Save crops from wild animals with new Bioacoustics system
As human habitat expands and invade that of wild animals and birds, the man-animal conflict becoming more frequent. Many agricultural states
Category Archives: Green Initiatives
Facebook’s new data center will run on 100% wind-energy
Facebook has announced that it’ll build a massive data center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Indian teenager creates solar-powered helmet with cooling fan and wiper
Indian teenager in Chennai came out with a cool solution to deal with a common trouble with helmets – suffocation under scorching sun. He fitted
For the first time, Indian students to compete at prestigious World Solar Challenge 2015
Last year, students of R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE) had revealed a solar car model they had built. This group of 20 students had dreamed of competing
IIT students build India’s own electric scooter that’s internationally viable
India has been reeling under tremendous environmental problems. Automobiles are a significant contributor in air pollution and other concerning environmental issues. While car manufacturers have somewhat hit the green pedal, two-wheeler industry in India is far from going green at the moment. To tap into
Nothing for India’s local manufacturers in $100 billion solar boom, fortune for foreign giants
India plans to build huge renewable energy infrastructure by the end of next decade. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a target of 100 GW solar energy-generation by 2022.
India loses 3.1 billion units of electricity due to transmission congestion in 2014-15
Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has recorded a loss of 3.1 billion units of electricity in 2014-15.
Quake prone Himachal isn’t safe with large hydropower projects: Study
After Nepal quake and Kinnaur disaster, large hydropower projects with huge dams in western Himalayas have come to limelight
Maruti Swift or Dzire to be India’s first entry-level plug-in hybrid car
Finally, Indian is all set to see its first entry level hybrid cars by the end of this year. Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker has confirmed manufacturing of hybrid version of either its Swift or the Dzire cars. For a country that hasn’t yet
India lags behind in promoting cycling culture and Public Bicycle Sharing system
As a counter measure to deal with rising emission levels and congestion on roads, presently, 800 cities in 56 countries have well established public bicycle sharing systems. The system consists of bike hubs situation in an area from where anyone can rent a bike for