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Read an interesting ad from Cairn ONGC about how their oil recovery efforts are benefitting the country. All right it is PR, and well, it is not even renewable energy, but all the same, I thought it would be useful to put the numbers down. Let’s say it is more...

Chennai is not exactly known for its green-ness (see here, here, here and here to see how Chennai has not made the cut) EAI, India’s leading renewable energy research and business support firm, is located in Chennai. So what better way to explore how cities could be made greener and...

India rarely surprises me any more. On the one hand, the country could not care less about intolerably polluting its holiest river. And on the other, there are folks making eco-friendly Ganesha idols because they do not want to pollute the earth owing to any non-degradable materials in the idols....

At long last, I get to read something really interesting the Indian public sector is doing – sustainable treatment of human waste, and that too on our Indian Railways. We all know what happens to the millions of tons of human waste we generate while on trains, especially long distance...

=========================================== Are you looking to get energy security for your company through reduction in the use of diesel, furnace oil, LPG and costly grid power? EAI can do a feasibility study for the use of solar PV & thermal, biomass for heat and power, waste heat recovery and energy efficiency to dramatically cut down...

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...