Based on the newsletter I sent a week back:
Banks and the National Solar Mission
Firstly, on solar and on the National Solar Mission. The guidelines for both offgrid and connected solar have been issued, and folks have started submitting applications for both. Now starts the fun of all the developers looking around for [...]

Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference
Date:     27 – 29 October 2010
Venue:     India Expo Centre
City/State:     Greater Noida
Country:     India
Event Profile
India has received the unique opportunity to host the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC) 2010, during 27-29 October 2010 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, National Capital Region of Delhi.
Introduced in Bonn in 2004, [...]

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I met an interesting lady – Isabelle – at the Renewable Energy Conference held in Chennai last week. Isabelle is Austrian and she is working in Chennai for a green media company. She is the editor of the magazine Inspired to be Green . An Austrian working in Chennai  for a magazine with an inspirational [...]

Green Energy World Expo brings you funding opportunities.
Fund you green project by being our exhibitor for the Green Energy World Expo’2010, from 14 – 16 October, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai. GSNA Worldwide in association with C3 Advisors presents you with the opportunity to showcase your innovative green project to a panel of investors keen to [...]

Singapore Gov (Energy Market Authority ) has released a brief but practical handbook for those putting up solar PV systems in their country. Thought it would be useful for many of us as well to have a look at it – link

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE
Renewable energy technologies are expected to contribute substantially towards meeting rapidly increasing global energy demand. One of the primary feasibility requirements for large-scale sustained diffusion of renewable energy
technologies relates to their financial and economic viability. Therefore, a detailed holistic evaluation of their financial viability for individual investors and economic feasibility for society at [...]

I had a call yesterday froim a US-based hedge fund that was keen on understanding about the indian solar PV market. They are no doubt reading a lot about the National Solar Mission’s ambitious targets for solar PV.
Based on the discussions I had, i’m putting down the following questions and answers so that many others [...]

The universe is approximately 13 billion years old. Compared to that our (mankind’s) time on earth is just a speck on the cosmic timeline. Inspite of that we have wreaked havoc on the only planet capable of sustaining life. All other problems fade into oblivion in the face of these issues. [...]

I love Saturdays and Sundays. These are possibly the only days when I can have leisurely chat with folks who call me either to learn something about renewable energy or teach me something about the same.
These days are lovable also because I have the time enough to reflect on such discussions and even put down [...]

I got to be honest. Until an hour back, when I got a phone call, I must have thought about Andaman & Nicobar islands perhaps once or twice in my life. Once, certainly when it was massacred by the Tsunami of 2004, and once before that, perhaps when I watched an old Tamil movie that [...]