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Study suggests India could economically meet electricity demand through re
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) this week released an in-depth study of India's future power system investments which suggested that India could economically meet electricity demand through renewables by 2030.
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Gadkari to direct carmakers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that he will issue an order, in the next few days, directing car manufacturers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles.
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Green Electricity can become cheapest energy by 2050, says study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], November 26 (ANI): Cost-slashing innovations are underway in the electric power sector and could give electricity the lead over fossil-based combustion fuels in the world's energy supply by mid-century, according to Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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Spowdi's zero-emission irrigation system resonates with small-hold farmers
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru/New Delhi (Karnataka) [India], November 22 (ANI/Mediawire): Four years after Sweden's Greentech start-up Spowdi was handpicked for the India-Sweden Innovations Accelerator program, its zero-emission irrigation solution has found resonance with farmers, says Business Sweden.
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India's transition from Fossil-fuel to Green-energy on Track: Hardeep Sing
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], November 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): India's Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri yesterday said that India is on track with its transition from a fossil-fuel-based to a green economy.
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New COP26 draft agreement urges countries to scale up use of clean power g
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 13 (ANI): In its new draft agreement published on Saturday, the COP26 climate summit held in Glasgow urged countries to rapidly scale up the use of clean power generation and energy efficiency measures.
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New COP26 draft declaration waters down calls to end fossil fuel use
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik) - A new draft of the final declaration being negotiated at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow published on Friday appears to back away from a previous call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuels.
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UK to invest in low-cost nuclear reactors to reduce dependency on fossil f
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government announced on Tuesday a USD 285 million investment in a public-private project led by British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce to design and build small nuclear reactors capable of powering one million homes apiece.
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20 countries agree to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad
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Glasgow [UK], November 5 (ANI): In a historic breakthrough, 20 countries on Thursday (local time) agreed to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad at the COP26 climate summit.
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Global carbon emissions to rebound close to pre-pandemic levels in 2021: S
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London [UK], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are set to return to near record levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, according to a new scientific analysis released on Thursday.
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Enough of treating nature like a toilet, UN Chief Guterres at COP 26
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Glasgow [UK], November 1 (ANI): Underlining concerns over the world's addiction to fossil fuels and climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said the world faces a stark choice warning world leaders to stop "treating nature like a toilet".
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J-K: Field workshop on repository of Permian Triassic mass extinction even
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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 23 (ANI): A field workshop was organised on Saturday on the repository of the Permian Triassic mass extinction event to adopt the 252 million-year-old Guryul Ravine fossil site in Khanmoh area of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar.
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