The following was what I wrote for our newsletter yesterday. Thought it could be useful to those who have not subscribed to the EAI Newsletter, so am reproducing it.
“What happened recently in New Delhi had a lot to do with green – and I’m not referring to Holi! The budget we had last week had [...]

Date and Venue: 11th – 12th March, 2010, Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi
Private Equity Pro Partners is organising a two day Private equity workshop on Investing and Lending in the energy and infrastructure industry. The workshop includes lectures and case studies. The program will provide insights on how Private Equity and Infrastructure funds invest in [...]

It is an open secret that India is one of the fastest growing market for renewable energy sources. This has become more so after the announcement of the National Solar Mission.
As a result of this growth, a wide number of opportunities are opening up for a number of companies from outside India who would like [...]

Here’s an interesting site (and blog) focussed on CO2 sequestration at power plants worldwide. Aptly called Power Plant CCS, it provides the latest updates on CCS at power plants worldwide. Interestingly, it has a special emphasis on researching the newest and novel methods for CCS at these plants.
For instance, there are three novel approaches about [...]

To provide a single platform to the stakeholders of alternate energy sector to interact, network and foster strong relationships with the policy makers, technology experts, industry leaders, trade representatives and major users from various industrial segments, VNS Expo Design is organizing ALTEN 2010 Exhibition [20–22 February 2010] and Conference [20th February 2010] at Pragati Maidan, [...]

While solar energy is often spoken of as if it is just one technology, in reality, solar energy comprises two distinct technologies – solar PV and solar thermal.
Solar PV uses the sunlight to excite electrons to produce electricity, while solar thermal uses the heat in the sunlight to produce either heat or electricity.
Both solar PV [...]

The biodiesel industry in India is at a crossroads.
On the one hand, the government of India regularly comes up with policies and “mandates” that are supposed to revive the ailing industry. On the other hand, most biodiesel plants are running way below their capacity owing to the low purchase price by the oil companies which [...]

It should rank among the most intriguing mystery of the year.
You read tens of press releases claiming Jatropha to be a miracle crop. And companies go on record saying they have invested millions of dollars into this crop, by farming it on thousands of hectares.
And yet, you enquire to procure a measly hundred tonnes of [...]

I have mentioned in an earlier blog post that you will find it hard to get an authentic quote for Jatropha oil in India.
An equally interesting puzzle is the price of the seed. The seeds of the crop have been seeing a see-saw in its prices. You hear prices right from Rs 5 per Kg [...]

What are the capital costs for setting up ethanol to fuel plants?
The answer to this question depends on whether you are looking at deriving ethanol from starch or whether you are looking at putting up cellulose-to-ethanol (called cellulosic ethanol) plants.
Well, right now pretty much all large-scale commercial ethanol plants are running on the starch route, [...]