India’s largest integrated power utility, Tata Power has achieved a new milestone by signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tata Motors to commission the country’s largest carport. With 6.2 MWp capacity, the project is expected to reduce 160,000 tonnes of carbon emission for Tata Motors in its lifetime.

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI) has jointly developed the world’s largest solar tree at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony in Durgapur (West Bengal).

Minister of State (Independent Charge), Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri has said that the Swachh Survekshan would continue to guide the country in sustaining the gains made under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), while providing a comprehensive roadmap to institutionalise the concept of total cleanliness in cities.

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in partnership with the government’s Department of Science & Technology has developed novel external shading solutions for windows in residential and commercial buildings under the ‘Habitat Model for Efficiency and Comfort’ project.

Jin Liqun has been elected to a second term as President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) by the bank’s board of governors. The election result was announced by the chair of AIIB’s board of governors during the bank’s fifth annual meeting on Tuesday.

The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, on Thursday, reviewed the performance of Special Window for Affordable and Mid Income Housing (SWAMIH) with ministry officials and senior management team of the State Bank of India, SBI Capital Markets Ltd and SBICAPS Ventures Limited (SVL).

International consultancy and construction company, Mace, and India’s leading real estate services company, ANAROCK Group, have announced a collaboration to bring unique real estate services to immediately benefit the Indian market.

India’s largest power generation company, NTPC Ltd, has won the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019, under Outstanding Accomplishment in the ‘Corporate Excellence’ category.

Across the world, some of the largest REITs own property types such as telecommunication infrastructure, industrial, data centres, retail malls, healthcare facilities, commercial offices, residential projects and several other assets. In comparison, it was only 17 per cent as of August 2019 in India.