The Centre has agreed to sanction solar home lighting systems to below poverty line (BPL) households in about five thousand (5,000) remote and inaccessible villages of Assam not connected by conventional power grid.Most of these villages are located in riverine, popularly known as ‘char’ areas. Official sources said the Centre...

Siemens plans to expand its green energy portfolio to enable Euros 25 billion (approximately Rs 1,74,339 crore) savings globally by 2011, with significant carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction from its products and processes in key markets, including India. Siemens’ Environmental Portfolio spans sectors such as industry, energy and healthcare. The company’s...

Flexibility to use in off-grid areas, and potential to carry equipment higher than a cell tower attracts telcos to high altitude wind solutionSeveral telcos in India are now experimenting with multiple sources like solar, wind, gobar gas energy, and biofuel from molasses. Some equipment vendors are charting comprehensive programs to...

Logistics and transport major VRL Logistics Ltd (VRL) is looking at exiting its 42.5 MW wind power venture at Mundargi in Gadag district of Karnataka, because of delayed receivables from the sale of power as well as its high operational costs. The Hubli-based company had forayed into the wind energy...

Moser Baer Photovoltaic, an arm of Moser Baer India, is planning to invest $5 billion over the next 10 years to expand its solar photovoltaic manufacturing facilities in Chennai and Hyderabad. Last year, Moser Baer Photovoltaic raised more than Rs. 400 crore from a clutch of global private equity investors...

Dow Corning, a joint venture of Dow Chemical Company and Corning, specialising in silicon products, is hopeful of increasing its revenues from India by supplying silicon-related products for photovoltaic module makers and solar farms in the country.The company with its joint venture at Hemlock Semiconductor Group has invested over $5...

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, one of the largest research centres in Germany, is in parleys with Indian companies to share its research and development expertise and assist in providing testing capability to solar generation companies.The Director of Fraunhofer Institute, Prof Eicke R. Weber, said that research over the...

The Indian Government will soon implement a scheme to provide power in the areas bordering Bangladesh with solar power. This was announced by the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah.The Union Minister said that the backward regions of Assam including the areas bordering Bangladesh can be...

Press ReleaseTORONTO, ONTARIO-- Nov. 10, 2009 - Seakinetics Corporation reported today that its Chief Operating Officer, Jack Dhaliwal, will be in India this week to commence the process of acquiring land for the Company's strategically situated Tamil Nadu wind energy project. The Tamil Nadu site was selected following an extensive...

State-run NTPC is likely invest about Rs 8,100 crore for setting up over 1,000 MW renewable energy projects in the country by 2017.The company has set a target of adding at least 1,000 mw of power through renewable energy sources by the end of the next plan period (2012-17), sources...