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23 September 2009 The Banaras Hindu University (BHU), one of the prestigious educational institutions of the country, is setting set a line of action for environment conservation and sustainable development. The university is going to establish an institute of environment and sustainable development (IESD) with a mission to carry out...

24 Sep 2009 Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India’s largest energy explorer, will begin oil production from a cluster of fields in the east coast by the middle of 2010, according to the company. The company has integrated several discoveries in the eastern coast in a hub having about...

Kyocera has opened a new Indian branch company named KYOCERA Asia Pacific India Private Limited at Gurgaon to handle the growing Indian semiconductors and components market. All these past years, Kyocera, just like any other Japanese semiconductor company has assigned India’s sales responsibility to its Singapore office. But now Kyocera...

Seeking to diversify into solar energy space, India’s 2nd largest manufacturer of CDRs and DVDRs Euro Multivision Ltd will enter the capital market with its IPO of 8.8 million equity shares of Rs 10 each, with a price band of Rs 70-75, on September 22, 2009. The main purpose of...

Scientists at IIT Kanpur RLS plan to set up a 500 KW solar plant at the institute and focus on research aimed at reducing the price gap between solar power and energy from conventional sources. When complete, the Rs 18-crore project — launched recently on a small plot on the...

Steve Sawyer , secretary general, Global Wind Energy Council, was in Delhi recently to release a report on the Indian Wind Energy Outlook for 2009. He tells Narayani Ganesh that at least one quarter of India’s energy requirements could be met with wind power by 2030, in this interview You...

Electrotherm to invest Rs 700 crore for solar plant in Guj To set up 40 MW thermal plant in 500 acres in Banaskantha Electrotherm Renewables – a division of Electrotherm (India) Limited, is investing between Rs 700 crore and Rs 800 crore for setting up a 40 Mw solar thermal...

With about 2.5 lakh towers powering mobile services to over 400 million subscribers, the telecom industry is now the second largest consumer of energy in the country. According to industry estimates, each tower consumes 3-5 kW to run the air-conditioner, generators and other equipment required to keep the base station...

7 Sep 2009 NRI industrialist C Sivasankaran promoted Siva Ventures acquired a controlling stake in Finnish wind power company WinWind in 2006. The JV which operates three manufacturing plants in Europe, catering to European demand, has established its first facility in the district about 50 km away from Chennai. The...

Seven different solar companies are currently courting solar opportunities in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Each company is hoping to set up solar PV equipment manufacturing plants in the state. Companies such as Moser Baer, Solar Semiconductors, Lanco Solar, as well as others have entered negotiations with local government...