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It was a nice feeling for me to read earlier today an article by Sanjeev Chada, the CEO of PepsiCo India, on how Pepsi is using its deep knowledge in areas like nutrition science and irrigation techniques to strengthen the links between agriculture, environment and  nutrition. In India the company...

A few months back, I had written about the status of offshore wind in India ( see: http://eai.in/blog/2010/04/india-offshore-wind-status-trends-potential.html ) where I had mentioned that very little work had taken place in this area, to the extent that we do not even know the exact potential for offshore wind in India....

IBM, which is at the forefront of the US electricity ‘smart-grid’ project, is eyeing the Indian market. On the heels of piloting a grid technology with Shanghai Electric Power last week, IBM plans to offer solutions for the Indian grid managers. (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/11/11/stories/2010111152230500.htm ) “IDOP, an online, real-time outage-planning tool, integrates...

The DIREC hardly got over and the next interesting trade fair with the green theme is in – The India International Trade Fair. This year, the India International Trade Fair (IITF) will showcase energy efficient technologies and green products. Prototypes of various technologies which use renewable sources of energy such...

Until a few months back, only those in the natural gas industry had heard about shale gas (more from  http://bit.ly/3gJNBm). But now, it will be surprising if anyone in the energy industry and related domains had not heard about it. From some quarters, I hear that it is a bit...

At EAI, we do a fair bit of work along the entire solar PV business value chain. This gives us the opportunity to interact with a number of machinery and equipment providers for the solar PV industry. One thing that strikes you when you look at the machinery and technology...

Read an interesting news item earlier today in The Financial Express about India’s dependence on US for shale gas technology and know-how. “The peculiarity of shale gas exploration is that it requires specialized technnology for horizontal drilling and hydro fracturing. US is the only country to have started commercial production...

It appears that not everyone has given up on biofuels (OK, at least biodiesel). I came across an interesting math in Altenergymag that showed how India could actually become an exporter of crude, yep, exporter. Here’s how the train of logic runs: “At present India imports around 800 million bbl...

Oh well, what was earlier a national suspicion has suddenly gone international. You might recall that banks have always been wary about investing in solar, even after the National Solar Mission was announced. Yeah, you theoretically had an IRR (equity) of 19%, but that did not do enough to convince...

China Himin Solar Co. Ltd., is forming up a Joint Venture manufacturing plant in India. Its chairman, Huang Ming, said at the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference 2010, that his firm was in talks with the Indian side to build a 50:50 Joint Venture in Delhi area to produce solar...