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A recent speech by the Indian President indicated that the government was increasingly finding environmental concerns a roadblock in pushing its growth mantra. “Bottlenecks and delays in implementation of infrastructure projects because of policies and procedures, especially in railways, power, highways, ports, airports and rural telecom, will be systematically removed,”...

I live in Chennai, so I should have heard this earlier, but had not. Well, I indeed do see Chennai becoming greener, at least in some parts of the city, so the following excerpt from a news article was reassuring and heartening. “An initiative of the Confederation of India-Chennai Zone...

Unless India figures out a way to properly price its water resources, the country could be facing serious shortage of drinking water in a few decades, warns this blog article from NY Times. The article refers to a research study done on the topic by Grail Research. “Part of the...

Innovation can come from anywhere. Here’s proof (PDF file) – an Indian farmer has come up a unique design for a wave energy device. Sure, the jury is still out on whether this is a breakthrough, but well, once cannot but admire such intelligent designs coming from our so-called illiterate...

Axis Private Equity, a division of the Indian private bank, has invested INR540m ($11.4m) in Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL), a renewables company which focuses on the biomass and small hydro power projects. The firm made the investment alongside IL&FS Financial Services, which together have committed INR900m ($18.9m). SGEL has...

A new study shows that India’s sugar mills produce 2 GW of biomass-based energy—equal to that of windmills—but have the potential to produce 5.1 GW through cogeneration. Now, 5.1 GW is not exactly eye-popping. India’s total installed capacity is about 150 GW, so OK, this is less than 5% of...

According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in 2008, $3.7 billion was invested in the renewable energy sector in the country. Regarding the financial resources, the report says that the largest share was from asset finance ($3.2 billion) which was greater than from venture capital ($493 million in 2008)....

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has reported that India has seen a 12% increase in investment in the renewable energy sector with an investment of $3.7 billion in 2008. That’s an impressive investment indeed in absolute terms, though a 12% increase does scant justice to the big needs the country...

India’s Energy Security: Edited by Ligia Noronha and Anant Sudarshan; Routledge, 912-915 Tolstoy House, 15-17 Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi-110001. A nice review of the book here at The Hindu Excerpts from the review: 1. This book is divided into four parts: understanding India’s energy security concerns; the global context —...

India and Canada will soon finalise the civilian nuclear cooperation agreement that will pave the way for new opportunities for both the countries, S M Gavai, Indian high commissioner to Canada said. “Canadian firms, including federally-owned Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, Cameco Corp and SNC-Lavalin are eager to forge joint...