November 13, 2009 by Team EAI
Press Release TORONTO, ONTARIO– Nov. 10, 2009 – Seakinetics Corporation reported today that its Chief Operating Officer, Jack Dhaliwal, will be in India this week to commence the process of acquiring land for the Company’s strategically situated Tamil Nadu wind energy project. The Tamil Nadu site was selected following an...
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November 13, 2009 by Team EAI
State-run NTPC is likely invest about Rs 8,100 crore for setting up over 1,000 MW renewable energy projects in the country by 2017. The company has set a target of adding at least 1,000 mw of power through renewable energy sources by the end of the next plan period (2012-17),...
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November 7, 2009 by Team EAI
Several Goan farmers and zonal agricultural officers recently received guidance from well-known mycologists at a ‘National Seminar on Fungal Biodiversity and Bio-prospecting in the age of Global Warming’ at the Goa university, Bambolim. In the interactive session, specially organized for Goan farmers, Prof Manohar Acharya, president of Mycological Society of...
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November 7, 2009 by Team EAI
The traditional artists of India will now manufacture eco-friendly products as they have been imparted education, to use reusable and waste materials to produce handicrafts, by the NGOs such as Handloom And Handicrafts Today (HAST) Karigar Society, which has conducted an exhibition of 35 product lines from 16 various States,...
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November 7, 2009 by Team EAI
With over 75 companies from India and abroad and 11 State Pavilions, the First BioFach India 2009, will be taking place from 18 – 20 November in Mumbai. Organised by Nürnberg Messe and International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture, ICCOA, BioFach India 2009 will be held parallel to, and in...
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November 7, 2009 by Team EAI
Local Governments for Sustainability, an international association of local governments, released a report highlighting energy consumption and carbon emissions of key cities across India and South Asia. It captures data from different sectors like residential, commercial, industrial, transportation and also discusses the action plans cities have proposed to curb carbon...
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November 7, 2009 by Team EAI
Shale gas is a form of natural gas found in rocks called Shale. North America is the largest producer, accounting for 90% of the world’s shale gas output. In the US itself, shale gas accounts for only 6% of total production. However, the idea is spreading and European companies are...
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November 7, 2009 by Team EAI
The Government is hopeful that the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and its work in the areas of water management and crop enhancement would lead the country to a second Green Revolution. SRI (System of Rice Intensification) technique, being popularized by NREGA, would help in crop enhancement by cutting...
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November 7, 2009 by Team EAI
On the 8th of July the India Energy Exchange (IEX) celebrated its first successful year in operation. The IEX is India’s only bourse mandated to trade electricity electronically. Electricity contracts are traded on a “day-ahead market hourly” basis in Megawatts with bed time hours trading around 2800 Rupees per MegaWatt...
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November 7, 2009 by Team EAI
The palatial residences of Haryana’s governor and chief minister in Chandigarh have been refurbished with new energy-efficient lighting worth nearly Rs.23 lakh that has brought down electricity bills at the two places by nearly Rs.900,000 annually. The two sprawling residences of Governor Jagannath Pahadia and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda...
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