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EAI India Renewable Energy Advisor Released
EAI India Renewable Energy Advisor Presents Highlights of the Indian Renewable Energy Industry. The Indian growth story is well known; what is not as well known is the Indian renewable energy growth story, which has been putting in impressive performances last few years. This guide from EAI provides the highlights...
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Over 200 Speakers and 15,000 Trade Visitors Attend the 5th Renewable Energy India 2011 Expo
Here is the press release from the Exhibitions India Group on the event: (and oh, by the way, EAI released the EAI India Renewable Energy Advisor at the event. The Advisor is a comprehensive collection of all key data and statistics of the Indian renewable energy sector. A free copy...
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Performance of 6 Grid Connected Solar PV plants in India
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) has published the performance data for 6 grid connected solar PV plants in India. This data is extremely useful for investors and project developers who are keen on setting up solar plants in India. Background Resource assessment is the first step in evaluating the...
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EAI City Connect – Get Linked with Other RE Enthusiasts in Your City
How cool it would be if you could easily connect with many other folks in your city who are interested in renewable energy! You don’t have to yearn anymore – EAI launches City Connect. Whichever renewable energy area you are interested in, and whichever Indian city you belong to, EAI...
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3rd grid connected solar PV power plant in Tamil Nadu commissioned
RL Clean Power Private Limited commissioned a 1 MW solar PV plant and connected it to the grid on 25 July 2011. The plant, located in Sivaganga District of Tamil Nadu, was one of the projects allotted under the "Rooftop PV & Small Solar Power Generation Programme(RPSSGP)". Wipro Ecoenergy was...
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Getting Our Kids into the Cleantech Habit…
I read about how a local private school is working with elementary schools and the Nevada Discovery Museum to teach children as young as preschoolers about solar energy. The Aleph Academy, a private Jewish preschool, has used a grant from NV Energy and the Department of Energy to install a...
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Tirupur Dyeing Units to Use Brine or Nanotech for Zero Discharge
Those who have been following the textile industry will be aware of the closure of over 750 dyeing units in Tirupur owing to pollutants being discharged in their waste water. The Madras high court had ordered the closure of 752 dyeing units along Noyyal river some months back, based on...
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Harish Hande Wins Magsaysay Award
All of us at EAI are pleased to know that Harish Hande of SELCO has won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award - considered Asia's Nobel Prize. A fully deserved one. How many IIT-ians do we find coming back to India? How many among those few coming back actually taking up...
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Leading Responsible Growth – HUL Chairman’s Speech at their AGM
Harish Manwani's AGM speech on how Unilever is looking at sustainable business - a useful read. An excellent analysis of sustainability by a global leader. "The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan has three big goals: To halve the environmental footprint of our products across the value chain, to source 100% of...
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Private Firms Leading in Conventional Power Generation in India
An item in The Economic Times (Jul 27 2011) caught my interest. This was about the fact that the private sector power generation firms were having a much higher success in meetings their capacity addition targets than have public sector firms. So what's the big surprise, you might ask. Granted,...
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