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Potential for OTEC (Ocean Thermal) in India
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) utilizes the energy potential created by temperature difference between sun-warmed surface water and colder parts at the bottom to generate electricity. OTEC uses this natural temperature gradient to drive a turbine, which is connected to a generator. It is desirable that the temperature difference between...
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Is Locavorism Just a Fad? Methinks Not
Read an article in the Economic Times where the author has essentially said that Locavorism (the habit of practising home-grown / local grown food) is a fad that deserves to be dismissed. I think not, and I left a response at the site which I am reproducing here as well....
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Pre-Bid Meeting with Prospective Bidders for Solar PV & Solar Thermal Projects under JNNSM
Pre-Bid Meeting with Prospective Bidders for selection of Solar PV & Solar Thermal Projects under JNNSM 28th August 2010 Details discussed at the pre-bid meeting between NVVN and prospective bidders for the grid connected (5MW ) solar PV power plants and Solar thermal plants Source: Link == NTPC Vidyut Vyapar...
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Asian Genco – What’s the Big Deal?
Global private equity firm General Atlantic, along with a clutch of other investors like Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, has invested $425 million (Rs nearly Rs 2,000 crore) in Asian Genco (AGPL), which has investments in Indian power generation assets. This is said to be the largest equity transaction in...
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India’s (Fossil) Energy Security Strategy
A slew of articles on how India is playing catch-up to China for securing energy supplies got me thinking ( see and ). And the thought was proceeded by some amount of research on the overall Indian strategy for ensuring energy supplies, primarily fossil energy supplies. The total...
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Renewable Energy Investment Trends in India
I was on a hunt on an assignment that required researching on the renewable energy investment trends in India. While doing that, I came across a number of interesting pieces of information and insights. I am sharing some of these with you: Renewable Energy Investment Could Hit $200 Billion in...
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How can renewable energy really become disruptive?
I was reading a classic paper on disruptive business ideas from Clayton Christensen "Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation" ( ). A thought-provoking paper indeed. The topic of disruptive business ideas has been hotly debated for the past few years, and deservedly so. Let's look...
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EAI Presentation @ Renewable Energy Finance – Singapore
I had the opportunity to be a speaker at the Renewable Energy Finance conference and seminar at Singapore a few months back. As many folks wanted me to post it as a blog (which I had earlier sent as a newsletter), here goes. Originally I was asked to co-ordinate a...
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Offshore Wind – Trends in India and Worldwide
While I was at Singapore a few months back at the Renewable Energy Finance meet, Rex Reksniss of RECharge ( ) asked me about trends in offshore wind exploitation in India. I told him I did not expect anything to happen in offshore wind in India over the next...
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Ethanol Price, Biodiesel Updates, Solar Water Heaters in India
Ethanol price fixed at Rs 27 per litre for blended fuel - Ethanol manufacturers have welcomed the Empowered Group of Ministers’ (EGoM’s) decision to fix a price of Rs 27 per litre for ethanol that will be blended with petrol. The price, however, has been fixed for only six months...
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