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The venture capital arm of engineering giant Siemens has announced it has bolstered its portfolio of green investments with the acquisition of a stake in India-based waste heat recovery specialist Transparent Energy Systems. Pune-based Transparent provides a range of industrial waste heat recovery and combined heat and power systems, as...

Indian Finance Minister plans to reduce customs duty on biodiesel imports, but leaders of domestic industry say the government still must increase the allowable blend past the current 5 percent.Advocates of biodiesel in India have been cheered with news that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said yesterday that the 2009-10 budget...

The Indian Railways is planning to introduce compressed natural gas (CNG) and bio diesel as locomotive fuels, aiming to cut down on pollution, minister of state for railways K.H. Muniyappa said on Thursday.Currently, the railways uses diesel and electricity, which is an indirect pollutant as a bulk of the country’s...

A useful and regularly updated site on the status and trends of ethanol fuel in India.Contains details on government policies, ethanol projects, technology details and business enquiriesSite link

There are some useful inputs provided on the economics of ethanol production from sugarcane molasses for India, in this UN Conference on Trade & Development report. (page 17 in the report)This report also provides a good amount of useful data on the status and trends in ethanol and biodiesel production...

This article is almost a year old, so some of the facts could have changed, but the theme of the article provides inputs on the types of infrastructural problems that the country faces currently. Indian companies which produce biodiesel from Jatropha are distributing the oil to other countries. This is...

Was doing some lazy browsing on books related to India's energy status, renewable energy and energy security. The following were the ones I found appetizing:1. Energy Efficient Buildings in India - by Mili Majumdar - Publisher: Tata Energy Research Institute, TERI (February 28, 2009)- Amazon link2. India-s Energy Security (Kindle...

Schneider Electric signed an agreement to acquire Conzerv Systems, a leader in energy efficiency solutions in the Indian market. Conzerv caters to industrial and commercial power consumers and pioneered the design and manufacture of digital energy meters. It generates sales in $14 million and employs 337 people. Conzerv Systems Pvt....

Came across an interesting article from Daily Times, Pakistan that argues that India's Myanmar policy has of late been influenced by the fact that the country wants some benefits from Myanmar's oil and gas reserves. It goes on to say that, while earlier the Indian government held the freedom leader...

An FE study reveals that aggregate expenditure on energy of the 324 major companies (including seven power and airline companies) increased by 25.4% to Rs 79,375 crore during 2008-09 from the level of Rs 63,274 crore during 2007-08. (Source article)However, it appears that this is not out of line with...