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January, 2009 The 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...

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...

As a continuity to the earlier news on companies signing MOU with the Gujarat government for renewable energies, the targeted capacity for setting up power plants by Tata Power and Aston field Renewable Resources Ltd (ARRL) are 5 MW (solar and geothermal power plant each) and 200 MW (solar photovoltaic)...

TARGETS FOR 10TH FIVE YEAR PLAN (2002-2007) Wind Power – 1500 MWSmall Hydro Power – 600 MWBiomass Power/Co-generation/Gasification – 775 MWSolar PV Power – 5 MWSolar Thermal Power – 140 MWEnergy from Urban / Industrial waste – 80 MWTotal fund Required – US$3.43 Billion Budgetary Support by Government of India...

This is a piece of information given by an US government site about the renewable energy potential in India and the opportunities available for the US market to enter Indian renewable energy market. The site says, although a few U.S. companies have market presence in India, industry experts feel that...

The Gurgaon-based Emergent Ventures India Pvt Ltd has been given consent by the The State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) to set up a 12MW biomass power plant in Konch in Gaya district. The Astonfield Renewable Energy Resources Pvt Ltd, Kolkata, has been given consent on principle for setting up 10...

Solitaire Energy, Vestas Wind Energy Technology, Suzlon Gujarat Windpark, Next Gen Syndicate, Astonfield Solar, Wellspun Urja, Enercon India Ltd, Moser Baer Energy, Caritas International and Swiss Park Vanija, Abellon Bio-energy Ltd are the few companies which will sign MOU in the renewable energy sectors, especially in wind with the Government...

It is reported that the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has been facilitating the implementation of broad spectrum program including harnessing renewable power, renewable energy to rural Areas for lighting, cooking and motive power, use of renewable energy in urban, industrial and commercial applications and development of alternate fuels...

Greenpeace India will launch its `Energy Revolution Bangalore’ campaign in January.It has come up with a model and potential solutions to make Bangalore the most energy-efficient and green city. This campaign will coordinate energy movements in all sectors, including the IT industry. Read more

India has about 80,000 unelectrified villages. And the government would like to get all of them electrified by 2012. Just imagine the opportunity for any business that will be involved in this! Either the government is kidding (and it won’t be the first time it does that), or it has...