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Chennai: Solar thermal heating system is fast replacing petrofuels globally and China is leading the fray, followed closely by Germany . India is considered to have a vast potential but only a nano-fraction has been achieved so far.

The massive use of pesticides in almost all cereals, vegetables and crop fields has been proved harmful to environment, ecological balance and human health, sources said.

Solar power can be the basis for energy security and competitive strength in a carbon-conscious world
Nitin Desai / New Delhi August 20, 2009, 0:53 IST

The government has unveiled an ambitious programme for solar energy development with the goal of 20,000 MW of solar power capacity by 2020. The plan aims at ensuring that by 2020 solar power is cost-competitive. How realistic is this?

Thermal Power Plants Bear Extra Load As Hydel Plants Run At About 40% Capacity

Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI

AFTER ravaging the farm sector, poor rainfall now threatens to bring hydel power plants to a complete halt as most of them are running at about 40% capacity, or plant load factor, and are perilously close to a complete shutdown for want of adequate water in their reservoirs.

This review aims to summarize the existing knowledge on the environmental and occupational health risks of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling and other end-of-life options.

The loading of fuel for the first unit of the 2,000-MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu will be the main agenda at the joint coordination committee meeting of the Nuclear Power Corp of India (NPCIL) and Russian agency AtomStroy Export, beginning on Tuesday.

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IT IS well recognised that the most optimum use of gas, a rich resource of hydrocarbons, is in petrochemical and fertiliser industry. This is primarily because these sectors not only harness the energy component associated with gas, but also utilise the

China is keen to halt growth in its greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, but lifting tens of millions out of poverty must remain its primary goal, the country's climate change ambassador said on Wednesday.

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