Clean Cook Stoves and Climate Mitigation: Conversation with Tara Ramnathan
DownToEarth is at the Cop22 in Marrakech in Morocco. Here we speak to Tara Ramnathan, prgramme director at Nexleaf Analytics.
DownToEarth is at the Cop22 in Marrakech in Morocco. Here we speak to Tara Ramnathan, prgramme director at Nexleaf Analytics.
The largest solar plant in the world is up and running in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu. Here's some things you must know about it.
Roof-top solar calculator and a report on mini-grids released
Floating solar power plant is a new and emerging concept in India. In this system the solar photo voltaic panels are installed on waterbodies such as lakes and ponds. Yellow 2 Gen Power, a Gurgaon based company has installed 10 KW with a 2 axis tracking system that
Solar Power Tree is a structure that is designed like a tree with branches made of steel to hold the photovoltaic panels. India's first Solar Power Tree has been designed by Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) in Durgapur, West Bengal. India.
Lesley Sloss is Principal Environmental Consultant at Clean coal centre, International Energy Agency, United Kingdom. Sloss's areas of expertise include emissions and effects of coal power; ash management; mine reclamation; legislation and control; and controlling mercury
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is organizing a three-day training programme on Environmental management with specific reference to renewable energy power projects. The three-day training programme aims to address the following topics: Why EIA is important for renewable energy project? Environmental and social issues associated with the sector Applicable policy, guidelines and legal provisions for the sector in India
Today, in India, we face both an environment as well as a development crisis.On the one hand we are still struggling with the problems of inequality,poverty and improving the human development indicators.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organises a conference on ‘The forgotten solar: Solar thermal and its development’
The concentrated solar power has not progressed much in India. Of the seven plants allocated by the government in 2011, only three plants, of total 200 MW capacity, have been commissioned. Solar thermal applications like water heating, industrial applications and space heating and cooling has also not taken off in the large scale, as one would expect given the immense potential of these applications. To discuss all these issues and explore ways to scale up these technologies, we are organizing this one day conference will all concerned stakeholders.