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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
This paper presents an efficient lantern running on low grade ethanol fuel which also doubles up as a cooking stove thereby solving the twin problems of cooking and lighting for rural households. Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) is the first to propose and develop a dual purpose lantern (christened lanstove)...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) encourages Bio-fuels in India, Task Force on Bio-fuels, Karnataka Chairman Y B Ramakrishna said recently.He said IOCL officials in a meeting here recently said the Centre had agreed to increase the Ethanol blending in petrol to ten per cent from the existing five per cent...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
The venture capital arm of engineering giant Siemens has announced it has bolstered its portfolio of green investments with the acquisition of a stake in India-based waste heat recovery specialist Transparent Energy Systems. Pune-based Transparent provides a range of industrial waste heat recovery and combined heat and power systems, as...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
Indian Finance Minister plans to reduce customs duty on biodiesel imports, but leaders of domestic industry say the government still must increase the allowable blend past the current 5 percent.Advocates of biodiesel in India have been cheered with news that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said yesterday that the 2009-10 budget...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
The Indian Railways is planning to introduce compressed natural gas (CNG) and bio diesel as locomotive fuels, aiming to cut down on pollution, minister of state for railways K.H. Muniyappa said on Thursday.Currently, the railways uses diesel and electricity, which is an indirect pollutant as a bulk of the country’s...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
A useful and regularly updated site on the status and trends of ethanol fuel in India.Contains details on government policies, ethanol projects, technology details and business enquiriesSite link
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
There are some useful inputs provided on the economics of ethanol production from sugarcane molasses for India, in this UN Conference on Trade & Development report. (page 17 in the report)This report also provides a good amount of useful data on the status and trends in ethanol and biodiesel production...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
This article is almost a year old, so some of the facts could have changed, but the theme of the article provides inputs on the types of infrastructural problems that the country faces currently. Indian companies which produce biodiesel from Jatropha are distributing the oil to other countries. This is...
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July 17, 2009 by Team EAI
Was doing some lazy browsing on books related to India's energy status, renewable energy and energy security. The following were the ones I found appetizing:1. Energy Efficient Buildings in India - by Mili Majumdar - Publisher: Tata Energy Research Institute, TERI (February 28, 2009)- Amazon link2. India-s Energy Security (Kindle...
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July 17, 2009 by Team EAI
Schneider Electric signed an agreement to acquire Conzerv Systems, a leader in energy efficiency solutions in the Indian market. Conzerv caters to industrial and commercial power consumers and pioneered the design and manufacture of digital energy meters. It generates sales in $14 million and employs 337 people. Conzerv Systems Pvt....
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