State-owned EESL launches beta version of ecommerce platformThe platform, eeslmart.in, lists energy-efficient appliances such as LED bulbs, inverter LED lamps and fans, at present.
After affordable LED bulbs, EESL to now distribute 20 lakh induction cookstoves, 1 crore fansEnergy Efficiency Services (EESL) has announced the National Efficient Cooking Programme (NECP) and Energy Efficient Fans Programme (EEFP) ...
How to make rural India switch to cleaner cookstovesThree billion people still rely on traditional cookstoves that use solid fuels such as wood or coal, according to researchers from the Duke...
Cookstoves in India more polluting than thought: StudyTraditional cookstoves, widely used in the rural parts of India, may be producing much higher levels of particulate emissions than previous...
Why a clean cooking campaigner chooses the kitchen to save the planetThe urgent need to tackle the deadly effects of household air pollution was not even on the agenda of the international community until two...
Murthy pitches for subsidies to clean energy firmsThe iconic co-founder of Infosys also said that he has seen the impact of not having clean cookstoves.
$1 stove insert may help save thousands of livesAn Indian-origin scientist in US has created a $1 metal insert for traditional cookstoves or 'chulhas' which may help save thousands of liv...
- ‘Make clean cooking part of eco drive’
India has more than one million premature deaths per year from smoke from chullahs.
Experts propose setting up 'national brick kiln mission'The recommendations were proposed after two days of deliberations by top national and international experts during the Anil Agarwal Dialogu...
- Experts for adoption of improved cookstoves in households
The number of deaths is is second only to tuberculosis (TB) which takes about 5.5 lakh lives every year in the country, they said.
Homes for poor to get clean cooking energy solution soonThe government's new initiative assumes significance in times of global effort to reduce carbon emissions and reducing health hazards assoc...
Over 2/3rd Indian population still rely on dung-based fuel: UNMore than two-third of India's one billion strong population continue to rely on carbon-emitting biomass and dung-based fuel to meet energy...
Over 2/3rd Indian population still rely on dung-based fuel: UNIt says that India faces a significant challenge in providing access to adequate, affordable and clean sources of energy.
Infosys leads 5 Indian projects shortlisted for Green OscarsMumbai-based Greenway Grameen's mission is to provide an affordable, desirable cookstove to improve quality of life for Indian women.
TERI develops new cookstove to reduce carbon footprintA relese made by TERI mentions approximately three billion people depend on traditional cook stoves for their cooking needs.
- Hunt for a prize-winning stove
The ministry of new and renewable energy has partnered with the X-Prize Foundation and IIT Delhi to put together a global prize for next-ge...
- Govt looking for consultants to tap CDM benefits
Government has invited bids from environment consultants to tap the benefits of Clean Development Mechanism that are available for energy s...