The Delhi government will promote energy efficient buildings with white roof and CFL bulbs. Fittingly enough, the work will start from the secretariat. The plan involves building “cool roofs”, roofs that are painted white. It was finalised at a meeting between Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and officials of the...

Starting soon, the country will witness IPOs. Oh well, it has already started, possibly: Sterlite Industries India, one of the country’s largest miners, said yesterday that it had issued $1.5 billion in new shares in the United States to fund its plans to increase power generation and finance acquisitions.The other...

Hydropower has been the unsung hero worldwide, and it is true of India as well - hydro-electricity is about 15% of all electricity we generate in India.But hydro-electricity generation has its problems. The toughest might be political and societal problems, but there are issues with capital costs, cost and time...

Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL) currently generates about 1500 MW of wind energy against the target of 9,000 MW. The government gave permissions to 55 private companies who demanded approval for setting up wind mills. But the companies failed to adhere to the norms and failed to set up...

India is becoming a huge market place for renewable energy. The potential for renewable energy is high in the country. It is the fifth largest wind power producer. But when it comes to renewable energy research, the quality of Indian research on renewable and clean energy has been deteriorating says...

Climate change as result of global warming is affecting hydro power generation. This is evident from the power crisis in Karnataka. The State of Karnataka, like other parts of the country, for sometimes experiencing frequent power cut. Apart from other reasons, the main reason for insufficient power supply is said...

The Forum of Regulators (FOR), an electricity regulatory body has introduced renewable energy certificates for renewable energy generators with capacity untied in power purchase agreements (PPA). This certificate will be issued only to renewable energy generators and the purchase of the certificate would be considered as purchase of renewable energy.The...

Electricity consumption by Indian railway is about 14 million units and it cost around Rs 6000 crore to the department. In order to reduce this huge cost and power for railway stations and running trains it has planned to set up its own wind and thermal power plant.It is already...

Indowind Energy Ltd is a Chennai-based wind energy company. The company has currently generated 7.59 MW wind power and has added 20.25 MW power in last financial year. It has again intended to generate 30 MW by investing Rs 100 crore.The company is in discussion with the Karnataka government for...

The Tamil Nadu government has planned to set up windmills Theni, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts to generate 1,000 MW. The project would cost Rs 1500 crores and the state government has demanded financial assistance from Central.