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Sugar mills in India produce 2,000 megawatt of biomass-based energy every year, as much as windmills produce, and at half the cost, a new study has found. The sugar mills, which produce both electricity and heat through cogeneration, are already selling power to the grid and can produce up to...

Bangalore-based Reva has formed a joint venture with Bannon Automotive from New York. Bangalore-based electric car maker, Reva Electric Car Company may become India’s first auto company to make its vehicles in the US, by asembling its next generation NXR smart car in New York. Reva has roped in a...

Nissan Motor Company, which has chalked out aggressive plans to roll out its electric cars in US, Japan and European markets in 2010, is also mulling to make inroads with similar vehicles in the Indian market. Though the zero-emission models have not yet been earmarked for the Indian market, there...

Ultra Motor Company and Okaya Power Ltd. have entered into a strategic tie-up to contribute to the growth of electric vehicle and renewable energy business in India. A formal MOU has been signed between them whereby Ultra Motor Company and Okaya Power will share their distribution networks to bring their...

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), India’s largest power generating company, is looking at expanding hydro-power capacity by commissioning small projects that require minimum displacement of people and can be completed in 5-8 years. NTPC is developing four hydro power projects in Uttrakhand which will produce over 1,500 mw electricity by...

Technology giant IBM said it has signed a multi-year IT services deal with the Indian subsidiary of Perfetti Van Melle, the world’s third-largest confectionery group. As part of the deal, IBM would design and build a 1,000 sq ft ‘green’ data centre, provide networking infrastructure for the centre as well...

The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) has issued offer letters, so far, to an Indian and two American companies for setting up solar power plants at Kadiri in Anantapur district where it has earmarked an area of 5,000 acres for allotment to solar power projects. According to APIIC chairman...

Deep Industries Ltd., which along with partners won seven coalbed methane blocks in India through an auction Monday, plans to raise “substantial funds” to meet its capital expenditure needs, according to its chairman. Deep Industries needs funds for exploration activities at the coalbed methane blocks it won at Monday’s auction....

Background: Cooking and lighting constitute around 75% of the total energy requirement in rural areas. Most of the cooking is done on traditional three stone wood stoves. These stoves are highly inefficient and the smoke emanating from them is very hazardous to the health of the rural population. According to...

Bihar’s Husk Power Systems (HPS), a award winning rural electrification company, has got second round of financial support from Shell Foundation to further scale up operations of their unique biomass gasification technology which converts rice husks into electricity. HPS, currently owns and operates 35-100 kW “mini power-plants” that deliver electricity...