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India will unveil its first solar power target as soon as September, pledging to boost output from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 as it firms up its national plan to fight global warming, draft documents show. Well, the National Solar Mission might not yet be formally adopted...

Many Indian paper mills that have traditionally depended on virgin paper are increasingly inclined towards using recycled paper, according to news sources. The Indian paper industry is growing at about 7% per year, requiring about 7,00,000 additional tonnes of raw material every year. Add to this the fact that technology...

The department of telecom in India has decided to offer financial support from the Universal Services Obligation fund to telecom players using renewable sources of energy to power their base stations in rural areas. The government has announced that it will give 50 lakhs per installation to those companies that...

The Indian government is serious. No, I’m not joking, trust me! I read a news item that the Indian government has asked the 12 applicants who recently received in-principle nod for PV projects filed under special incentive package scheme to complete their financial closure by Aug 31, 2009. According to...

In order that Indian power sector gets easier access to power generation machinery and equipments, power companies such as Alstom and Toshiba will set up their manufacturing base in the next 3-4 months. This decision is expected to help the power ministry in its objective to add 78,000 MW of...

The company recently mentioned that it has entered into a pact with EUFER to supply wind turbines to Spain and Portugal. EUFER is a joint venture between Enel Green Energy and Spanish utility Union Fenosa. Suzlon is expected to supply 2.1 MW turbines for wind farms totalling 224.5 MW. These...

Vedanta Group plans to generate 11,000 MW by 2012, with about 4500 MW slated by 2010. It plans to invest about Rs 50,000 crores for these capacities. That would be about 4.5 crores per MW installed capacity. About 50% of power produced will be for commercial purposes with the rest...

The coal ministry has notified strict guidelines for carrying out underground coal gasification in India. Underground coal gasification (UCG) enables the coal to be converted into gas (producer or syngas). UCG is an in-situ gasification process carried out in non-mined coal seams using injection of oxidants, and bringing the gas...

I read recently that the Indian Pharm Trust @ Delhi has recommended use of solar energy to operate pharmacy outlets. In the wake of intermittent power cuts, the Delhi Pharmaceutical Trust is now urging all pharmacy outlets to run their business on solar energy. The effort will help the drug...

This is a slightly old article, but one that discusses solar PV costs in India in great detail and also provides interesting details on jatropha crop (well, one can cross check that with what has happened five years on!)…plus some more interesting stuff on Indian renewable energy… The article is...