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Alarm over toxic dump 'cancer cluster'

12th May 2010 - http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/alarm-over-toxic-dump-cancer-cluster-20100512-uxuq.html

Residents living near a toxic waste dump in Melbourne's north are demanding a health impact study amid concerns of a cancer cluster in their community. Opponents of the Tullamarine Hazardous Waste Landfill, which is now closed, have conducted a study...

Areva to tie up with Bharat Forge, L&T on solar energy

25th Apr 2010 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/areva-to-tie-upbharat-forge-l/392925/

Areva Renewables, part of French nuclear giant Areva, plans to tie up with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Bharat Forge for supply chain and engineering management, to enter India’s emerging solar energy industry. “We have started discu...

Atlas to guide in tapping of wind energy launched

30th Apr 2010 - http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article418004.ece

The government and industry need to jointly explore new sites with wind energy potential to scale down the use of fossil fuels, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday. Launching the Indian Wind Atlas developed by...

Azure Power gets $10 m from IFC for solar projects

23rd Mar 2010 - http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/03/23/stories/2010032352020300.htm

The World Bank's private sector lending arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest $10 million (around Rs 46 crore) in renewable power company Azure Power. The funds will be used to set up solar plants to generate electricity in villages...

After biomass, state turns to solar energy

04th Apr 2010 - http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100404/punjab.htm#12

After tapping the biomass potential of the state, the Punjab Government is now turning to solar energy for meeting its ever-increasing power demands. If the agreement signed with the US-based Sun Power Corporation and Enterprise Business Solutions is...

Aditya Solar, UAE firm in $545-m deal

10th Apr 2010 - http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aditya-solar-uae-firm-in-545m-deal/602549/

Dubai: UAE-based Mulk Holding has announced an agreement with Bangalore-based Aditya Solar Power Industries to develop a 200 megawatt solar thermal project in the UAE. The holding company said one of its subsidiaries, Mulk Renewable Energy, will supp...