Posts Tagged ‘India’
22 Things You Should Know About Carbon Credits
One unit of Carbon Credit equals one tonne of Carbon Di Oxide not emitted.
The Kyoto protocol, under which all these carbon credit trading stuff take place, theoretically, is valid only up to 2012.
Installations that has been allotted credits need not pay money for getting those, however, the allotted credits have a monetary value and can [...]
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in India – A National Prospective
An interesting & insightful presentation by Dr. Srikanta K. Panigrahi Director (E&F), Environment & Forests Division, Planning Commission, Government of India.
The slideshow has key facts and figures with respect to The Clean Development Mechanism, Joint Implementation, International Emissions Trading, CDM Project Registration, Host Country Approval Process, CDM Project Activity Cycle, Contribution to Sustainable
Development etc.
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JSW Steel gets Carbon Credits alloted.
JSW Steel has got carbon credit allotment for its Generation of Electricity through combustion of waste gases from Blast furnace and Corex units at JSW Steel Limited (in JPL unit 1), at Torangallu in Karnataka, India.
It was issued by UNFCCC in March 15th 2010.
Other Parties involved : United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern [...]
14.1 MW grid connected wind energy project in Tamilnadu by ITC Limited
Description of the small-scale project activity:
Objective of the Project
ITC Ltd intends to execute and implement 14.1 MW of Wind Electricity Generators (WEGs) for captive consumption at its packaging and printing facility located at Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu in India.
The proposed project activity will result in meeting the energy demand from alternate / environmentally benign source [...]
IFFCO sells INR 40 million worth Carbon Credits to Spanish Co
Indian Fertilizer major, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) has managed to sell CERs ( Certified Emission Reduction) offsets worth US$ 880,000 ( INR 40 million) to FC2E, a Spanish carbon fund, for about USD 10.90 each.
IFFCO, which produces ammonia based fertilizers switched from using carbon-intensive fuels to natural gas there by reducing steam consumption [...]
2 x 3.5 MW Ullunkal Hydro Power Project in Kerala, India.
Description of the small-scale project activity:
The project activity entails generation of electricity by Energy Development Company Limited (EDCL) through a run-of- the-river power plant across the left bank of river Kakkad at Chittar village, in the district of Panthanmthitta, in the state of Kerala and export of the net electricity to the Southern Regional Electricity [...]



