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India CDM pipeline June reportBy : India Carbon Outlook, Jul 12, 2010In June, 375,357 CERs (approx US$6.5m) were issued to projects in India which came from 14 projects. This compares to $26m worth of CERs issued globally in the same period. Read More... |
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India CDM pipeline April reportBy : India Carbon Outlook, May 3, 2010In April, 277,151 CERs (approx US$5.2m) were issued to projects in India which came from 5 projects, 3 new projects were registered with an annual potential of generating 92,570 CERs. Read More... |
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To CDM or not to CDM?By : India Carbon Outlook, Jan 22, 2010Rs 400 crores ($85 million) flowed into India in 2009 through CDM projects, but India's share of the global CDM pie fell from 28% in 2008 to 16% in 2009. Read More... |
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PSUs Going GreenBy : Shila Kumar, Jan 19, 2010Intense competition is forcing Indian PSUs to look at measures to cut costs, reduce energy wastages, improve operational efficiencies. Environment-friendly measures help achieve these objectives and improve both margins and goodwill. Read More... |
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India CDM pipeline October reportBy : India Carbon Outlook, Nov 3, 2009Small projects in India continue to be the main CER recipients. Total CERs issued for October aggregate to just $5.4 million. This month has also seen a decline in the overall number of projects submitted for prior consideration to the CDM. Read More... Subject Tags: Energy Efficiency, India, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Habitat, USD |
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Report: Energy security at the base of the pyramidBy : India Carbon Outlook, Oct 19, 2009How to provide access to light for 1.6 billion people that experience darkness each night? And how to improve the centuries old inefficient biomass energy being used by 3 billion people? Read More... Subject Tags: Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, electricity, energy, Energy Efficiency, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Renewable Energy, Sudan, USD, venture capital |
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UN needs a global agency to promote sustainable lifestyle as fashionableBy : India Carbon Outlook, Oct 14, 2009The IEA report introduced in the midst of last week’s Bangkok discussions was overly optimistic in its forecast atleast as far as India is concerned. Fashion holds the key in making the projections real! Read More... Subject Tags: energy, Energy Efficiency, Europe, India, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Habitat, Sustainable Lifestyle Carbon Fund, USD |
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Firing the "Green GDP" salvoBy : India Carbon Outlook, Oct 13, 2009Minister Jairam Ramesh made a statement today on providing a Green GDP alternative, opening a new front in the Copenhagen discussions. If taken seriously Green GDP can bring significant changes in our behavior as a society. Read More... |
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India’s NextGen building infrastructure: efficient and cheaperBy : India Carbon Outlook, Oct 8, 2009Buildings directly and indirectly accounts for nearly 50% of the GHG emissions. In India where construction is set to continue growing in the foreseeable future, there is an opportunity gap for entrepreneurs. Read More... |
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Quarterly review: India CDM activity depressed, some innovative projects in pipelineBy : Pawan Mehra, Oct 1, 2009CERs issued from India continue to form a smaller portion of the worldwide CERs issued. Leading indicators show a slowing rate for future CER issuance. Read More... Subject Tags: ACC Limited, Chhattisgarh, Copenhagen, Delhi, DSL Hydrowatt Limited, electricity, energy, Energy Efficiency, EUR, Ghazipur, Grace Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Hydel Project, India, KARNATAKA, Maharashtra, Mission Biofuels India Private Limited, Oils Private Limited, Power Project, Rajnandgaon Circle, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited, Renewable Energy, RS India Wind Energy Pvt. Ltd., Sri Sai Krishna Hydro Energies Private Limited, Sustainable Habitat, Tamil Nadu, Tamilnadu, Technology, Tirunelveli, USD |
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D.Light aims for 1 million solar units in UP and BiharBy : India Carbon Outlook, Sep 30, 2009In a project currently under registration with the CDM board, D.Light is targeting to sell 1 million units of Nova solar lanterns in Bihar and UP over the coming year. Read More... Subject Tags: Bihar, CDM, D.Light, Ecofys Netherlands BV, energy, Environment, EUR, OneCarbon International BV, PDD, Renewable Energy, Technology, USD, Uttar Pradesh |
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Developing rigor on quantifying carbon impactBy : India Carbon Outlook, Sep 10, 2009Carbon Information Management is rapidly emerging as a necessary requirement to keep carbon abatement activities going.
The last few years are seeing a lot of activity on this front i.e. quantification of the carbon footprint at an organizational (and country level). Accompanying the quanitification will be monitoring its trend. Read More... |
