Climate Innovation Series from CLIMAFIX
CO3, Financial Investors, Innovations, Net Zero by Narsi, Researchers, Startups & EntrepreneursCLIMAFIX, the division of EAI focussing on climate tech innovations, has been assisting Indian climate startups & innovators since 2022. CLIMAFIX also organizes the popular...
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Hitachi Energy Unveils Largest Global Innovation Center in India
Electricity Generation and Transmission, G2I, Innovations, Smart Grid, Technology trendsThis post is a part of Climate G2I Intelligence series from Energy Alternatives India (EAI), India's leading climate-tech consulting firm. G2I stands for Gateway 2...
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How can we slow down fast fashion?
Climate Action, Corporate Leaders, Government Officials, Innovations, Net Zero by Narsi, Waste ManagementPoll: How can we slow down fast fashion? Diving into the fabric of one of today's most pressing environmental issues, our community in LinkedIn cast...
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Grow Your Own Food at Home Program for Chennai Corporates
Chennai, Events, InnovationsGrow Your Own Food at Home Program for Chennai Corporates 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 - 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝒃𝒚 𝑪3 & 𝑨𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒍𝒑𝒂 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒊-𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒔 Are you are...
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Solar Umbrellas for urban street vendors – Help an NGO build them
Innovations, Solar EnergySolar Umbrellas for urban street vendors - Help an NGO build them 𝘈 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭...
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A youngster pioneering algae-based high value products in India
InnovationsA youngster pioneering algae-based high value products in India Welcoming Yashraj Jariwala of Shaivaa Algaetech to CLIMAFIX SUMMIT 2022 - the 1st summit for Indian...
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Energy Catalyst’s online platform to boost sustainable energy innovation
Innovations, Renewable Energy StartupsEnergy Catalyst's online platform to boost sustainable energy innovation Showcased at EAI INCLINE - Energy Catalyst, a UK government-funded programme designed to accelerate access...
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Artificial Intelligence for the Indian power sector
Innovations Artificial Intelligence for the Indian power sector For those of you from the software and IT sector wanting to do your bit to cleantech, you...
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A simple innovation from IIT Delhi to a complex waste disposal problem –
Innovations, Waste Management A simple innovation from IIT Delhi to a complex waste disposal problem - reusable sanitary napkins See my LinkedIn post on this topic
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What do 12 year old girls do during lockdown?
InnovationsWhat do 12 year old girls do during lockdown? Showcased on EAI INCLINE - It's been a very long time since I was 12...
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This takes some vision to do when you are just 22!
InnovationsThis takes some vision to do when you are just 22! Showcased at EAI INCLINE - Carbon capture is tough business, where even giants...
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Youngster Monika Jha’s smart idea saves significant energy on streetlights
InnovationsYoungster Monika Jha's smart idea saves significant energy on streetlights Showcased at EAI INCLINE - I would have just looked at those streetlights and...
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Nagaland students install unique micro-hydro power plant for street lighting
InnovationsNagaland students install unique micro-hydro power plant for street lighting EAI INCLINE innovation showcase Regions such as Nagaland are blessed with many waterways. It is...
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Innovative use of solar energy for cold chains
Innovations, Solar EnergyInnovative use of solar energy for cold chains EAI INCLINE innovation showcase Sunlight may be hot, but it can be used to produce cold. Cold...
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Solar glass by Renkube
InnovationsSolar glass by Renkube EAI INCLINE innovation showcase Renkube's solar glass is an excellent combination of software and optics. By using a glass controlled by...
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Cow urine as pesticide
Innovations Cow urine as pesticide Lately, I had been doing a good amount of research on bio-pesticides for cotton, as part of a project we are...
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A simple innovation by IIT Delhi students for a complex sanitation problem
InnovationsA simple innovation by IIT Delhi students for a complex sanitation problem India throws away 10+ billion (1000+ crores) sanitary napkins every year, and most...
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Sustainable biscuit pack from eucalyptus trees by Parkside
InnovationsSustainable biscuit pack from eucalyptus trees by Parkside - Know more about such business ideas at India's First Bioplastics Conference - India Bioplastics Summit 2017...
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Sukano and NatureWorks collaborate to develop eco-friendly material for disposable straws
Innovations, Renewable Energy Startups Sukano and NatureWorks collaborate to develop eco-friendly material for disposable straws - Attend India's First Bioplastics Conference at Bengaluru to know more about such innovations...
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Help in Generative AI Music Project
Innovations𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 I'm a budding guitarist - don't pay heed to my friends' uncharitable opinion that I have been budding for...
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Ten climate action themes at CLIMAFIX Summit 2022
Agriculture and Forestry, Bio Energy, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, GHG Emissions, Green Buildings, Green IT, Innovations, Onshore Wind, Recycling, Solar Energy, Transportation, Waste Management, Waste to Energy, Water, Wind EnergyThe CLIMAFIX Summit 2022, India's largest gathering for climate startups, will feature ten themes, each comprising a panel discussion and presentation/snapshot session. The Summit is...
