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Found this excellent compilation of disruptive innovations, across industries, in The Economic Times today. While only a few of these belong to energy directly, I am positive quite a few of the other innovations will start contributing to sustainability, at least indirectly. Click on picture and then magnify the resulting image to...

It is never easy to reconcile to the passing away of genuinely wonderful people. And thus it would be with the sudden passing away of former India president APJ Abdul Kalam. What a man! In addition to his pioneering work on missiles, and later still his equally pioneering thoughts on a...

Half a billion blooming solar panels. That’s what the US would get if Hillary Clinton is voted to power, or at least that is what she has promised “I want more wind, more solar, more advanced biofuels, more energy efficiency,” she said at a weekend rally in Iowa. “And I’ve...

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...