NDPL to tap solar energy in Rajasthan for use in city

As per article on Times Of India of 16^th Sept. 2009

Green power is the latest mantra of electricity distribution utilities. After the 'roof-top' proposal in which consumers are encouraged to install solar panels on their terrace to tap solar energy, discom NDPL will soon set up a 50-100 MW solar power project in Rajasthan that will cater to its consumer base in the national capital.

NDPL CEO Sunil Wadhwa said three or four locations in the desert state had been identified to set up the plant.

Power officials said that regulations were currently being framed for the project and details like tariff/transmission costs were yet to be decided. "The power tariff is lower in Rajasthan, and hence it will not cost much to transmit this power to Delhi.

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Solar power subsidy enthusing investors

As per article on 14^th Sept. 2009

Under its national solar mission, the government has initiated solar power projects up to a maximum capacity of 50 MW supported by financial incentives of a maximum of Rs 12 per kWh for photo voltaic and Rs 10 per kWh for solar thermal power projects for a period of 10 years for achieving 10 per cent of the country’s total electricity requirement by adding 20,000 MW of solar power by 2020.

Karnataka is blessed with active wind and hydro potential. We should exploit these to the maximum,” he said and added, while its wind potential was 7500 MW, the state was tapping 987 MW only. The total energy harnessed from renewable energy sources was 1787 MW, while the total potential was 11,150 MW.

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10,000 villages to get solar power

As per news article of 8th Sept. 2009

The central government will convert 10,000 villages which do not have electricity into solar-powered settlements 2012, Union minister Farooq Abdullah has said.

Lauding the initiative by Solkar and Exnora, Abdullah said: "India is deficient on power. We should make this into a movement to make sure that every powerless household will have a solar lamp."

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Arizona gets $9.6 million to help energy efficiency in small towns

As per news article of 14th Sept. 2009

Arizona received $9.6 million Monday that will be funneled to small cities and towns across the state to further their goals for energy efficiency.

The latest round of disbursements will be handled through the Arizona Department of Commerce Energy Office and will target towns of 35,000 people or less, said David Drennon, spokesman for the department.

DOE officials said the grants were given to cities that are not eligible to receive direct EECBG funds from the American Recover and Reinvestment Act.

The state has begun to receive its share of stimulus money dedicated to energy efficiency, including about half of the $57 million due it for weatherization.


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Energy conservation in tea manufacturing stressed at Upasi

As per news article of 14th Sept. 2009

With the tea industry's fortune reviving once again, the Kolkata-based Tea. Board has initiated methods to reduce manufacturing cost and thereby increase productivity to ensure that key segments of the business like processing remain profitable even in a down-turn.

"The tea prices have increased, but productivity is down and with the social cost increasing, we need to look at ways to minimize manufacturing cost," Nilgiris’s Kaikatty Tea Factory MD, K Swaminathan told ET.

"It will reduce our firewood consumption by 20 truck loads, which amounts to 2 lakh kgs per year," Mr Swaminathan said.


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Punjab government asks to create energy conservation cells in all departments

As per news article on Punjab News of 14th Sept. 2009

Chief Secretary, Punjab, S.C. Agrawal has issued instructions to all the Financial Commissioners, and Head of the Departments to create Energy Conservation Cells in their Departments and Corporations/Board/Institutions under their control with the existing staff structure.

S.C. Agrawal, IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Punjab, asked PEDA to propagate the message of energy conservation among the general public and to various sectors of the economy

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Clean energy future has humble beginnings

As per article of 11 Sept.2009

LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Humble, established technologies including natural gas and energy efficiency are top picks to lead a clean energy race through 2020, policymakers and senior executives told Reuters this week.

California's chief climate official, Mary Nichols, said efficiency would contribute most carbon cuts from electricity generation -- not renewable energy.

Beyond 2020, electricity would also have to be supplied by an untested technology to trap and bury carbon emissions from coal plants, called carbon capture and storage (CCS), said the head of Britain's science academy, Martin Rees.

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Delhi plans to reduce power consumption by 20 per cent

As per article of The Hindu, Sept 8th 2009

The Centre to promote energy conservation under the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation that would involve identification and development of buildings by the latter for saving nearly 20 per cent of all power consumed.

There is a 25 to 30% saving potential in government buildings and the Central Government has taken a decision to implement energy efficiency in government buildings in three years.

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Centre to extend subsidy on solar energy

As per article of Express News Service, 8th Sept 2009


Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has said that the Union Government is ready to provide Rs. 10 as subsidy for every unit of solar power produced at a cost of Rs 18 in the country by way of augmenting the non-conventional energy situation under the proposed solar energy mission that is going to be in place on November 14 this year.

He also said that solar energy remained expensive and the solar mission under the guidance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would chalk out plans.
Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister Arcot N Veerasamy said that the State ranked first in wind energy generation, 2,000 MW a day, though the installed capacity stood at 4,000 MW.

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Solar Energy in India – Gujarat to host World’s Largest Plant, India’s grand plans

 As per article of 9th Sept, 2009

Gujarat government has signed a MoU with Clinton Foundation to build the world’s largest solar-power plant in the region. Government plans to provide 55% subsidy on installations for home and office.

Government also plans to convert 10,000 villages which do not have electricity into solar-powered settlements 2012, by diverting a part of the subsidy spent on fossil fuel to renewable energy.

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Eco-friendly LED based lights to save energy

As per article of Times of india, 5th Sept. 2009

For energy conservation Indian Railways has decided to install special types of eco-friendly LED (Light Emitting Diode) based lights in the coaches of trains. There will be reduction of power consumption by 30-35 per cent on account of implementation of LED based coach lighting scheme. It would also reduce the burden on alternator and batteries of the coach which are being fitted in the lower part of the coach.

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60 solar powered Indian cities by 2020: US energy official

As per article of Times Of India 8th Sept 2009

Sixty Indian cities will be solar powered by 2020 if India is able to generate 20,000 MW of solar energy by then, said Mark Ginberg, senior official with the US Department of Energy, on Monday.

The US Department of Energy and the All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG) launched a joint training programme on 'Energy efficient and green cities' in Goa.

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