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Now, this IS odd..Saudi Arabia is to import fuel from India...no, I have not had made a mistake while typing!Saudi Aramco has secured a deal to buy 7.4 million barrels of gas oil from Reliance Industries for 2009, as strong demand for power and motor fuels forces it to import,...

No more heavy and clumsy cylinders for kitchens. Supply of piped gas to households and CNG (compressed natural gas) to vehicles is all set to get a fillip with the government deciding to more than double the current allocation of natural gas for residential and transport sectors."It has been decided...

As conventional car firms the world over announce lay-offs and plant closures, Reva, the India-based electric car manufacturer behind the iconic G-Wiz, has today announced plans to increase its production capacity four-fold with the construction of a new assembly plant in Bangalore.Despite widespread recent reports that sales of electric cars...

Merger and acquisition deals in the solar energy sector has witnessed renewed interest from wider industrial players, seeking an early entry and scaling up of technology, according to a report on solar and wind energy deals by analyst Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC).In a report, PWC India said in many cases, current...

French nuclear giant Areva signed a preliminary deal Wednesday to provide India with up to six new-generation reactors — a move hailed in India as ending its nuclear isolation and transforming the country into “a responsible nuclear state.”The Paris-based company says the deal signed with Indian electric utility Nuclear Power...

India needs to import large amounts of uranium to meet its nuclear energy requirements till it fully explores its internal reserves, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairperson Anil Kakodkar said.Kakodkar said: ‘India’s energy demand will be almost 10 times higher by 2050 compared to what it is now. Even after exploiting...

Scientist Tim Flannery has accused Australia of taking an immoral position by exporting polluting coal to India but refusing to sell it uranium to help it establish a cleaner power-generation industry. The author of The Weather Makers said India's plan to build a new generation of coalfired power stations in...

Suzlon, India's wind power giant, has reported a quarterly loss after years of expansion and profit growth. It was hurt mainly by the ongoing global credit crunch, slowing wind turbine sales, and by rising costs and a provision to do repairs stemming from the widely reported quality problems at the...

Current scenario of development in renewable energy in India - an excellent white paper from REEEP (pdf)

Feb 2008Wind power is becoming a mainstream energy source. Over 20,000 mw of wind turbines were installed in 2007 bringing world- wide capacity to 94,112 mw, up 27% from 2006. The top five countries in terms of installed capacity are Germany (22, 300 mw), the US (16,800 mw), Spain (15,100...