Each civic body to save several lakhs towards the electricity bill: District Planning Committee Chairman

Power saver: Collector M. Jayaraman (second from right) addressing the planning committee meeting in Tirunelveli on Wednesday.

At the 5 MW project at Rettaipillai Ayyanarkulam
Natural and renewable: Nagarajan, Additional Collector and Secretary, District Advisory Committee on Renewable Energy, addressing a public hearing at Muthupatty near Sivaganga on Wednesday.

SIVAGANGA: A 5 megawatt (MW) solar photo voltaic (SPV) power generation project at Rettaipillai Ayyanarkulam will begin production from December this year.

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President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to pass "historic legislation" to fight global warming, prompting his fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to aim for a vote on Friday on the bill to reduce industrial emissions of carbon dioxide.

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will provide Bangladesh with US$ 1.3 billion for construction of the proposed Padma Bridge.

This was apprised by Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in the cabinet meeting held at Cabinet Division at Bangladesh Secretariat here on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

CHENNAI: The new power-generation based incentives planned for the renewable energy sector will not phase out the existing accelerated depreciation incentives, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said here on Friday.

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A semiconductor unit near Chennai.

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Hyderabad, June 19 The Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) has recommended that incentives in the form of capital subsidy on the lines specified under the Semiconductor Policy be made available to larger number of units engaged in solar Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing.

Telecoms firms are increasingly looking at more energy efficient and recyclable products in Asia as consumers check labels for environmental credentials and companies try to save on energy costs.

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