NewsRack: 'Renewables' news in 'Energy' topic for user venkatkanchi

Power transmission losses dip during 2011-12	20.5.2013	newindianexpress.com
Power transmission losses, which had continued to rise under the DMK regime and peaked at 9.82 per cent in 2009-10, reduced during 2011-12, after the AIADMK led by J Jayalalithaa took over the reins of the government.
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CST gets solar panels to meet its energy needs (Cached)	20.5.2013	Indian Express: Mumbai
THE Central Railway (CR) has undertaken a pilot project to reduce its carbon footprint at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) in Mumbai division and Tikekarwadi in Solapur division.
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Will Chennai's piles of garbage be the ruin of a model village? (Cached)	20.5.2013	TOI: Chennai
Will Chennai's piles of garbage be the ruin of a model village?
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Bohr and the breakaway from classical mechanics	19.5.2013	Hindu: Opinion
Niels Bohr's new atomic model in 1913 was pathbreaking for physics because it imposed new limits on the way atoms could react with each other. It was also pathbreaking for the transition it marked between classical and quantum thinking.
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The Society of Timid Souls by Polly Morland – review	19.5.2013	Guardian: Science
Polly Morland's study of bravery is executed with energy, curiosity – and courage You might think an inquiry into the nature of courage a trumped-up excuse for a book but Polly Morland loses no time in persuading you otherwise. She approaches her subject with energy, tenacious curiosity and, however much she may protest that she is lily-livered, courage. The Society of Timid Souls was based in New York in the 1940s and run by Bernard Gabriel, a professional concert pianist, who, in his Manhattan apartment, helped performers counter stage fright. During recitals, musicians were heckled and, through surviving this ordeal, would locate in themselves the stern stuff of which performers need to be made. I'd have thought an audience's silence might be scarier still but evidently not. Morland skips lightly where angels fear to tread. Her book has astonishing range. There is an especially wonderful encounter with Rafaelillo, a Murcian matador (involving a masterclass with a fake bull); an austere ...
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Canada Calling	19.5.2013	Hindu: Home
With cheaper tuition fees and a guaranteed work permit after students finish their courses, Canada is fast becoming an attractive destination for higher studies.
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Priceless lessons	19.5.2013	Hindu: News

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Knee-jerk reactions will not solve power problems of Karnataka	19.5.2013	Deccan Chronicle: Op Ed
Every year the power crisis peaks in May in Karnataka and each year, when the situation is at its worst, we get a stream of knee jerk reactions when what we need is a comprehensive vision for the next 10 years. Until about 1980, Karnataka was a power surplus state, one that was very dependent on
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New techniques to help trees grow (Cached)	19.5.2013	TOI: All Headlines
New techniques to help trees grow
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Jadavpur University prof nominated for Becquerel Prize	19.5.2013	Kolkata News, Kolkata City News \| Cities News - Times of India
Jadavpur University prof nominated for Becquerel Prize
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Coal shortage to be significant by end of XII Plan	19.5.2013	Hindu: Home
The dependence on imported coal for meeting energy requirements is likely to continue in the coming years, going by the Planning Commission’s estimates. The Plan panel is of the view that t...
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Jairam Ramesh hails 'jugaad' power plant	19.5.2013	Ranchi - City - The Times of India
The micro power plant capable of producing 10-20MW, which was set up in Hazaribag district's Kumhara Bengwari village, has drawn Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh's attention.
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Solar energy to light up village homes	18.5.2013	The Telegraph : Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 18: A decentralised power distribution system based on non-conventional energy sources may help light up thousands of homes in far-flung villages of Jharkhand.
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Good response to ANERT solar lantern scheme	18.5.2013	Hindu: Home
The solar lantern distribution project initiated by the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) has evoked a warm response among the people in the wake of increasing power...
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ISS to join hands with US society to harness solar power in space (Cached)	18.5.2013	Indian Express: Chandigarh
The global electricity demand is expected to increase by 87 per cent around 2035.
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Green energy from blue sea	18.5.2013	Hindu: News
Offshore wind farms to produce power for Kerala
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Now, 'artificial forest' for solar water splitting	17.5.2013	DNA: Evolutions
Scientists with the US Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis. While "artificial leaf" is the popular term for such a system, the key to this success was an "artificial forest."
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IndiaGermany green energy pact nears closure (Cached)	17.5.2013	Hindustan Times: Business
IndiaGermany green energy pact nears closure
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Now, `artificial forest` for solar water splitting (Cached)	17.5.2013	Zee News : Science and Technology
An important advance in the race to develop carbon-neutral renewable energy sources has been achieved.
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Mobile apps to monitor clean cookstoves adoption in India (Cached)	17.5.2013	New Kerala: Sports India
New Delhi, May 17 : Qualcomm Incorporated has developed SootSwap, a mobile application for monitoring the adoption of clean cooking technologies, a company official said here Friday.
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