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EAI is organizing REaction 2012, the world's first Interactive Renewable Energy Conference, in Chennai, India, Jul 26 & 27, 2012. More about REaction 2012 from http://www.eai.in/reaction2012 - more»

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Hello! Importing electricity from India? As if we have a lot of excess to export...ask the Tamil Nadu chief minister :-)-more»

I read via Bloomberg that this has been resolved?-more»

@plakhapate - I completely agree with you. It is critical for the public to know what indeed is the truth...-more»

@Rama13 - good points...overall, in my opinion, small wind turbines on rooftop are not yet ready for prime time. You have already pointed out some of the key problems. Another problem I would like to point out is the overall PLF for small wind turbines. Typically, the PLFs are very low because the wind speeds within cities are low as well. Thus, unless one is using vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) which are not economical right now, I'm afraid small wind turbines on urban rooftops might not produce enough electricity to be economically sustainable as well-more»

Good idea...islands such as the Andamans use diesel to a significant extent for their power, and the diesel in Andamans should be costing a lot more in Andamans than in the mainland...these aspects should make solar power very competitive indeed-more»

Rather than go on the offensive against Chinese imports (which is only delaying the inevitable), let's go on the offensive, put our brains to good use and start competing with them by building a powerful manufacturing ecosystem. But the ecosystem cannot compete with Chinese on the same rules that Chinese play; we will have to be more innovative and somehow alter the rules of the game. What can we learn from our success in the auto industry?-more»

I might not completely agree with Harish Hande. While I appreciate the good intentions behind his statements, I think what we need is a blend of large solar power plants along with decentralised solar power - it should be an AND and not an OR-more»

The title should have read "India misses solar target despite 20-fold jump in capacity in year..."-more»

Title is a bit funny - made me think that the price was "fixed" - as in rigged!-more»

22000 of what? It should be 22000 MW or 22 GW...even on this, I think it is 20 GW and not 22 GW by 2022-more»

Excellent perspective kadrmase. I agree with you that empowering the people, especially those like farmers who can make a very big difference to our country at a fundamental level has the potential to change the fortune of our country-more»

Wonder in which companies the VCs are investing...they cant be investing into power production, surely?-more»

Way to go!-more»

I think news such as these are what are required. Nothing to spur people to action than telling them they can save a heck of a lot...and perhaps even more in future what with the LPG prices increasing all the time!-more»

This must be an interesting event to attend...pongamia has not been as well explored as has been Jatropha-more»