April 30, 2009 by Team EAI
Residents of Chaith village in Gwalior District of Madhya Pradesh are now enjoying the benefits Solar energy. Chaith, which has a population of about 12,000, is among the several villages where electrification project has been commissioned under one of the Central Government’s rural development schemes. Consequent to the execution of...
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April 30, 2009 by Team EAI
State-run National Hydroelectric Power Corp. (NHPC) of India said it plans to build its first wind farm. The 100-megawatt wind project at Kukroo in Madhya Pradesh is to be developed by a subsidiary of NHPC, Narmada Hydroelectric Development. The cost of the project has not been established. NHPC has an...
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April 30, 2009 by Team EAI
Oil exploration major ONGC said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Uranium Corporation of India for sub surface exploration of Uranium. The sub surface exploration for Uranium would be done in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, ONGC CMD R S Sharma told reporters here today. Source
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April 30, 2009 by Team EAI
Tata BP Solar India Limited (Tata BP Solar), a JV between Tata Power Company Limited and BP Solar, has produced equipment to generate over 100 megawatt (MW) of power. Tata BP Solar exports around 70% of its products to the European and the US markets. Tata BP Solar, which currently...
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April 30, 2009 by Team EAI
A new report “Indian Solar Energy Market Outlook 2012”, says that the total number of solar lanterns in India is projected to grow at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of about 40% between 2009 and 2012. Source Just in case you are interested in knowing how to tap solar...
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April 30, 2009 by Team EAI
Tulsi Tanti of Suzlon Energy has said that he will likely consider Ontario in Canada as a base for the company’s manufacturing, owing to the region’s skilled manpower and favorable government incentives. Source
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April 30, 2009 by Team EAI
An interesting research has determined that solar energy – in the form of solar lanterns – has had a positive impact on Indian villagers. The study was done by Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy from Tajen University and Dr. Minna Hsu from the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Their study looked...
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April 30, 2009 by Team EAI
India has the capacity of earning over US$ 100 billion by the trade of CERs, according to panelists at a seminar. The country has already realized CERs worth over $ 300 million About 930 carbon credit projects are resting in Indian carbon trade basket, while 160-180 such projects are likely...
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April 28, 2009 by Team EAI
Olympus Capital Holdings Asia is close to raising a $250 million investment fund to focus on environment-related sectors in China and India, two sources with direct knowledge of the plan said. Hong Kong-based Olympus Capital, which has about $1 billion under management, expects to officially launch the fund in the...
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April 28, 2009 by Team EAI
India’s largest hydro-electric power producer, NHPC, is foraying into wind power generation by setting up a 100-MW power project in Madhya Pradesh. “The company is setting up a 100-MW wind energy project at Kukroo in Madhya Pradesh,” NHPC CMD S K Garg told PTI. It also plans to enter into...
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