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July 17, 2009 by Team EAI
Came across an interesting article from Daily Times, Pakistan that argues that India's Myanmar policy has of late been influenced by the fact that the country wants some benefits from Myanmar's oil and gas reserves. It goes on to say that, while earlier the Indian government held the freedom leader...
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July 17, 2009 by Team EAI
An FE study reveals that aggregate expenditure on energy of the 324 major companies (including seven power and airline companies) increased by 25.4% to Rs 79,375 crore during 2008-09 from the level of Rs 63,274 crore during 2007-08. (Source article)However, it appears that this is not out of line with...
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July 17, 2009 by Team EAI
It was interesting for me to read that MDI Gurgaon has been offering PG diploma courses in energy management. The Institute's web site has this to say about the program:In order to create this pool of talent (for energy and power industry), Ministry of Power, in collaboration with USAID under...
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July 17, 2009 by Team EAI
India's Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said the government has installed 18,000 wind mills across the country with production capacity of 10,386 MW.In addition, 216 locations have already been identified that are considered potential sites for installation of grid connected wind turbines.
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July 17, 2009 by Team EAI
In a recent announcement, Morgan Stanley said the that recent natural gas finds by Reliance Industries in the KG-D6 gas fields and the expected subsequent production could save India about $8.3 billion a year (about 0.7% of GDP).This estimation assumes 80 million cubic meters per day of gas supplies. RIL...
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July 17, 2009 by Team EAI
Read in the news recently that the Hyderabad-based solar PV modules maker Solar Semiconductor is in discussions with two firms in Europe and US to set up a 50-MW solar power plant in the near future. The firm also recently announced its quality certification by the US-based Underwriters Laboratories (UL);...
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July 16, 2009 by Team EAI
KS Oils Limited is an edible oil producer in Madhya Pradesh. With its interest in wind power, the company started a wind power project in 2006 with 2.5 MW capacity in Madhya Pradesh. In 2008, another 27 MW wind power capacity was added to the project. Till date it has...
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July 16, 2009 by Team EAI
India has finalized two of the eight missions under its National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). The missions are on solar energy and energy efficiency. National Solar Mission includes specific goals for increasing use of solar thermal technologies in urban areas, industry and commercial establishments. It sets a goal...
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July 16, 2009 by Team EAI
India is fifth largest in global wind power market, and has more potential to grow in future. But Indian infrastructure appears to be a bottleneck for the growth. Wind power developers are faced with challenges in erecting the turbines in the remote areas.They face problems in transporting turbines through narrow,...
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July 16, 2009 by Team EAI
Indian cities are likely to be free from car pollution soon. The reason behind this is the declaration by the Indian companies to manufacture electric cars.Chennai based company, Bavina Cars India to set up electric car producing factor worth $60m in Tamil Nadu and produce 25,000 electric cars annually when...
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