Wind power projects aggregating 9522 MW have been installed in the country till end of last month. As compared to the achievement of about 5456 MW of wind power during the Tenth Five Year Plan, a target for capacity addition of 10,500 MW has been fixed for the Eleventh Five...

Here is a link for interesting article on “Future Direction of Renewable Energy Policy for India” This paper outlines some of the broad policy directions for accelerated development and application of renewable energy in the country. It also explains the various renewable energy sectors operating in India and its current...

Bunker Roy’s Barefoot College, which has been providing lighting using solar panels in over 136 remote Himalayan villages across seven states, won the Ashden Award for community welfare and S.P. Gon Chaudhuri’s West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency, which has been supplying grid-quality electricity to Sagar Island in Sunderbans, received...

Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy said, the amount of solar energy incident over the land area of the country is around five trillion kilowatt hour. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing schemes on promotion of solar energy in the country. A total of 4.02...

Jan, 2009Dow Chemical International Pvt. Ltd. (Dow India), and Royal Castor Products Ltd. (Royal Castor), Sidhpur, Gujarat signed a commitment on the opening day of Vibrant Gujarat to conduct research in environment friendly bio–based products & solutions using Castor Oil. The commitment was signed by Dr. Ramesh Ramachandran, President &...

General Motors India had pumped in nearly US$ 0.5 million to obtain biodiesel from Jatropha and test it on its vehicles at Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute's (CSMCRI).During the first phase trials, GM manufactured vehicle were run over 25,000 kilometres on bio-diesel blended fuel and the content of...

India imports 78% of its fuel needs and its integrated energy policy sees CTL technology as an option. India is worried that the financial slowdown will result in lower crude oil prices and affect its ambitious coal-to-liquid, or CTL, energy security programme.CTL involves the conversion of coal into liquid fuels...

Jan 2009The Union Cabinet recently approved an Integrated Energy Policy for the country and a monitoring committee, to be chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, will be set up to review the progress of the policy’s implementation.Currently, there are 5 separate ministries Coal, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Atomic Energy, Power and...

January, 2009The Air Car, made by French company MDI, could be launched by Tata Motors in India by 2010-11.Replying to an email query, the French company said, "We will release in France the first cars for the Air France company before June 2009. The cars will be available for the...

Two of the four Green Oscars in 2008 were awarded to Indian projects shortlisted for their innovative use of solar energy.Bunker Roy’s Barefoot College, which has been providing lighting using solar panels in over 136 remote Himalayan villages across seven states, won the Ashden Award for community welfare and S.P....