January 14, 2009 by Team EAI
General Motors India had pumped in nearly US$ 0.5 million to obtain biodiesel from Jatropha and test it on its vehicles at Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute's (CSMCRI).During the first phase trials, GM manufactured vehicle were run over 25,000 kilometres on bio-diesel blended fuel and the content of...
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January 14, 2009 by Team EAI
India imports 78% of its fuel needs and its integrated energy policy sees CTL technology as an option. India is worried that the financial slowdown will result in lower crude oil prices and affect its ambitious coal-to-liquid, or CTL, energy security programme.CTL involves the conversion of coal into liquid fuels...
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January 14, 2009 by Team EAI
Jan 2009The Union Cabinet recently approved an Integrated Energy Policy for the country and a monitoring committee, to be chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, will be set up to review the progress of the policy’s implementation.Currently, there are 5 separate ministries Coal, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Atomic Energy, Power and...
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January 14, 2009 by Team EAI
January, 2009The Air Car, made by French company MDI, could be launched by Tata Motors in India by 2010-11.Replying to an email query, the French company said, "We will release in France the first cars for the Air France company before June 2009. The cars will be available for the...
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January 14, 2009 by Team EAI
Two of the four Green Oscars in 2008 were awarded to Indian projects shortlisted for their innovative use of solar energy.Bunker Roy’s Barefoot College, which has been providing lighting using solar panels in over 136 remote Himalayan villages across seven states, won the Ashden Award for community welfare and S.P....
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January 13, 2009 by Team EAI
As a continuity to the earlier news on companies signing MOU with the Gujarat government for renewable energies, the targeted capacity for setting up power plants by Tata Power and Aston field Renewable Resources Ltd (ARRL) are 5 MW (solar and geothermal power plant each) and 200 MW (solar photovoltaic)...
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January 13, 2009 by Team EAI
TARGETS FOR 10TH FIVE YEAR PLAN (2002-2007) Wind Power – 1500 MWSmall Hydro Power – 600 MWBiomass Power/Co-generation/Gasification – 775 MWSolar PV Power – 5 MWSolar Thermal Power – 140 MWEnergy from Urban / Industrial waste – 80 MWTotal fund Required – US$3.43 BillionBudgetary Support by Government of India –...
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January 13, 2009 by Team EAI
This is a piece of information given by an US government site about the renewable energy potential in India and the opportunities available for the US market to enter Indian renewable energy market. The site says, although a few U.S. companies have market presence in India, industry experts feel that...
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January 12, 2009 by Team EAI
The Gurgaon-based Emergent Ventures India Pvt Ltd has been given consent by the The State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) to set up a 12MW biomass power plant in Konch in Gaya district. The Astonfield Renewable Energy Resources Pvt Ltd, Kolkata, has been given consent on principle for setting up 10...
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January 12, 2009 by Team EAI
Solitaire Energy, Vestas Wind Energy Technology, Suzlon Gujarat Windpark, Next Gen Syndicate, Astonfield Solar, Wellspun Urja, Enercon India Ltd, Moser Baer Energy, Caritas International and Swiss Park Vanija, Abellon Bio-energy Ltd are the few companies which will sign MOU in the renewable energy sectors, especially in wind with the Government...
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