It has been just about two months since Jayanthi Natarajan took over as minister of environment and forests, but environmentalists are already worried how the ministry been diluting strict guidelines put in place by her predecessor Jairam Ramesh.

Red lights blur at green ministry

 

NEW DELHI: Renewable Energy Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah has called on investors to invest in the burgeoning Indian renewable power market with a special emphasis on solar sector.

Farooq Abdullah seeks international investment in Indian renewable power market

According to a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by Mercom Capital Group titled ‘India Renewable Energy Awareness Survey,’ only 56% of Indian consumers have heard of ‘renewable energy’ or ‘clean energy’, and only 27% of consumers have heard of ‘energy efficiency’. Although awareness was low, 71% of Indian consumers surveyed are willing to pay higher rates for electricity from renewable energy sources.

Awareness of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Low in India, According to Survey by Mercom Capital Group

 

North East Dialogue Forum and Bethesda Youth Welfare Centre Dimapur with logistic support from 1 Nagaland Girls Battalion NCC and Kekhrie Foundation would be organising a consultation on Impact of Climate Change in Nagaland on September 24, 11am to 1pm at Hotel Japfu.

Consultation on impact of climate change in Nagaland

 

AHMEDABAD: Picture this: Unusually heavy rains triggers rapid soil erosion. Huge portions of highways sink and unexpected floods wash away railway tracks – the city is marooned.

India’s infrastructure prone to climate-change toll

 

HYDERABAD: The indefinite strike by government employees, teachers, transport and coal workers, lawyers and other sections of people in Telangana for separate statehood continued for the ninth day Wednesday, bringing the region to a virtual standstill.

Telangana stir hits power supply

Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Shri Deepak Gupta today released the “Draft Guidelines and benchmarks for green large area developments such as townships, neighbourhoods, educational and institutional campuses, special economic zones and medical college hospitals”. The Guidelines have been formulated by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in association with the Association for Research and Development of Sustainable Habitats, ADaRSH. These guidelines will be useful for developing a campus or a township as a “Green Campus/Township”. The Guidelines include details of various incentives which are available under different schemes of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for deployment of Solar Hot Water Systems, Roof Top PV System, Waste Recycling for Energy Generation, Solar Power Plants etc. while constructing green buildings and green campuses.

Release of Draft Guidelines for Green Large Area Development

 

The lights are dimming in thermal power plants across the country. Lack of coal supply, accentuated by problems of low-grade coal and transport issues, is beginning to bite.

Coal shortage begins to bite

 

After a year of nil growth in production, Coal India, world’s largest miner of coal, might repeat the feat in 2011-12 though the management is still hopeful of meeting its rather modest target of just 5% growth.

Monsoon sinks Coal India output hopes

 

KOLKATA: In its bid to make the Darjeeling cuppa less expensive, the government, along with the Tea Board of India, is trying to make use of renewable energy in the gardens of Darjeeling. Almost 20 gardens have showed interest and submitted their respective detailed project reports to the ministry of renewable energy (MNRE).

Hydel power for affordable tea?