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Ethanol price fixed at Rs 27 per litre for blended fuel - Ethanol manufacturers have welcomed the Empowered Group of Ministers’ (EGoM’s) decision to fix a price of Rs 27 per litre for ethanol that will be blended with petrol. The price, however, has been fixed for only six months...

Two news items caught my attention, both related to "mandating" renewable sources of energy. Like most who populate the libertarian society we live in, I am no lover of "dictates"; but I guess dictates aren't exactly bad in circumstances that, well, deserve dictates. The first mandate was about the West...

Introduction In today’s article, we talk firstly of India’s natural gas sector, and then of some news therefrom which is of importance to India’s corporate and energy sectors. In India, the natural gas sector has gained importance only later, over the last decade – some are calling natural gas the...

Portable solar converters in the works at NCL - Scientists at the Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory, a premier agency of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), are working on plastic cells to convert the abundant sunlight in India into electricity, a top scientist leading the team said. More...

While solar PV could be hogging all the limelight owing to the National Solar Mission, wind industry is by far the most important renewable energy sector in India as of 2010, comprising over 70% of the total renewable energy installed capacity (excluding large hydro). It will thus be interesting to...

The last one week was quite fascinating for me - I had six different meetings, and each with entrepreneurs/businessmen from diverse sectors, but all having a common interest in renewable energy / sustainability. One of my meetings was with an entrepreneur from Australia, who had developed a cost effective technology...

RIL discovers more oil at Cambay Basin - Reliance Industries has discovered more oil at an onland site in Gujarat’s Cambay Basin, raising the potential of the exploratory fields it has been drilling. It made its sixth discovery in the 635 sq-km block located in the Cambay basin, about 130...

Hi all, It is obvious that there’s a huge thrust on renewables-based power in India, the National Solar Mission being the most high-profile example. Appreciated. But it’s a bit funny, and I’ll tell you why. Most power in India is produced by coal and hydroelectric power – both of which...

Industrial Purchases at IEX, PXIL Increasing Industrial consumers now account for almost a third of the about 40 million units of electricity traded daily on the IEX ( ), the country’s largest power exchange (85% of total trading volumes). Power Exchange India Ltd ( ) is another significant...

Energy Efficiency - an Attractive Business Opportunity You would heard of the story of Levi Strauss. When thousands of folks were running with their pickaxes and spades to dig for gold during the California Gold Rush (and only a few actually found any gold), Levi Strauss set up a business...