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Emerging opportunities in green chemicals for startups & entrepreneurs – Sivaram Pillai
InnovationsWelcoming Sivaram Pillai of Proklean to the CLIMAFIX SUMMIT 2022, Nov 25 & 26, Chennai Globally, the chemicals industry is a sizable contributor to greenhouse...
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Turning agro waste into enzymes and nutrients – Fermentech Labs
Agriculture and Forestry, Bio Energy, Emerging Cleantech Areas, Innovations, Waste ManagementWelcoming Sidharth Arora of Fermentech Labs to CLIMAFIX Summit 2022, India's largest summit for climate tech startups, 200+ startups The true value of biomass -...
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Review & highlights of Bill Gates’ latest book on Climate Change – Cleantech can save the planet
E-mobility, Emerging Cleantech Areas, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Geothermal Energy, Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cells, Innovations, International, Policies and Regulations Bill Gates released his latest book How to avoid a climate disaster in February 2021. I found the book quite interesting and valuable, and am...
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EV+IT ecosystem blogs – Insights and Updates
E-mobility, Electric Vehicles, Innovations The list of blogposts provides comprehensive inputs and analysis on the growing opportunities for software companies in the EV field and outlines avenues through...
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EV charging software, Payment gateways, PCB, POS, Hardware circuits, Robotics – Electric vehicle digital & software opportunities
E-mobility, Electric Vehicles, EV AC & DC Charging, EV Battery Charging and Swapping, EV Charging and Swapping Infrastructure Companies, Indian E-mobility Strategy, Innovations This is a part of the EV Digital Opportunities series This blog post will discuss the digital and software technologies involved in the wireless charging...
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EV mobile software applications, Payment gateways, Shared network – Electric vehicle software, digital opportunities
E-mobility, Electric Vehicles, Innovations This is a part of the EV Digital Opportunities series Smartphones can be especially handy for those who drive an electric vehicle, particularly to help...
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Innovative EV Companies in India – Pioneering Indian Startups in Electric Vehicles – Batteries, Scooters, BMS…
E-mobility, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, EV Companies and Startups, InnovationsLast updated: Feb 2020 by Narasimhan Santhanam This post is a part of EV Next's EV Perspectives. EV Next, a division of EAI, is a leading market intelligence & strategic consulting firm for...
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Climate Solver Awards by WWF – A Call to Cleantech Innovators – Chennai, December 2018
Chennai, Climate Change, InnovationsAre you an SME working in the Clean Technology & Energy field in India? You can participate in the WWF Climate Solver Award contest and...
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Clixoo Launches Virtual Reality App Development Division for Cleantech – Solar, Wind, Biomass VR/AR Development
Energy Education and Careers, Green IT, InnovationsClixoo, the firm operating at the unique intersection of cleantech & IT, has launched a dedicated division to develop virtual reality/augmented reality applications with a...
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Cleantech Finance – a portal focussing on financing and funding for the cleantech industry
Bio Energy, Emerging Cleantech Areas, Energy Finance, Green Buildings, Innovations, InternationalI have launched a blog focussed on cleantech finance. The goal is to bring a focus on the various dimensions of financing for the cleantech industry....
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About Bifacial solar panels….
Innovations, Solar PhotovoltaicThe typical solar panels you and I know are fairly straightforward - light hits the solar cell from above and generates electricity. Any light that passes...
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Are solar panels on greenhouses a good idea?
Innovations, Rooftop Solar, Solar PhotovoltaicOne of the main attractions of Solar PV is its ability to provide us with a distributed source of power. Owing to this, one can...
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Solar panels over elevated structures – an additional benefit from a rooftop solar power plant
Innovations, Rooftop Solar, Solar PhotovoltaicNot everyone would be happy with solar panels covering all their rooftop without room to move. For those houses and commercial buildings that can actually...
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Advanced analytics capabilities offered by IoT-based solar monitoring solutions
Innovations, Rooftop Solar, Solar PhotovoltaicWhat has the Internet of Things (IoT) got to do with solar? A lot, apparently! This blog post from Solar Mango on the use of...
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Can plant material be used to make plastics?
Innovations, Pollution, Waste ManagementCan we make plastics out of plants? Of course yes! That is indeed what the domain of bioplastics is all about. Bioplastics is a long...
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Organic Home Textiles – an emerging trend in textiles
Innovations, Organic FarmingWhile I mainly operate in the renewable energy space, other related domains within sustainability is of significant interest to me. One of the areas that...
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Save Up to 30% AC Energy Consumption with This Tech from Analog Nanotech
Energy Efficiency, HVAC, InnovationsAir conditioners are one of the biggest energy guzzlers overall, and by far the biggest energy guzzlers for the residential and commercial/office building sectors. How...
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Will the New Cleantech be More Aligned to Venture Capital Aspirations?
Innovations, InternationalThose who have been in the cleantech sector, and especially those who tried to raise money for anything cleantech, they will know the sinking feeling when a...
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India Cleantech Challenge 2016 – Chennai, April 21 – Be There!
Chennai, Events, InnovationsYou will be knowing that EAI had launched an incubation division for cleantech startups, Cleancubator, a few months back. I'm pleased to let you know that...
