The company recently mentioned that it has entered into a pact with EUFER to supply wind turbines to Spain and Portugal.EUFER is a joint venture between Enel Green Energy and Spanish utility Union Fenosa.Suzlon is expected to supply 2.1 MW turbines for wind farms totalling 224.5 MW. These turbines are...

Vedanta Group plans to generate 11,000 MW by 2012, with about 4500 MW slated by 2010. It plans to invest about Rs 50,000 crores for these capacities. That would be about 4.5 crores per MW installed capacity.About 50% of power produced will be for commercial purposes with the rest for...

The coal ministry has notified strict guidelines for carrying out underground coal gasification in India.Underground coal gasification (UCG) enables the coal to be converted into gas (producer or syngas). UCG is an in-situ gasification process carried out in non-mined coal seams using injection of oxidants, and bringing the gas to...

I read recently that the Indian Pharm Trust @ Delhi has recommended use of solar energy to operate pharmacy outlets.In the wake of intermittent power cuts, the Delhi Pharmaceutical Trust is now urging all pharmacy outlets to run their business on solar energy. The effort will help the drug outlets...

This is a slightly old article, but one that discusses solar PV costs in India in great detail and also provides interesting details on jatropha crop (well, one can cross check that with what has happened five years on!)...plus some more interesting stuff on Indian renewable energy... The article is...

Sanitation No Longer a Dirty Word in IndiaIn India, many moons ago, nobody dared talk about toilets - a subject that was taboo, particularly at mealtime.Those who were employed to clean toilets were treated as "untouchables" and designated "human scavengers", says Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, who has been named winner of...

Everyday a huge amount of waste is generated from households, schools, hospitals and factories. The primary factors affecting waste quantity and quality are population, urbanisation, industrialisation and the changing lifestyle. Keeping environmental sustainability in mind, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in collaboration with Tetra Pak India Pvt. Ltd. has...

CSCI to reduce greenhouse emission by 4 mn tonnesClimate Servers Computing Initiative (CSCI) recently pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by four million ton over next three years which will be equivalent to planting of 4800 square kilometers of trees."In next three years, the CSCI will cut greenhouse gas emissions...

Oct 2008The demand for clean cooking in India has prompted Fort Collins, Colo.-based Envirofit International to increase its 2009 production of biomass stoves.The 'cookstoves' reduce toxic emissions by as much as 80 percent, use 50 percent less fuel and reduce cooking cycle time by 40 percent, according to Envirofit, a...

The Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) has launched its India chapter with nine major organizations including Dell, Intel, HP, Google, WWF, TERI, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, MAIT and NASSCOM. The aim is to drive energy efficient practices in every-day computing."In next 3 years, the CSCI will cut...