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At peak production by 2010, KG (Krishna Godavari) D6 of Reliance will yield 80 MMSCMD of gas, says this article. Now, that’s a lot. Well, a heck of a lot – it is the total being produced by all of ONGC now (about 32 billion cu m or 1 trillion...

Gas hydrates, simply put, is methane trapped in the oceans. OK, that is simplifying it a bit too much, but you got the idea. The big news is that there are billions of tons of gas hydrates around the world (one estimates puts it at twice the amount of existing...

I was reading a rather old (I think it was written in 2000, though not entirely sure) article when it caught my eye that the article predicted that electricity generation from biomass gasification in India is likely to shoot 88 fold in 7-8 years primarily owing to the governmental push...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...