An NGO nurtured by Jayanagar MLA B N Vijaykumar is on a mission to power a local park with solar and wind energy. As global warming and climate change have become the buzz words these days, Jayanagar MLA B N Vijaykumar is on a mission to set an example in reducing the carbon footprint. Kadamba [...]

Inspired by the savings made at the President’s Estate over the past 24 months alone by switching over to energy efficient practices, President Pratibha Patil has urged all State Governors to consider and adopt the Rashtrapati Bhavan model of energy conservation in their respective Raj Bhavans.

Citing the example of the Estate where project “Roshini” has [...]

Electricity consumption in India, currently at some 600TWh annually, is set to double by next decade, by then it would have surpassed Russian levels in the process, according to a recent survey.

KPMG’s Global Advisory Practice released a power industry research published under the title ‘Think BRIC!’ reveals that in order to supply this extra electricity, [...]

The Rajasthan government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 18th January 2010 with Bill Clinton foundation for generation of solar energy in the state.

The MoU was signed between State Energy secretary Naresh Pal Gangwal and chairman of Clinton Foundation Erasi Meganizer in the presence of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Under the agreement, the Clinton foundation [...]

The three high school students namely Sachin M. Siddannavar, Nagaraj M. Totager and Manjunath M. Tamate, of N.R. Desai Rotary Kannada Medium School in Deshpande Nagar, Hubli, have designed the solar car with materials they found in a scrap yard and by investing just Rs 70.

All three worked for nearly three weeks on [...]

Part of ACME’s 150MW solar power project in Jaisalmer.

Expected to commission operations by 2011.

ACME Jaisalmer Solar Power (Pvt) Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Gurgaon based – ACME Tele Power Ltd.), has today i.e. on 13-january-2010 signed a power purchase agreement with Power Distribution company BSES for 50 MW (25MW to BSES Rajdhani and 25 [...]