November 13, 2009 by Team EAI
Dow Corning, a joint venture of Dow Chemical Company and Corning, specialising in silicon products, is hopeful of increasing its revenues from India by supplying silicon-related products for photovoltaic module makers and solar farms in the country. The company with its joint venture at Hemlock Semiconductor Group has invested over...
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November 13, 2009 by Team EAI
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, one of the largest research centres in Germany, is in parleys with Indian companies to share its research and development expertise and assist in providing testing capability to solar generation companies. The Director of Fraunhofer Institute, Prof Eicke R. Weber, said that research over...
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November 13, 2009 by Team EAI
The Indian Government will soon implement a scheme to provide power in the areas bordering Bangladesh with solar power. This was announced by the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah. The Union Minister said that the backward regions of Assam including the areas bordering Bangladesh can...
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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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