A year after it put in a request for installing solar-powered traffic signals at various points in the city, starting with Madhuban Chowk, the North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL) is still waiting for the Public Works Department

Protecting the earth is not just everybody's business today but is also getting to be big business. Given that the world is still trying to crack how to green the planet at prices that don't burn a hole in the pocket, there is an immense opportunity for young Indian companies in this space.

Wind offers a reliable and carbon emission-free source of electricity and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing support to expand its use throughout remote communities in Asia, helping to alleviate poverty and improve lives.

Wind power

Even as national governments dither at Copenhagen, local administrations are taking a strong stand on climate change.

At the conference, 40 of the world

Any possibility of a climate deal in Copenhagen is all but dead. Till now the US had been fighting the battle with the developing nations using proxies -- small island nations, Australia and Denmark, pre-eminently. Now it has come out into the open with its demand that the emerging countries be brought on to the same page as the developed nations.

Mumbai: India will offer Rs 380 crore ($81 million) in incentives to wind power projects that feed into the national grid, the government said on Thursday, a move analysts believe will attract large companies.

NEW DELHI: The Central Government on Thursday said it would give incentives worth Rs.380 crore to promote wind power generation. The government has launched a special programme to generate more wind power and attract investments, domestically as well as globally, to give boost to cleaner and renewable energy sector, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said here.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has announced an incentive of 50 paise per unit of wind power fed by independent power producers into the grid.

President Mohamed Nasheed today met with the President of the European Commission, Mr Jos

Tihar will soon be the world's only green prison. The officials of the largest jail in South Asia confirmed their plans to shift on renewable energy, recycle waste and a major cut out on electricity consumption. Tihar PRO, Sunil Gupta on Tuesday said, "we want to make it an environmentally-friendly complex and also achieve international standards and more than that.".