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India has put in place a market mechanism that will phase out incandescent bulbs, making way for a cleaner energy future. The Bachat Lamp Yojana programme will replace 400 million incandescent bulbs with CFLs by 2012, which would save about 55 million tonnes of CO2 each year. Source Related tidbit...

Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd, India’s leading energy explorer, will start producing coalbed methane (CBM) from a block in eastern India soon (it has already probably started, as it was supposed to start late 2008). ONGC said in a statement it would ramp up production to reach a peak...

Susi Global Research Centre located at Udupi is a tidal energy research centre. Eco-friendly research projects of Susi Global Research Centre includes: * Electricity generation from tidal (wave) energy. * Electricity generation from gravitational force. * Enhancement of leg power output of existing hydel projects. Site

“In India the research and development activity for exploring wave energy started at the Ocean Engineering Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1982. Primary estimates indicate that the annual wave energy potential along the Indian coast is between 5 MW to 15 MW per Km, thus a theoretical potential...

This was an old 2007 news item I read on a small tidal plant in Maharashtra. Even though it was a small one in size, it was a good beginning I felt. “The Maharashtra Govt is setting up a small tidal power plant in 2 coastal villages in Ratnagiri district....

A detailed article on how Indians are preferring smaller cars…factually, most things are OK with me, but not when it comes to opinions expressed. The problem with opinions is that it is easy for anyone to have them and they cost nothing anyway. Perhaps which is why there are too...

It was with a lot of satisfaction I read Dr Abdul Kalam’s acceptance speech when he was awarded the Hoover Medal recently. 28/Apr/2009 : New York Transforming billion people to prosperity Source: AbdulKalam.com Technology is a non-linear tool for economic growth I am delighted to receive the 2008 Hoover Medal....

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy recently signed two agreements with the Nuclear Power Corp. of India and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, facilitating the building of multiple nuclear reactors. The 1,350-MW water reactor technology is the world’s only commercially proven Generation III reactor design, with the first two of four units entering...

An interesting article by Dr. Uday Lal Pai. A relatively old one (2006), but many of the insights and data are quite useful. The following comparison of potential vs installed for various renewable energy sources was interesting: Renewable Energy Monitor————————————–Sources Units Potential Installation—————————————————————————-Wind Power MW 45,000 1,870—————————————————————————-Small Hydro Power MW...

Some potential sites for tapping tidal energy are in the Gulf of Kutch and the Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat, and the Delta of the Ganga in the Sunderbans region in West Bengal. A detailed project report for setting up of a 3.65MW tidal power project at Durgaduani, Sunderbans, West...