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Of the 100 GW that the GoI wants to have of solar by 2022, NTPC is supposed to put up 15 GW. Yep, that would be 15,000 blooming MW. But what exactly is the plan behind this? The idea is that NTPC will work along with many state governments and...

I have written an article at LinkedIn titled “Get a Life. Get Fit” This is about how we at EAI stumbled across an interesting way to stay healthy and fit, without having to go out our way on tedious exercises or impossible diets. In fact, the only five activities I suggest...

Had an interesting visit earlier today to meet a friend of mine and EAI for a long time – Divakaran of Acclaim Energy. Acclaim Energy is a small but highly bio-energy focussed firm, run by Chandramouli and Divakaran, both of them having a long experience in the renewable energy sector in...

It always gives a huge amount of confidence when a global corporate major invests significantly in clean technology. Thus it was a sense of satisfaction I got when I read about Coca Cola’s scaling up of its involvement in sustainable materials through its investments in bioplastic bottles. In 2014, Coca Cola...

One of the big inefficiencies in most home heating systems comes from the natural tendency of warm air to rise, which leads to hot ceilings and cool floors and frequent on-and-off cycling of the systems. So why not ensure that the hot air that goes up gets recirculated downwards once...

Read an interesting article on solar ink that can assist in printable solar cells. Australian researchers have created ‘solar ink’, which can capture sunlight and turn it into electricity, that can be printed on some materials and can used to charge smartphones and laptops. The solar cells can be printed onto...

09/14/2014 admin Uncategorized Comments off 2 Rayon is an extremely popular fabric, and is used by most major clothing brands. It’s made by a complex chemical process, but at the beginning it starts with wood chips, which are turned into a product called dissolving pulp. Like all products that come...

I had been updating a blog I run on cleantech innovations, the Cleantech Gallery, for the past 8 months. Thought it is a nice time of the year to present some of the really interesting/innovative ideas in cleantech I had included in that, in 2014. Here we go. I have...

  Imagine you are a nobody like me. Now imagine that you are sitting right behind Ratan Tata. Yes, THE Tata. He is sitting right in front of you for not just a few flickering minutes, but for 3 full hours. For a change, he is not in high level consultations with top honchos. In...

Yet again, we have heard about the government’s seriousness about RPO (renewable purchase obligation). The only difference is that, this time it is by the NDA government. Now, why would we take this any more seriously than all of the earlier attempts? Optimists point to the following: 1. To enforce RPO,...