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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, 2011 by Team EAI
All of us at EAI are pleased to know that Harish Hande of SELCO has won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award - considered Asia's Nobel Prize. A fully deserved one. How many IIT-ians do we find coming back to India? How many among those few coming back actually taking up...
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July 29, 2011 by Team EAI
Harish Manwani's AGM speech on how Unilever is looking at sustainable business - a useful read. An excellent analysis of sustainability by a global leader. "The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan has three big goals: To halve the environmental footprint of our products across the value chain, to source 100% of...
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July 27, 2011 by Team EAI
An item in The Economic Times (Jul 27 2011) caught my interest. This was about the fact that the private sector power generation firms were having a much higher success in meetings their capacity addition targets than have public sector firms. So what's the big surprise, you might ask. Granted,...
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July 27, 2011 by Team EAI
Read an interesting article in the Business Line today on SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) exploring options to float joint ventures with "green" power producers to meet its renewable energy commitment. I guess you could replace the name SAIL with ONGC, BHEL, NTPC and more, and the news item...
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July 24, 2011 by Team EAI
iPLON GmbH, Germany, in association with Energy Alternatives India (EAI), conducted a two day training workshop on the 20th and 21st of July 21, 2011 at The Raintree Hotel, Chennai. The workshop titled “Solar Photovoltaic Systems – Design and Engineering” covered a wide range of topics related to Solar PV...
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July 16, 2011 by Team EAI
Agici Finance Business, an Italian pioneer active in research and consultancy in the energy business and Energy Alternatives India, the leader in consultancy in renewable energy in India, have signed a MoU to develop joint initiatives aimed at helping Italian businesses to seize the opportunities that the Indian market is...
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July 13, 2011 by Team EAI
No, the title has nothing to do with Sonia Gandhi. It is literally a more electrifying connection that Italy is keen to have with India. I spent the last week in the pleasant city of Milano (Milan), the financial capital of Italy. I was there because the nice folks from...
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July 12, 2011 by Team EAI
It was a few weeks back that I met the young and cheerful Zulfiqar Varawalla of NanoJoshXXL at his office at Navi Mumbai. I had been working with my team on an assignment for one of my clients where my job was to find out some interesting cleantech products in...
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July 11, 2011 by Team EAI
The government of India made it mandatory for companies to disclose their CSR activities and has released a set of guidelines for all companies - including MNCs - for disclosing the same. Observing these guidelines is however voluntary, it is reported. A bit confusing, I must say. Why make these...
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July 11, 2011 by Team EAI
It's yet again the tussle between the power ministry and the environment ministry, more specifically the environment minister Jairam Ramesh. The Mahan coal block was originally allocated to Essar Power and Hindalco industries to fuel their power projects. But the environment ministry has decided that allowing mining in this coal...
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