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February 4, 2009 by Team EAI
Current scenario of development in renewable energy in India - an excellent white paper from REEEP (pdf)
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February 1, 2009 by Team EAI
Feb 2008Wind power is becoming a mainstream energy source. Over 20,000 mw of wind turbines were installed in 2007 bringing world- wide capacity to 94,112 mw, up 27% from 2006. The top five countries in terms of installed capacity are Germany (22, 300 mw), the US (16,800 mw), Spain (15,100...
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February 1, 2009 by Team EAI
Sep 2008 newsAround 150 companies, led by state-owned oil marketing companies and Reliance Industries (RIL), the country's largest private company, have evinced interest in production of biodiesel. The move comes on the back of the government's plan to introduce a 20 per cent blending of the non-fossil fuel with diesel.The...
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February 1, 2009 by Team EAI
Oct 2008 newsCertain biodiesel units have commenced production and are exporting the commodity to US and the EU nations. These units are using used non-edible oils and fatty acids from vegetable oils to produce biodiesel.Hyderabad-based Naturol Bioenergy Ltd is exporting biodiesel to these countries from its recently inaugurated 100,000 tonnes...
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January 30, 2009 by Team EAI
This is wow! white paper / analysis paper. A must read.Summary:This monograph focuses on India’s need for oil and how this demand fits within its broader set of energy policies. The paper is divided into three sections. Part 1 surveys the country’s overall energy demand-supply situation, the “energy security” debate...
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January 29, 2009 by Team EAI
A brief analysis of the status of energy efficiency measures for the Indian ICT industry by the Climatico blog. It appears from the analysis that there is no specific program in the country for intersection of energy eff & ICT, but that's just terminology. Some measures undertaken at different levels...
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January 29, 2009 by Team EAI
Was reading an old project entry (2006), but still thought it was relevant because it shows the kinds of stuff that can be done by industries to further energy efficiency. Name of Project “Energy efficiency project at SOTL, Aurangabad” MIDC, Waluj, Maharashtra by M/s Sterlite Optical technologies Limited. Location of...
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January 29, 2009 by Team EAI
"Already six percent of the country’s total energy basket was from wind energy, and the way ahead would see greater contribution of renewables such as solar and wind energy, wider use of biofuels and non-polluting energy sources such as nuclear energy, the minister said." Kabil Sibal, in a Nov 2008...
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January 29, 2009 by Team EAI
The majority of these projects are located in China and India. In China, 90% of wind energy projects have applied for CDM registration, and there are now 254 projects in the CDM pipeline, making up more than 13 GW of capacity. India has 231 projects in the pipeline, totalling more...
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January 29, 2009 by Team EAI
"India’s installed power capacity should triple in another 10 years time. We are presently at 140 GW. It needs to touch 415-440 GW by 2017. In the last 10 years, our annual addition was 4 GW. What we really need is 20 GW per year from now on." - source...
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