May 9, 2009 by Team EAI
Scientists at the Space Applications Centre, or SAC, in Ahmedabad have prepared the first national livestock methane emission inventory using the latest (2003) livestock census. India has a livestock population of 485 million, the largest in the world, producing 11.75 million tonnes (mt) of methane every year, the scientists say,...
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May 8, 2009 by Team EAI
Chandigarh If suitable measures are taken, UT can meet 20% power needs through solar energy by 2018: TERI report After taking a lead in introducing a ‘smoke-free’ environment and banning polythene bags, the UT Administration is now considering another ambitious plan: to make Chandigarh a ‘solar city’. A draft of...
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May 8, 2009 by Team EAI
It was interesting for me to read that Jharkhand has excellent geothermal energy potential in India. According to this blog post: “Jharkhand has the good reservoir of geothermal energy in its earth’s interior, whose surface manifestations are the steaming grounds and hot springs. The hot springs in Peninsular Shield of...
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May 8, 2009 by Team EAI
Investment bank Glitnir is joining forces with Indian energy company The LNJ Bhilwara Group. The two have signed an agreement to develop and build geothermal energy power stations in India and Nepal. Source: Cleantech One another interesting point I came across in this article – “a typical geothermal plant costs...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
An interesting organization, and a useful one too. So thought I’d provide details about it. About SESI Web site The Solar Energy of India (SESI), established in 1976, and having its Secretariat in New Delhi, is the Indian Section of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Its interests cover all...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
I was going through a Wikipedia article on Solar Power in India that said, “a 35,000 km² area of the Thar Desert has been set aside for solar power projects, sufficient to generate 700 to 2,100 gigawatts.” That’s interesting! 2100 GW = 2.1 million MW, more than the entire installed...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
Cairn India Limited (Cairn India) is expecting to make around $1 billion revenue from its Barmer oilfield in Rajasthan in 2010. Barmer is anticipated to start production during the third quarter of fiscal 2009 and attain a production of 175,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) in 2010. Cairn India...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
India will continue to face both energy and peak shortages in 2009-10. The country will face energy shortage of 9.3% and peak shortage of 12.6%. The eastern region would be surplus in energy to the extent of 2.4%. According to Load Generation Balance Report for 2009-10 released by Central Electricity...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
The UK government announced a £1 million grant to launch a joint UK-India project to develop pest-resistant crops by June 2013. The money is expected to fund the research of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Leeds University, and the Indian Agriculture Research Institute. The aim is to develop sustainable,...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
India rejected any cap on its development in the name of ‘climate change’, as it asserted that climate-change negotiations should consider overriding developmental objectives of Third World nations. “We cannot accept a cap on our development,” Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Climate Change Issues Shyam Saran said in Washington, while...
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