July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
June 26, 2009According to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, world-wide US$ 155 billion was invested in clean energy projects in 2008. Of this US$ 4.1 billion was invested in India, representing a 12% increase on the previous year. For this trend to continue and accelerate with the appropriate budgetary...
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July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
Siemens planned to expand its industrial steam turbine production in the state of Gujarat for approximately EUR 40 million and export it to Asian and African markets. The company is already producing turbines turbines with ratings up to 45 MW have to date been produced in Vadodara.In fiscal 2008, the...
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July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
India’s current oil production is around 660,000 barrels a day that of gas has touched 676,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. According to the latest figures released by the ministry of petroleum and natural gas show that during the first two months of the current fiscal, domestic crude oil...
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July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
2009 09 The United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen Denmark, from December 7 to 18 is expected to come out with a plan to replace the Kyoto Protocol (KP) that would expire in 2012. What is more important in this meet is that so far...
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July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
Jul 2009With the Indian nuclear power market to touch $40 billion or Rs.20,000 crore by 2020, Atomic companies from the Sweden, US, Russia, France, Kazakhstan and Britain, are competing to get a share of the nuclear pie.A delegation of Swedish companies such as, Sandpit, Swenson, SKB International Consulting AB, Studbook,...
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July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
Here's another article that questions the hype about Jatropha needing little inputs for growth.A comprehensive new analysis of water use in biofuel crop production finds that jatropha, an oil-rich plant championed for its ability to grow in arid regions where food crops cannot, is the biggest water hog of them...
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July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
India has the second largest thorium reserves in the world. Now, that's really something. But what exactly can we do about this? This article says India should quickly plan about how to use thorium in its nuclear future.India must introspect on which nuclear fuel it will choose to achieve its...
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July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
A good list of mini-hydel projects in India here
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July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
80 percent of electricity supply in India comes from coal plants which are old, inefficient and are emitting harmful gases. In order to upgrade these coal power plants and reduce harmful gas emission, the World Bank will extend a $180-million (Rs.900-crore) loan to India. In addition, to improve power production,...
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July 6, 2009 by Team EAI
An excellent analysis of the alternative energy scenario and why India needs to speed up the use of renewable energy resources.
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