DAVOS - Clean energy investment needs to more than triple to $515 billion a year to stop planet-warming emissions reaching levels deemed unsustainable by scientists, the World Economic Forum said in a report on Thursday.

Date: 29-Jan-09
Country: SWITZERLAND
Author: Nichola Groom and Ben Hirschler

DAVOS - Investments and policies to combat climate change will put the world economy on the road to recovery and help cool the planet in the process, delegates at the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday.

Siliguri, Jan. 28: The West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation, in association with the Tea Board of India, has decided to draft a package to promote the use of renewable and eco-friendly energy sources in the tea estates of north India.

ISLAMABAD (January 28 2009): A five member delegation of Canadian Solar Incorporation (CSI), headed by Special Advisor to Immigration Minister, Canada, Wajid Khan called on Chairman, National Vocational & Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC), Adnan A. Khawaja in his office at the Prime Minister's secretariat, here Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD: Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has decided to approach provincial governments for provision of wasteland for bio-diesel plantation. According to AEDB on Wednesday, the board of directors has decided to facilitate provision of land to private firms interested in bio-diesel projects.

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ISLAMABAD (January 22 2009): Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) announced to carry out 500 Solar Home Lighting projects in next five years under PPAF-III to overcome the power crisis in deprived areas of the country. As a prototype, the project would lead PPAF for its possible replication in other parts of the country.

Date: 21-Jan-09
Country: ANTARCTICA
Author: Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

ROTHERA BASE - Renewable energies are gaining a foothold in Antarctica, curbing fossil fuel use despite problems in designing installations to survive bone-chilling cold and winter darkness.

KOLKATA, Jan. 19: The state is set to get the country's largest solar power generation plant by the end of March this year, said state power minister, Mr Mrinal Banerjee speaking this morning at the inaugural ceremony of the 18th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) at Science City.

Chandigarh: A 2-MW biomass waste-based co-generation power plant has been commissioned at Yamunanagar at a cost of Rs 15.23 crore at Bharat Starch Industries, said Sumita Misra, Director, Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA). The plywood waste, available in huge quantity in Yamunanagar, will be used in the project, she added.