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Requests for selection (RfS) of solar projects under the National Solar Mission, coordinated by NVVN, has received an enthusiastic response from the prospective power developers. A senior official was quoted saying that as against a 150 MW of solar PV to be allocated (@ 5 MW per company), NVVN has...

I had the fortune to be present at the Solar 2010 Conference & Seminar held at Delhi Sep 21-22 @ Lalit Hotel. The event was organized by the Renewable Energy India Forum of IPFOnline. See here for the event homepage IPFonline, for many years, has been working closely with small...

Until a few years back, I was not much aware of the fact that there are a number of folks who were doing sterling work in India on the environment and ecology fronts. True, I had heard of the Medha Patkars and Vandana Shivas, but I naturally thought they were...

Read an article today in one of the business newspapers that the market for eco-friendly clothing in India is on the rise. From the current 1% of the total market of Rs. 32,000, it is expected to grow to 5% by 2015 – that’s almost 40% CAGR for the next...

Those of you who have been following the biofuels industry world over will know that ethanol derived from cellulosic sources are expected to be the future of ethanol. Unlike algae fuels, which are still very much in research stage, cellulosic ethanol is in late pilot stage and some consider it...

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) utilizes the energy potential created by temperature difference between sun-warmed surface water and colder parts at the bottom to generate electricity. OTEC uses this natural temperature gradient to drive a turbine, which is connected to a generator. It is desirable that the temperature difference between...

Read an article in the Economic Times where the author has essentially said that Locavorism (the habit of practising home-grown / local grown food) is a fad that deserves to be dismissed. I think not, and I left a response at the site which I am reproducing here as well....

Pre-Bid Meeting with Prospective Bidders for selection of Solar PV & Solar Thermal Projects under JNNSM 28th August 2010 Details discussed at the pre-bid meeting between NVVN and prospective bidders for the grid connected (5MW ) solar PV power plants and Solar thermal plants Source: Link == NTPC Vidyut Vyapar...

Global private equity firm General Atlantic, along with a clutch of other investors like Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, has invested $425 million (Rs nearly Rs 2,000 crore) in Asian Genco (AGPL), which has investments in Indian power generation assets. This is said to be the largest equity transaction in...

A slew of articles on how India is playing catch-up to China for securing energy supplies got me thinking ( see http://bit.ly/dkGodA and http://bit.ly/cphlRj ). And the thought was proceeded by some amount of research on the overall Indian strategy for ensuring energy supplies, primarily fossil energy supplies. The total...