Governance And Institutions
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Education, Technology, Bangladesh, South Asia
Energy
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy
Electricity, Karnataka, Disaster Management, Solar Thermal Power, Infrastructure Development, Technology, Energy Technology
Energy

Countrys first GPS-enabled streetlights

THIRUVANATHAPURAM: When a bright streetlight itself is a mirage on many of the city roads, the residents here might not dare to dream of immediate rectification of power failures.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2010
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Electricity, Roads, Energy, Kerala, Technology, Thiruvananathapuram (T)
Energy

Advanced biofuel technologies: status and barriers

Large-scale production of crop based (first generation) biofuels may not be feasible without adversely affecting
global food supply or encroaching on other important land uses.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2010
Jay J. Cheng, Govinda R Timilsina
The World Bank
Tags:
Biofuel, India, Global, Ethanol, Biomass, Crop Residues, Biodiesel, Wood, Grasses, Technology, Energy
Energy

Electricity, politics and regional economic imbalance in Madras Presidency, 1900-1947

In this paper, an attempt is made to understand various dimensions of the relationship between the electricity system and politics in colonial Madras presidency between 1900 and 1947. The colonial government, which introduced new technological systems such as electricity, had its own economic and political priorities.

Publication Date: 
05/06/2010
Yenda Srinivasa Rao
Economic and Political Weekly
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59
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Conflicts, Energy, Electricity, Thermal Power Plants, Technology, History, Politics, Tamil Nadu, Economic and Political Weekly, Statistics, Yenda Srinivasa Rao
Energy

Energy optimization of hybrid solar cooking with heat mass transfer control

India is currently the world's fifth largest consumer of energy, accounting for 3.7% worldwide energy consumption. The energy for cooking accounts for 36% of the total primary energy consumption. In this regard, solar cookers are expected to contribute considerably towards meeting the domestic cooking energy requirement in a country like India, which is blessed with abundant sunshine.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Prasanna U R, L Umanand
Akshay Urja
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Tags:
Energy, Solar Concentrating Power, Solar Cookers, Technology
Animal Care

 Electronic tag for sheep, goats

The EU council of ministers has agreed to introduce electronic tags for millions of sheep and goats across Europe by the end of 2009. The move is part of a strategy to prevent epidemics of contagious

Publication Date: 
14/01/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Animal Care, Animal Diseases, Livestock, Sheep, Goats, Technology, European Union (EU)
India

 New process to minimise chemical, energy use in making leather

conventional leather production consumes high levels of energy and a number of chemicals. The process releases toxic substances. Scientists from Tamil Nadu have developed an enzyme-based

Publication Date: 
14/11/2007
Archita Bhatta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Leather Industry, Technology, Research, India, Chennai (D), Toxins
Mining

 Corporate care for mine workers

Mine workers' safety has moved beyond fulminations of activists and official confabulations. To corporate circles, it seems, going by an ad issued by Simplex, an engineering products company located

Publication Date: 
30/07/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Mining Research, Occupational Safety, Technology, Media, Advertising, India
Forests

 IN SHORT

vehicles restricted

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Monuments, Forests, Yamuna, Technology, Supreme Court, Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI), Delhi, Karnataka, Agra (D)

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