Hello from Team EAI
Here are thoughts, insights, perspectives and opinions from the consulting & research team members at EAI (Energy Alternatives India) - a clean-energy and climatetech-focussed management consulting firm. More about us and our services from www.eai.in
We will be glad to hear your feedback on our blog, or about any assistance you may have for the Indian climate tech sector. You can contact us from here
All the best.
Siemens to Expand Industrial Steam Turbine Production
Siemens planned to expand its industrial steam turbine production in the state of Gujarat for approximately EUR 40 million and export it to Asian and African markets. The company is already producing turbines turbines with ratings up to 45 MW have to date been produced in Vadodara.In fiscal 2008, the...
Read More...
Natural Gas Production, Resources and Consumption to be more Than Oil
India’s current oil production is around 660,000 barrels a day that of gas has touched 676,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. According to the latest figures released by the ministry of petroleum and natural gas show that during the first two months of the current fiscal, domestic crude oil...
Read More...
CO2 Emission Reduction Thrust May be More on India in Copenhagen Conference
2009 09 The United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen Denmark, from December 7 to 18 is expected to come out with a plan to replace the Kyoto Protocol (KP) that would expire in 2012. What is more important in this meet is that so far...
Read More...
Nuclear Power Market in India Attracts Sweden to Offer Nuclear technology
Jul 2009With the Indian nuclear power market to touch $40 billion or Rs.20,000 crore by 2020, Atomic companies from the Sweden, US, Russia, France, Kazakhstan and Britain, are competing to get a share of the nuclear pie.A delegation of Swedish companies such as, Sandpit, Swenson, SKB International Consulting AB, Studbook,...
Read More...
Jatropha Needs As Much Water as Any Other Energy Crop?
Here's another article that questions the hype about Jatropha needing little inputs for growth.A comprehensive new analysis of water use in biofuel crop production finds that jatropha, an oil-rich plant championed for its ability to grow in arid regions where food crops cannot, is the biggest water hog of them...
Read More...
India Must Plan its Thorium Nuclear Plan Quickly
India has the second largest thorium reserves in the world. Now, that's really something. But what exactly can we do about this? This article says India should quickly plan about how to use thorium in its nuclear future.India must introspect on which nuclear fuel it will choose to achieve its...
Read More...
Mini Hydel Projects in India – A Good List
A good list of mini-hydel projects in India here
Read More...
Coal Power Plants Receive Loan from the World Bank to Reduce CO2 Emission and Increase Productivity
80 percent of electricity supply in India comes from coal plants which are old, inefficient and are emitting harmful gases. In order to upgrade these coal power plants and reduce harmful gas emission, the World Bank will extend a $180-million (Rs.900-crore) loan to India. In addition, to improve power production,...
Read More...
Analysis of Indian Renewable, Alternative Energy Industry
An excellent analysis of the alternative energy scenario and why India needs to speed up the use of renewable energy resources.
Read More...
Solar Empowerment in India with UNEP Assistance
According to United Nation, about seven out of every 10 households in rural India have no access to electricity and they use harmful energy sources like kerosene to meet their energy needs. These household are the potential market for renewable energy such as solar power but many of these households...
Read More...