Ashwin KP (right) & his colleague Rajat Agarwal - cofounders of ChillerMate   I was introduced to KP Ashwin of Promethean Energy some months back. Frankly, at that time, I did not think much about it. The startup facilitator Intellecap asked me if I could mentor some cleantech startups. I thought that...

One of the hotly discussed topics in the solar PV sector in India is the domestic content requirements for solar projects. As things stand, MNRE is looking at having about 8000 MW of solar power plants (of the 100000 MW, or about 8%) of the total target by 2022 as...

I think it is time that the Indian industry took note of the CST (concentrating solar thermal) technologies available. Based on what EAI has done in this sector, it is worthwhile for companies in the process industries (food, beverages, milk...) to give this a shot. Nice to see MNRE take this seriously...

Rooftop Solar Installer Meet Chennai 25 Jul 2015, Chennai, 10 AM to 2 PM EAI is organizing a meet for rooftop solar installers. This is a discussion forum and not a conference or a seminar. Objective To share notes on the challenges faced by the rooftop solar installer sector, and...

Capital Cost Benchmarks for Solar PV Projects A Guest Expert Blog Post by Ezysolare Cost Comparison Of Solar PV Projects over past 4 Financial Years *Click on the above table to enlarge the view   *Click on the above chart to enlarge the view We know that cost of Solar Power Projects...

Read in the Hindu Business Line that the centre has allowed NTPC and PTC to go for dollar linked tariffs for 1,000 MW of solar power plant each, on a pilot basis. If successful, they can go for 10,000 MW on the dollar linked tariff. It is a public secret...

L to r: V Narasimhan (Brakes India), Palani Perisamy (SICCI), Bharat Joshi (British High Commission), Einsenhower (Saint Gobain), Bhoo Thirumalai (Aspiration Energy) Quick Facts Event Organized by the Southern India Chamber of Commerce & Industry 23rd June, Chennai Organizers Dr Palani Periasamy, Vice President, SICCI Bhoovarahan Thirumalai, Chairman, SICCI Energy Committee...

Read a piece from M Ramesh at BusinessLine - essentially, there is optimism that cheap finance might be available for renewable energy projects bigtime because a number of climate funds are getting committed for. While many of the numbers being quoted as amounts committed are big (everything is in $100s of...

Update on 6 Jul 2015: Looks like these folks mean it. Adani has signed an MoU for 648 MW, when Rajesh Adani flew to Chennai and made a presentation to CM Jayalalitha late last week. TANGEDCO also announced that it has separately signed PPA for 31 solar power plants (at...

Here's something interesting Delhi Metro is doing by going solar. Making money, yes! What was interesting in the news item I read from Business Line is that Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) are currently procuring power from conventional sources at Rs 7 per unit. Imagine. Instead of buying power at currently priced...