some 500MW solar capacity was added in a month through September, indicating solar installations continue to ... Read More »

Six changes after Paris climate deal: How the new global pact could affect your life THE PARIS Agreement on climate change, which India ratified on Sunday, is close to becoming a reality now. In terms of its scope and impact, it is probably the most far-reaching international agreement ever. From here on, countries would strive to make every economic activity, ... Read More »