July 27, 2009 by Team EAI
GAC India has rolled out a series of green initiatives at its Kakinada offshore base with the objective of minimizing its environmental impact on the local area.The company has decided to convert all the heavy equipment at their offshore base to a superior biofuel, produced locally at the nearby Naturol...
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July 27, 2009 by Team EAI
Renewable energy player Astonfield will invest around $2 billion in India over the next five years to generate about 1,000 MW of power, most of it from solar sources. Astonfield Renewable Resources Limited is the Indian unit of the US-based infrastructure major Astonfield Management."We are going to make an announcement...
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July 23, 2009 by Team EAI
A nice article from Financial Times on how the idea for the Reva Electric car started and its journey from being a dream under an Australian desert sky to a commercial product that has sold over 3000 electric cars so far in India.Electric cars, by most accounts and opinions, are...
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July 21, 2009 by Team EAI
Dow Corning announced the opening of an anganwadi (daycare center) in the Indian village of Karde (in Pune) that features a 28-panel solar power system. This system generates enough electricity for cooling fans and proper lighting for the anganwadi and an adjacent school that previously had no power. Tata BP...
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July 21, 2009 by Team EAI
The Barefoot Women Solar Engineers of Africa has been selected as a finalist in World Challenge 09, the worldwide competition seeking to identify and reward sustainability-related projects. The Barefoot Women Solar Engineers of Africa aims to improve the lives of people living away from any electricity supply in rural parts...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
Prepared by - OPET-TERI Tata Energy Research Institute & HECOPET CRES - Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, Department for the Promotionof Energy Technologies and International Cooperation, GreeceList of contentsCHAPTER 1 THE INDIAN SCENARIO 11.1 Introduction 11.1.1 Solar Collectors1.1.1.1Flat Plate Collector 11.1.1.2Evacuated Tube Collector 21.2 Market 21.3 Policy And Promotional Measures...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
A white paper on technologies, opportunities and challenges Shirish Garud, Fellow and Ishan Purohit, Research Associate The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), IndiaSolar thermal power generation systems are emerging renewable energy technologies and can be developed as viable option for electricity generation in future. This paper discusses the technology options,...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
The number of larger bulk carriers shipping sugar from Brazil to India is rising, as the country’s imports increase substantially after a crop failure in the last season, writes Liz McCarthy of Lloyd's ListThe number of larger bulk carriers shipping sugar from Brazil to India is rising, as the country’s...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
This paper presents an efficient lantern running on low grade ethanol fuel which also doubles up as a cooking stove thereby solving the twin problems of cooking and lighting for rural households. Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) is the first to propose and develop a dual purpose lantern (christened lanstove)...
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July 18, 2009 by Team EAI
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) encourages Bio-fuels in India, Task Force on Bio-fuels, Karnataka Chairman Y B Ramakrishna said recently.He said IOCL officials in a meeting here recently said the Centre had agreed to increase the Ethanol blending in petrol to ten per cent from the existing five per cent...
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