Solid Waste

BYPL to buy power generated from waste

Power distribution company BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) has signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with East Delhi Waste Processing Company (EDWPCL) to buy electricity from Delhi's first 'city waste-to-power' initiative. This would enable the company to purchase clean and renewable electricity generated from solid waste in the city.

Publication Date: 
05/11/2009
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Solid Waste, Waste To Energy, Energy, Electricity, Power Transmission, Delhi
Energy

Discom to buy power from waste processing company

NEW DELHI: Power distribution company BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with East Delhi Waste Processing Company Limited (EDWPCL) to buy electricity from Delhi

Publication Date: 
05/11/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste To Energy, Energy, Electricity, Delhi
Energy

Womens diversity in households and its importance for (household) energy interventions

Looking at household dynamics in relation to gender is crucial for successful household energy interventions. Women

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
Anke M. Mueller
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Tags:
Women, Energy, Household Energy, Electricity, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Afghanistan
Climate Change

Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2009

This report presents an assessment of the current and projected progress of EU Member States, EU candidate countries and other EEA member countries towards their respective targets under the Kyoto Protocol and of progress towards the EU target for 2020.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
European Environment Agency
Tags:
Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Renewable Energy, Biofuel, Transport, Emissions Trading, Energy, Electricity, Europe, European Union (EU)
Energy

GE Takes New Stakes In Clean Technology Start-Ups

General Electric Co unveiled two investments in start-up clean technology companies on Wednesday as part of its strategy of focusing on ways for business to generate and use energy more efficiently.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2009
Scott Malone
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Electricity, Power Industry, United States Of America (US)
Energy

Solar Thermal Company eSolar Expands In Africa

Solar thermal power company eSolar Inc said on Friday it granted South African company Clean Energy Solutions exclusive rights to represent and distribute eSolar's concentrating solar power technology across seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Johannesburg-based Clean Energy Solutions develops renewable energy projects.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Solar Thermal Power, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Electricity, Africa, Europe, California, India
Energy

California Heats Up Incentives For Solar Power

California is heating up its push for clean energy, as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approved a new subsidy for solar power on Monday and joined forces with the federal government to fast-track renewable energy projects.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Environment, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Electricity, Subsidies, Germany, United States Of America (US), California
People

Displaced by power plant project, villagers still without power

Mumbai Gangubai Patil, an Anganwadi teacher for over three decades in Pophran village, has no place to call home. A fortnight ago, she was served with a notice from the gram panchayat to evict her tin shed, classified as

Publication Date: 
13/10/2009
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Displacement, People, Energy, Electricity, Power Industry, Maharashtra
Energy

New German Government Won't Slash Solar Power Rates: Source

Germany's conservatives and their Free Democrat allies will reform the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) but cuts for solar power rates will be modest to prevent harming the fast-growing industry, a coalition source said on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Electricity, Power Industry, Germany
Energy

Pattern Closes Funding For California Wind Project

Pattern Energy Group LP said on Thursday that it finished more than $100 million in financing for a 101.2-megawatt wind project in California, citing an easing in the marketplace.

Six banks joined in the debt funding for construction costs, which converts to a term financing facility upon commercial operation.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Energy, Electricity, United States Of America (US), California

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