Air Pollution
Citizens for Better Public Transport in Hyderabad
Urban Air Quality, Hyderabad (T), NGO, Urban Transport, Public Transport, Karnataka, Air Pollution Control
Air Pollution
CIVIC Bangalore
Urban Air Quality, Bangalore (T), Health Effects, Karnataka

Bangalore

Bangalore (Bengaluru) has witnessed phenomenal spurt with the rapid growth in the IT industry and other job opportunities in the city. This is exploding vehicle numbers. Cars today are as much as 90 per cent of the total registered vehicles in the city. Traffic volume has exceeded the designed capacity of the roads and there is barely any space left to park cars. Public transport is fighting for road space. The city needs urgent mobility transition…

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Bangalore (T), Karnataka, Cars, Public Transport, Mobility Planning
Environment
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
Pollution Control, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Karnataka
Energy
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy
Electricity, Karnataka, Disaster Management, Solar Thermal Power, Infrastructure Development, Technology, Energy Technology
Governance And Institutions
Karnataka Lokayukta
Karnataka, Governance, Corruption
Energy

Tata Power mulls wind energy foray abroad

MumbaiTwo years after it dropped plans to set up wind power capacities in the US and Europe, the R18,854-crore (FY 2010 revenues) Tata Power is again eyeing the US, Spain, Portugal and Germany for a wind energy foray, its first outside India.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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Geothermal Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy, Power Industry, Wind Energy, India, Karnataka, Gujarat
Energy

KPTCL to set up two sub-stations to harness wind energy

Faced with demands for better evacuation of wind energy, the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) has agreed to set up two 400 KV sub-stations in the State.

Publication Date: 
08/03/2011
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Karnataka, Energy, Power Transmission, Chitradurga (D)
Energy

Petroleum lobby blocking biofuel, says Gadkari

Urging the Centre to ''stop giving in to the petroleum lobby'', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Gadkari on Monday demanded that farmers producing ethanol should be given support in their projects.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2011
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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Ethanol, Renewable Energy, Energy, Biofuel, Petrol, Karnataka
Energy

Nuclear reactor connected to power grid

The fourth unit of the 220 MW Kaiga Generating Station (KGS-4), located in Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka, was connected to the southern power grid in the early hours of Wednesday, after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted clearance to it.

KGS-4, which achieved first criticality on November 27 last, was

Publication Date: 
20/01/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Nuclear Power, Kaiga APS, Energy, Karnataka, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL)

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