I read recently that the city of Delhi spends the most per capita amongst Indian cities in solid waste management. I understand the city spends Rs 431 (per year?) per capita. The city also has a manpower deployment of 3.5 people per 1000 population on solid waste management. Interesting numbers...solid...

KPCL is reportedly in talks with seven companies that are interested in forming a joint venture for investing in solar power plants, to the tune of about 100 MW. These companies include well known names such as US-based Sun  Edison, AES Solar Energy, Hyderabad based Solar Semiconductor, Bangalore based Rajesh...

Read an interesting article on how the government is planning to significantly expand the access to LPG for many customers in rural India. The proposed drive is expected to make LPG available to three-fifths of the rural folks, according the petroleum ministry. That sounds ridiculously difficult (current # of LPG...

SJVNL - Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam - a hydropower major, the business operations of which were earlier limited to Nathpa Jhakri Hydropower station (NJHPS)  in Himachal Pradesh, is rapidly expanding its footprints in other parts of India, and into Nepal and Bhutan as well. The PSU has envisaged a capacity...

Industrial consumers now account for almost a third of the about 40 million units of electricity traded daily on the IEX, the country's largest power exchange (85% of total trading volumes). (Power Exchange India Ltd is another significant player in this industry) IEX was flagged off in 2008, and is...

Chennai-based Orient Power Company it was planning to raise Rs 900 crores in July to part finance its Rs4,400 crore capex plan. The company is planning to raise its renewable power generation capacity from 193 MW currently to 1000 MW by 2013. It is engaged in operating a diversified renewable...

There was a recent Supreme Court verdict (May 7) that essentially ruled that natural gas is owned by the government until it reaches the end consumer. This led to the speculation that the government in its enthusiasm will try to micromanage terms of sales of natural gas to all sorts...

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, guided by the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) has envisaged increasing the share of renewable energy in total electricity consumption of the country. Despite sufficient resource potential to achieve Renewable energy Purchase Obligations (RPO’s) prescribed by various State Electricity Regulatory Commissions, the geographic distribution...

I read an interesting article in the Economic Times ( Jun 25, 2010), written by R.S.Pandey, former petroleum secretary, about the potential for energy savings and reducing our import bill through the use of natural gas. It was a very interesting read, and the following were stuff that made me...

A number of small and medium enterprises in Punjab are putting up wind energy plants. While they are on record stating that they are doing this for a clean environment, I guess they are not going to be unhappy in getting the tax benefits from these wind mills. Some of...