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RIL had acquired two shale gas assets in the US in the last couple of months, and this should not have surprised anyone. There is currently a shale gas mania, with analysts predicting that shale gas based natural gas could become the leading energy component in the US and perhaps...

Oh, well, we finally did have the decontrol of the petrol and other fossil fuel prices. Economics experts have almost unanimously lauded it saying it is a step in the right direction. Well, it is going to be a bit of discomfort – with prices of petrol and diesel rising...

Despite there being more than 10 different Solar CSP technology combinations in the market now, and more than 400MW installed capacity worldwide, India’s role in the CSP sector has been comparitively reticent – However, latest government incentives are set to reverse that trend. Writing for CSP Today, Giles Parkinson  notes that the...

Since they were first developed in the 50s, there have been no major changes to the basic crystalline silicon solar cell. But significant improvements are now taking place with several competing innovations vying for the first position; in fact, crystalline silicon cells are now being referred to as “first generation”...

Thin-films are being called 2nd generation solar PV cells, and it is a tradition nowadays to classify them by virtue of differences in the technologies involved in their manufacturing.  We will presently have a look at the 3 currently popular types of Thin-Film 1. The first to be established, selling...

Among the many small factors which contribute in small ways to the profitability of a solar plant, monitoring and control of photovoltaic systems is one of the more important; it is required for reliable functioning, and for ensuring the maximum yield of any solar electric system. The simplest monitoring involves...

From the production of silicon to the end use in solar power plants or in solar panels used for distributed power generation, the solar PV value chain consists of a number of steps, and brief inputs about the business entities in the various stages of the value chain are provided....

Potential Thin-film production Giant from India Ratul Puri, the 35-year-old executive director of Moser Baer India- a $400 million high-tech company that straddles business as diverse as the optical media, home entertainment, consumer electronics and solar energy sectors – says that “India has a massive opportunity in solar. Five years...

Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute (CSMCRI) claimed that it has produced biodegradable plastic from glycerin, obtained during the process of bio-diesel extraction from the Jatropha seed.  The biodegradable plastic production from the crude glycerol was facilitated by micro organism from Indian waters. CSMCRI has filed patent for this...

The Karnata State, through the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), is readying to establish 10 solar power plants at Shimoga, Kaginele, Mandya, Bijapur, Haveri, Mysore and Tumkur, under the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission (JNNSM). In fact, the state is set to become the country’s solar power hub – it has...