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August 19, 2010Remember the Thyagaraj Stadium in New Delhi being built for the 201 Common Wealth games? Well, Reliance Group’s solar energy initiative, Reliance Solar, has just plugged in what will be India’s first one-megawatt (MW) solar plant to the stadium. This … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged 2010_Common_Wealth_Games, India, Solar_plant | Leave a commentVodafone Essar to release solar powered VF 247 phone in India
July 28, 2010The Indian market now has access to cleaner and greener telecommunications powered up by energy from the sun. Vodafone Essar has now brought to India a solar powered phone that is sure to mark the start of green cell phones … Continue reading3
Posted in Gadgets and Tech | Tagged Essar, India, Solar_Phone, Solar_Power, Vodaphone | Leave a commentThe official residence of the President of India goes green with solar panels
July 26, 2010Well, there’s a lot more green news from India, this time from the President’s place of residence, the Rashtrapati Bhavan, wherein resides the President, Pratibha Patil, who just completed three years in office. The building was awarded an International Organisation … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged India, Solar_panels | Leave a comment$35 tablet touch screen computer powered by the sun to show up in India
July 26, 2010Steve Jobs is out to fall out of his apple flavored chair reading this. India is hell bent upon bringing in technology to the lives of the not-so-fortunate and the needy sections of society, where knowledge and education is a … Continue reading3
Posted in Gadgets and Tech | Tagged India, Solar_Power, Tablet_PC, Touch_screen | Leave a commentSolar powered postal delivery rickshaw, the Soleckshaw
July 12, 2010Here’s a rickshaw with a twist, which has recently shown up in New Delhi. Known as Soleckshaw, this delivery rickshaw shuns the use of gasoline, and opts for solar power instead. Now we’ve seen a few green rickshaws before, like … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged India, Rickshaw, Solar_Power | Leave a commentADB provides India and China $2.25bn for solar energy development
July 9, 2010Being close to the equator also means you tend to receive a bit more heat from the sun than people a bit away. Well, most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are positioned in a way that could help them generate … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged ADB, China, India, Solar_Power, Solar-Power | Leave a commentIndia sees the first of prefab homes with the Hara Villa by designer Pinakin Patel
July 6, 2010India is making room for greener habitats for its people, starting with designer Pinakin Patel’s Hara Villas. The Hara (green in Hindi) Villas will bring to India the concept of plug-in homes, and will be India’s first prefabs. These limited … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged India, Prefab | Leave a comment“All Is Well”, the bike that runs on compressed air by Jaipur students
July 2, 2010Millions of people in India use scooters, motorbikes, and every other contraption on two wheels you can think of, to commute. And of course, the rising fuel prices have everyone falling of their seats lately. Well, a few months ago, … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Bike, Compressed_Air, India | Leave a commentSolar powered heating system to keep passengers warm at the Leh Airport, India
June 7, 2010We’ve stumbled across a few green airports before, the Le Castellet International Airport in the South of France and California’s Fresno-Yosemite International (FYI), using solar panels to power up. Well, the Leh Airport, India, joins the league too. This is … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Airport, India, Solar_Power | Leave a commentHyderabad’s eco-friendly skating rink consumes no power
June 1, 2010Well, if you live in the city of Hyderabad, India, you now have a place to cool down. And no, we aren’t talking about a giant size refrigerator. Hyderabad will now play host to a sparkling new ice-skating rink. The … Continue reading3
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