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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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July 29, 2015 by Team EAI
A powerful article, story, whatever you call it by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Climate Change is real. We better believe it is! Read from here
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July 29, 2015 by Team EAI
In 2.5 hours, this paper-like, foldable solar panels can charge your mobile. You can carry this anywhere. And it works wherever there is...sun. The above is any I am bullish on solar, especially solar PV, more than any other renewable energy technology. Absolutely bullish. You can be a part...
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July 28, 2015 by Team EAI
Found this excellent compilation of disruptive innovations, across industries, in The Economic Times today. While only a few of these belong to energy directly, I am positive quite a few of the other innovations will start contributing to sustainability, at least indirectly. Click on picture and then magnify the resulting image to...
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July 27, 2015 by Team EAI
It is never easy to reconcile to the passing away of genuinely wonderful people. And thus it would be with the sudden passing away of former India president APJ Abdul Kalam. What a man! In addition to his pioneering work on missiles, and later still his equally pioneering thoughts on a...
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July 27, 2015 by Team EAI
Half a billion blooming solar panels. That's what the US would get if Hillary Clinton is voted to power, or at least that is what she has promised “I want more wind, more solar, more advanced biofuels, more energy efficiency,” she said at a weekend rally in Iowa. “And I’ve...
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July 22, 2015 by Team EAI
Ashwin KP (right) & his colleague Rajat Agarwal - cofounders of ChillerMate I was introduced to KP Ashwin of Promethean Energy some months back. Frankly, at that time, I did not think much about it. The startup facilitator Intellecap asked me if I could mentor some cleantech startups. I thought that...
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July 13, 2015 by Team EAI
One of the hotly discussed topics in the solar PV sector in India is the domestic content requirements for solar projects. As things stand, MNRE is looking at having about 8000 MW of solar power plants (of the 100000 MW, or about 8%) of the total target by 2022 as...
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July 13, 2015 by Team EAI
I think it is time that the Indian industry took note of the CST (concentrating solar thermal) technologies available. Based on what EAI has done in this sector, it is worthwhile for companies in the process industries (food, beverages, milk...) to give this a shot. Nice to see MNRE take this seriously...
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July 8, 2015 by Team EAI
Rooftop Solar Installer Meet Chennai 25 Jul 2015, Chennai, 10 AM to 2 PM EAI is organizing a meet for rooftop solar installers. This is a discussion forum and not a conference or a seminar. Objective To share notes on the challenges faced by the rooftop solar installer sector, and...
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July 7, 2015 by Team EAI
Capital Cost Benchmarks for Solar PV Projects A Guest Expert Blog Post by Ezysolare Cost Comparison Of Solar PV Projects over past 4 Financial Years *Click on the above table to enlarge the view *Click on the above chart to enlarge the view We know that cost of Solar Power Projects...
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