Read in the Hindu Business Line that the centre has allowed NTPC and PTC to go for dollar linked tariffs for 1,000 MW of solar power plant each, on a pilot basis. If successful, they can go for 10,000 MW on the dollar linked tariff. It is a public secret...

L to r: V Narasimhan (Brakes India), Palani Perisamy (SICCI), Bharat Joshi (British High Commission), Einsenhower (Saint Gobain), Bhoo Thirumalai (Aspiration Energy) Quick Facts Event Organized by the Southern India Chamber of Commerce & Industry 23rd June, Chennai Organizers Dr Palani Periasamy, Vice President, SICCI Bhoovarahan Thirumalai, Chairman, SICCI Energy Committee...

Read a piece from M Ramesh at BusinessLine - essentially, there is optimism that cheap finance might be available for renewable energy projects bigtime because a number of climate funds are getting committed for. While many of the numbers being quoted as amounts committed are big (everything is in $100s of...

Update on 6 Jul 2015: Looks like these folks mean it. Adani has signed an MoU for 648 MW, when Rajesh Adani flew to Chennai and made a presentation to CM Jayalalitha late last week. TANGEDCO also announced that it has separately signed PPA for 31 solar power plants (at...

Here's something interesting Delhi Metro is doing by going solar. Making money, yes! What was interesting in the news item I read from Business Line is that Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) are currently procuring power from conventional sources at Rs 7 per unit. Imagine. Instead of buying power at currently priced...

Executive Session on Towards Green Industrialization: Celebrating Climate Change Action in Manufacturing at 6 pm on 23rd June 2015 at Hotel My Fortune, Chennai The Southern India Chamber of Commerce & Industry Introduction: Climate Change Mitigation refers to efforts to reduce or prevent emission of greenhouse gases. Mitigation can mean using new...

This is a note I received from Bhoo of Aspiration Energy, who coordinates the Cleantech SIG of TiE. We are having an interesting meet on Fri evening for all you aspiring entrepreneurs, or Cleanpreneurs as Bhoo would like term us all. " Hi Friends, The much awaited Cleanpreneurs event is quite literally just...

I had earlier written in brief about NTPC's 15 GW ambition for solar. That's a big one of course, and we are all justified in being sceptical about such grand announcements. But it appears that NTPC is far more serious than we would have assumed. For a start, it has...

That's some good news I read earlier today for the solar sector financing. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) will raise Rs 2000 crores through tax free bonds This is a part of the central government's overall support plan for solar, under which the central ministry plans to raise Rs 5000...

Of the 100 GW that the GoI wants to have of solar by 2022, NTPC is supposed to put up 15 GW. Yep, that would be 15,000 blooming MW. But what exactly is the plan behind this? The idea is that NTPC will work along with many state governments and...