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Here are thoughts, insights, perspectives and opinions from the consulting & research team members at EAI (Energy Alternatives India) - a clean-energy and climatetech-focussed management consulting firm. More about us and our services from www.eai.in
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December 29, 2016 by Team EAI
While I mostly research and write on renewable energy, the overall domain of cleantech is equally interesting to me, and some of my reading and explorations are into sustainable products and materials. In this context, I have been looking at the eco-friendly and sustainable products domain for quite a while....
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December 22, 2016 by Team EAI
Many companies in India, and worldwide, are shifting from the use of fossil fuels for their boilers to using biomass. Such a transition is not easy though, given the significant differences between biomass and coal or other fossil fuels - differences both in terms of product characteristics as well as...
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December 21, 2016 by Team EAI
Mangalore based entrepreneur Ashwath Hegdehad, with his company Envigreen Biotech India Private Ltd in 2016 in Bengaluru, has come up with 100 per cent environment friendly and biodegradable bags. “The EnviGreen (EG) bags are 100 per cent organic, edible and recyclable which will eliminate plastic from our country,” says Hegde....
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December 20, 2016 by Team EAI
I have launched a blog focussed on cleantech finance. The goal is to bring a focus on the various dimensions of financing for the cleantech industry. I will be providing updates on financing across instruments - VC, PE, asset financing, government financing - and also across the entire cleantech sector and...
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December 7, 2016 by Team EAI
Minimizing utility bills is always a concern for most businesses – especially for small and medium offices and commercial establishments that always grapple to increase their bottom line. Most maintenance managers and utility in-charges know that Air Conditioner is the villain. But it is the villain they cannot live without....
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November 29, 2016 by Team EAI
In October, we caught up with Bengaluru-based social entrepreneur Samanvi Bhograj of Visfortec Private Limited. Plastic pollution or white pollution has become a dire global threat, and the situation continues to become worse. A report from the Ellen McArthur Foundation released in the beginning of this year revealed that globally...
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November 29, 2016 by Team EAI
When it comes to using solar for your heat and electricity requirements, the obvious solution is to have a separate solar PV system for producing electricity and solar thermal collectors for water heating. It is not uncommon for many industries, commercial enterprises and even residential units to go for both...
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November 29, 2016 by Team EAI
We have all heard of Wi-fi. Now, what is Li-fi, and what has it got to do with solar power, of all things? Just like Wi-Fi, Li-Fi (Light Fidelity) is a high-speed wireless communication technology. Instead of using radio frequency, light is the medium of transmission. Harald Haas, the person...
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November 29, 2016 by Team EAI
Urban areas are full of tall buildings with many window panes on them. Imagine a scenario where all the windows are able to produce solar power with the windows still serving their purpose of letting in ample amount of sunshine. How is this possible? This is where transparent panels come in. Transparent...
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November 29, 2016 by Team EAI
Parking lots are one nice location to have solar panels. Why? You have vacant space that is not used for anything, your cars and other vehicles get better shade (if there was none earlier) and well, you generate some electricity as a bonus! Thus, solar panels on industrial and commercial...
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