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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I recently read a post from the excellent Panchabuta blog about the government's sudden realisation that in order for the thousands of Indian villages to get access electricity, extending the grid down there is not the answer, but use of renewables for distributed power generation is. Governments never cease to...

The REC trading for the month of June 2011 took place on 29th June. Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) once again saw the majority of trading happening whereas trading at  Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL) was subdued. The table below provides the summary of the trading at these two exchanges. June...

Date : 27-30 September 2011 Venue: Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport, Mumbai, India   India is among one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and with a burgeoning population it faces an acute supply-demand gap in meeting the country’s growing energy needs. With the 12th 5-Year Plan in...