Researchers of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have claimed that the United States is using the 'fast start financing fund' to its pervert advantage for ruining the Indian domestic solar photo-voltaic (PV) manufacturing industry. Really? I think this accusation is going a bit too far. US for sure is...

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki recently emphasised on chalking out mechanism to tap the massive potential of renewable energy in the state. "Our hill locks, mountains and river banks has enormous potential for developing wind energy which if rightly harnessed can generate good revenue," Tuki said. What is indeed...

Vineeth Vijayaraghavan, editor of Panchabuta, recently did an interesting and thought provoking interview with Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) on the occasion of GWEC's organizing the Wind Power India event along with IWTMA (Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association). GWEC was formed in 2005, born out...

The Union Power Ministry has decided to integrate the southern grid with the national grid in January 2014, Minister for Power and Corporate Affairs M. Veerappa Moily said. He said it was scheduled earlier for December 2014, and the Ministry had now decided to advance it. There are indeed significant...

Tihar Prisons has joined hands with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre to set up a bio-gas plant on its premises which will utilize the waste from its nine jails. This plant will help meeting the jail’s electricity needs. Tihar houses nearly 12,000 prisoners in its nine jails and produces large amount...

Suzlon's founder-chairman, Tulsi Tanti, took a steep cut of Rs1.46 crore in compensation, as the company incurred losses last financial year. Tanti saw his yearly pay packet shrink by 73 per cent, or Rs1.46 crore, last year and took home just Rs53.76 lakh, according to Suzlon's annual report. He was...

Greenobin, a Gurgaon-based start-up has created a sustainable business opportunity in the space of organised waste paper management. For decades waste paper collection has been the job of the unorganised sector present at every single society or office area. However, there lies a huge gap between total paper wasted and...

Does China ever think small? South China's Guangdong province will construct a 198 MW offshore wind farm this year and connect it to the grid in 2014, according to Guangdong Electric Power Development Co. Ltd. 198 MW might not sound large, but for offshore wind farms, it is fairly large...if...

Scotland again underlined its position as the UK's leading renewable energy market as the government approved plans for two giant wind farms, while utility SSE revealed it now boasts more than 1GW of onshore wind capacity. The Scottish government announced last week that it has approved plans for the 177MW...

This is some excellent stuff. Sree Moola Vilasom (SMV) Government Model Higher Secondary School is one of the oldest schools in Thiruvananthapuram city. Established by Swathi Thirunal Maharaja of the Travancore Kingdom in 1836, today this school is imparting education to more than 3000 children. The children of this school...