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Those of you who have been following the biofuels industry world over will know that ethanol derived from cellulosic sources are expected to be the future of ethanol. Unlike algae fuels, which are still very much in research stage, cellulosic ethanol is in late pilot stage and some consider it...

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) utilizes the energy potential created by temperature difference between sun-warmed surface water and colder parts at the bottom to generate electricity. OTEC uses this natural temperature gradient to drive a turbine, which is connected to a generator. It is desirable that the temperature difference between...

Read an article in the Economic Times where the author has essentially said that Locavorism (the habit of practising home-grown / local grown food) is a fad that deserves to be dismissed. I think not, and I left a response at the site which I am reproducing here as well....

Pre-Bid Meeting with Prospective Bidders for selection of Solar PV & Solar Thermal Projects under JNNSM 28th August 2010 Details discussed at the pre-bid meeting between NVVN and prospective bidders for the grid connected (5MW ) solar PV power plants and Solar thermal plants Source: Link == NTPC Vidyut Vyapar...

Global private equity firm General Atlantic, along with a clutch of other investors like Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, has invested $425 million (Rs nearly Rs 2,000 crore) in Asian Genco (AGPL), which has investments in Indian power generation assets. This is said to be the largest equity transaction in...

A slew of articles on how India is playing catch-up to China for securing energy supplies got me thinking ( see and ). And the thought was proceeded by some amount of research on the overall Indian strategy for ensuring energy supplies, primarily fossil energy supplies. The total...

I was on a hunt on an assignment that required researching on the renewable energy investment trends in India. While doing that, I came across a number of interesting pieces of information and insights. I am sharing some of these with you: Renewable Energy Investment Could Hit $200 Billion in...

I was reading a classic paper on disruptive business ideas from Clayton Christensen "Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation" ( ). A thought-provoking paper indeed. The topic of disruptive business ideas has been hotly debated for the past few years, and deservedly so. Let's look...

I had the opportunity to be a speaker at the Renewable Energy Finance conference and seminar at Singapore a few months back. As many folks wanted me to post it as a blog (which I had earlier sent as a newsletter), here goes. Originally I was asked to co-ordinate a...

While I was at Singapore a few months back at the Renewable Energy Finance meet, Rex Reksniss of RECharge ( ) asked me about trends in offshore wind exploitation in India. I told him I did not expect anything to happen in offshore wind in India over the next...