Companies with an urge to be politically correct and responsible are spawning a new breed of managers to spearhead their green initiatives. As a result, the demand from India Inc for 'green experts' - people trained in green technologies and environment specialists -- is going up.Some of the hot green...

As per the NTPC proposal, transmission infrastructure at thermal power stations would be leveraged to evacuate electricity from solar stations. NTPC has an installed capacity of 30,644 MW. It plans to raise the existing capacity to 50,000 MW by 2012 and 75,000 MW by 2017. Source

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Here's a nice article from Knowledge @ Wharton on how a slew of new entrepreneurs are bringing the power of electricity to Indian villages

Press releasePetroAlgae to Partner with India’s Largest Energy Company to Deploy Micro-crop to Renewable Fuel TechnologyMELBOURNE, Fla. – November 3, 2009 – PetroAlgae Inc. (OTCBB: PALG) (PetroAlgae or the Company) today announced that PA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is PetroAlgae’s operating subsidiary has signed a Memorandum of...

Scientists, engineers and professors from the United States and India recently met to find ways to solve the critical power and energy challenges faced by both nations.The three-day U.S.-India Bilateral Power and Energy Workshop, Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, provided a forum to identify collaborative research and development opportunities regarding...

Amid the ongoing debate over the climate change and its impact on India especially in the power sector, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has taken a slew of initiatives in the form of regulations to promote renewable energy in India.CERC has proposed a special treatment to hydro power stations...

The four power PSUs, NTPC, NHPC, Power Finance Corp and PowerGrid Corp , would jointly promote energy efficiency mechanisms in India, power minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday said. The four PSUs would promote a company, Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), with an equity base of Rs 190 crore. The companies...

India’s plans for a domestic energy efficiency cap-and-trade scheme have raised concerns over how the market for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects will be affected.There are concerns the scheme could potentially reduce the incentive for Indian utilities to put forward energy efficiency projects under the CDM, if the credits generated...

Here's an interesting article from Knowledge @ Wharton on why India has few electric cars despite the fact that the world-renowned electric car maker Reva is based out of this country.