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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
I had the opportunity to be a speaker at the Renewable Energy Finance conference and seminar at Singapore a few months back. As many folks wanted me to post it as a blog (which I had earlier sent as a newsletter), here goes. Originally I was asked to co-ordinate a...
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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
While I was at Singapore a few months back at the Renewable Energy Finance meet, Rex Reksniss of RECharge ( ) asked me about trends in offshore wind exploitation in India. I told him I did not expect anything to happen in offshore wind in India over the next...
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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
Ethanol price fixed at Rs 27 per litre for blended fuel - Ethanol manufacturers have welcomed the Empowered Group of Ministers’ (EGoM’s) decision to fix a price of Rs 27 per litre for ethanol that will be blended with petrol. The price, however, has been fixed for only six months...
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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
Two news items caught my attention, both related to "mandating" renewable sources of energy. Like most who populate the libertarian society we live in, I am no lover of "dictates"; but I guess dictates aren't exactly bad in circumstances that, well, deserve dictates. The first mandate was about the West...
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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
Introduction In today’s article, we talk firstly of India’s natural gas sector, and then of some news therefrom which is of importance to India’s corporate and energy sectors. In India, the natural gas sector has gained importance only later, over the last decade – some are calling natural gas the...
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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
Portable solar converters in the works at NCL - Scientists at the Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory, a premier agency of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), are working on plastic cells to convert the abundant sunlight in India into electricity, a top scientist leading the team said. More...
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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
While solar PV could be hogging all the limelight owing to the National Solar Mission, wind industry is by far the most important renewable energy sector in India as of 2010, comprising over 70% of the total renewable energy installed capacity (excluding large hydro). It will thus be interesting to...
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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
The last one week was quite fascinating for me - I had six different meetings, and each with entrepreneurs/businessmen from diverse sectors, but all having a common interest in renewable energy / sustainability. One of my meetings was with an entrepreneur from Australia, who had developed a cost effective technology...
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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
RIL discovers more oil at Cambay Basin - Reliance Industries has discovered more oil at an onland site in Gujarat’s Cambay Basin, raising the potential of the exploratory fields it has been drilling. It made its sixth discovery in the 635 sq-km block located in the Cambay basin, about 130...
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September 4, 2010 by Team EAI
Hi all, It is obvious that there’s a huge thrust on renewables-based power in India, the National Solar Mission being the most high-profile example. Appreciated. But it’s a bit funny, and I’ll tell you why. Most power in India is produced by coal and hydroelectric power – both of which...
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