Maharashtra becomes 17th state to join UDAY

October 2016

The Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Maharashtra and Maharashtra State Electricity Distribut...

Tags: Government of India, Memorandum of Understanding, MSEDCL, Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana, Discom, Energy efficiency, Coal reforms, UDAY

Gamesa bags 40 MW wind order from KCT Renewable Energy

October 2016

Gamesa, the renewable energy major in India, has announced a 40 MW wind power project from KCT Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd that will be commissioned in ...

Tags: Gamesa India, Renewable energy, Molagavalli, Ramesh Kymal, KCT Renewable Energy, Varun Thapar, O&M capability, Turbine

TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2016

October 2016

In a gesture which can be seen as emphasising India’s ratification of the Paris Agreement and adoption of Agenda 2030, President of India Pranab Mukh...

Tags: India Pranab Mukherjee, WSDS 2016, Power, Coal, New, Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, Anil Madav Dave, Jayant Sinha, Tomasz Kozlowski, Karmenu Vella, Amitabh Kant, Government of India, Dipak Dasgupta, Ministry of Finance

Solar power generation at Cochin International Airport to be doubled

September 2016

The solar power generation from Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), the first fully solar energy powered airport in the world, will be almos...

Tags: Solar power generation, CIAL, Solar energy, Pinarayi Vijayan, 22nd Annual General Body Meeting, Power generation, Photovoltaic panels

Metso offers in-the-pit solutions for mining

September 2016

Metso's comprehensive in-the-pit solutions (ITPS) trim the operations by optimising the entire process - from design to selection of machinery and to...

Tags: Metso, ITPS, Water, Energy, Design, Engineering, Equipment, Life Cycle Services, Erik Isokangas, Metso In-the-pit Solutions

More infra funds on the anvil

September 2016

Buoyed by interest shown by global investors, the government plans three more sector-specific sub-funds, including for the development of airports an...

Tags: Global Investors, NIIF, Business Standard, Fund, Port Development Fund, Clean energy

Energy-efficiency projects in India to get a boost with EESL raising domestic bond funds

September 2016

Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) has made its maiden issuance of bonds in the domestic market to fund energy-efficiency projects in India. Domestic ...

Tags: Energy Efficiency Services, Fund energy-efficiency projects, Investors, EESL, Green Masala Bonds, KFW, AFD, ADB, Saurabh Kumar, ESCO

Madhya Pradesh gears up for Green Energy Corridor Project

September 2016

Madhya Pradesh has readied its blueprint for the Rs 4000 crore worth Green Energy Corridor project spearheaded by Power Grid Corporation (PGCIL), as ...

Tags: Madhya Pradesh, PGCIL, Green Energy Corridor project, Manu Shrivastava, Mini- Micro-hydel power projects