May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
An interesting organization, and a useful one too. So thought I'd provide details about it. About SESI Web site The Solar Energy of India (SESI), established in 1976, and having its Secretariat in New Delhi, is the Indian Section of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Its interests cover all...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
I was going through a Wikipedia article on Solar Power in India that said, "a 35,000 km² area of the Thar Desert has been set aside for solar power projects, sufficient to generate 700 to 2,100 gigawatts." That's interesting! 2100 GW = 2.1 million MW, more than the entire installed...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
Cairn India Limited (Cairn India) is expecting to make around $1 billion revenue from its Barmer oilfield in Rajasthan in 2010. Barmer is anticipated to start production during the third quarter of fiscal 2009 and attain a production of 175,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) in 2010. Cairn India...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
India will continue to face both energy and peak shortages in 2009-10. The country will face energy shortage of 9.3% and peak shortage of 12.6%. The eastern region would be surplus in energy to the extent of 2.4%.According to Load Generation Balance Report for 2009-10 released by Central Electricity Authority,...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
The UK government announced a £1 million grant to launch a joint UK-India project to develop pest-resistant crops by June 2013. The money is expected to fund the research of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Leeds University, and the Indian Agriculture Research Institute.The aim is to develop sustainable, anti-parasitic,...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
India rejected any cap on its development in the name of 'climate change', as it asserted that climate-change negotiations should consider overriding developmental objectives of Third World nations."We cannot accept a cap on our development," Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Climate Change Issues Shyam Saran said in Washington, while proposing...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
Orissa government plans massive project to use jatropha plantations to guarantee rural jobs. The government is preparing a master plan to use jatropha plantations to secure jobs for its rural areas. The proposal has gained renewed backing in recent months as refiners have begun to extract oil from the seeds...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
State-owned Engineers India Ltd (EIL), which provides engineering and related technical services for industrial projects, plans to enter the nuclear business by constructing underground caverns to store nuclear waste and may use the services of Swedish consultants SWECO and SKB International Consulting AB.SWECO is already a consultant to EIL for...
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May 7, 2009 by Team EAI
Suzlon Energy Ltd said on Monday it is two-thirds of the way through a program to replace its U.S.-installed wind power turbine blades that suffered cracking problems and hurt the company's shares.The company has taken a $35 million charge for the program to replace all 1,200 blades in its previous...
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May 6, 2009 by Team EAI
Now, this is certainly not bad. India has about 10,000 MW installed capacity for wind energy. This is more than 5% of India's total installed capacity of about 150000 MW (2006 data).Installed capacity apart, how much of India's electricity is supplied by wind? Funnily, it appears that it is negligible...
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