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Renewable Energy Company Due Diligence Services from EAI
Bio Energy, Emerging Cleantech Areas, Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Hydro Power, Innovations, LED, Solar Energy, Transportation, Waste Management, Water, Wind EnergyRenewable energy is growing at a tremendous pace in India. While some sectors are growing faster than others - solar and wind power are especially growing super fast...
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EAI Launches Cleancubator to Incubate Indian Cleantech Startups
Emerging Cleantech Areas, InnovationsLast week, EAI launched its new division focussed on the cleantech startup ecosystem - Cleancubator Cleancubator is India’s first private sector startup incubator with a...
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Chennai Cleantech Club First Meeting – Oct 17 – Pics and More
Climate Change, InnovationsThe first meeting of the Chennai Cleantech Club was held at Solar Mango on 17 Oct 2015. Must say it was impressive. The idea was...
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My Visit to NCPRE – National Centre for PV Research & Education, IIT Bombay
Colleges, Energy Education, Innovations, Mumbai, Net Zero by Narsi, Renewable Energy, Researchers, Solar Energy, Solar Photovoltaic, Startups & EntrepreneursI had been to NCPRE at IIT Bombay, about a month back. Had been intending to do this for almost a year, and finally did....
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Solar Thermal Getting Hotter – Oorja Energy, Hyderabad Offers Solar Heating & Cooling for Industrial & Commercial Sectors
Innovations, Solar ThermalI have known Madhusudhan Rao (Madhu) for a while, from 1998 to be precise. He even “claims” that I was his first boss while we...
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World’s thinnest, lightest solar mobile charger available on Kickstarter . Solar Paper.
Innovations, Solar Photovoltaic, Thin Film In 2.5 hours, this paper-like, foldable solar panels can charge your mobile. You can carry this anywhere. And it works wherever there is...sun. The...
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Big List of Disruptive Innovations – Excellent List
Emerging Cleantech Areas, Innovations, Renewable Energy CommunitiesFound this excellent compilation of disruptive innovations, across industries, in The Economic Times today. While only a few of these belong to energy directly, I...
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Abdul Kalam Called for Space-based Solar Research
Innovations, Solar PhotovoltaicIt is never easy to reconcile to the passing away of genuinely wonderful people. And thus it would be with the sudden passing away of...
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Young Guns from IIT Bombay Work on Maximising Returns from Chillers
HVAC, Innovations, Waste to EnergyAshwin KP (right) & his colleague Rajat Agarwal - cofounders of ChillerMate I was introduced to KP Ashwin of Promethean Energy some months back. Frankly,...
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Want lower heating bills? Redistribute hot air from above using these innovative fans
Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, HVAC, Innovations, Waste Heat RecoveryOne of the big inefficiencies in most home heating systems comes from the natural tendency of warm air to rise, which leads to hot ceilings...
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Printable Solar Cells not Far Away? At least CSIRO, Australia Thinks So
Innovations, Solar Photovoltaic, Thin FilmRead an interesting article on solar ink that can assist in printable solar cells. Australian researchers have created ‘solar ink’, which can capture sunlight and...
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The XPrize Comes to India – Start working on your dreams
Events, Innovations, International, Net Zero by Narsi, Startups & Entrepreneurs Imagine you are a nobody like me. Now imagine that you are sitting right behind Ratan Tata. Yes, THE Tata. He is sitting right in front...
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Green and Eco Chemicals – A $100+ Billion Dollar Opportunity?
CO3, Corporate Leaders, Financial Investors, Innovations, Low Carbon Materials, Net Zero by Narsi, Startups & Entrepreneurs Here's a sector that should make entrepreneurs drool. A sector that rarely gets highlighted in the press. To a large extent, visible only to...
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EAI Launches Specialty Consulting for Cleantech Verticals
InnovationsConsulting Assistance for Attractive Cleantech Verticals with Fast Growth and Less Competition EAI's consulting division recently launched specialty consulting practice for 10 select emerging cleantech...
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Qualities Needed in a Cleantech Entrepreneur
Innovations, Net Zero by Narsi, Startups & EntrepreneursDoes an entrepreneur venturing into cleantech / sustainability need to have qualities for success that are different from those required for other industries? If yes,...
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Are Green Sectors Indeed Blue?
Energy Investments, Financial Investors, Innovations, Net Zero by Narsi, Startups & EntrepreneursI get a number of people calling me almost on a regular basis with stars in their eyes - they want to start a business...
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CleanBoot – calling all cleantech entrepreneurs and wannabe entrepreneurs for a boot camp
InnovationsAre you keen on starting a business in clean technology or renewable energy? This boot camp will help you take the first steps. First workshop...
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Cleantech Innovation – Learning from the Proximity of Silicon Valley Ecosystem
Corporate Leaders, Financial Investors, Government Officials, Innovations, Net Zero by Narsi, Startups & EntrepreneursI was in Silicon Valley last one week, and my cousin was kind enough to take me on a whirlwind tour of the silicon valley...
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Algae-based Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Biofuels, InnovationsThe world emits about 35 billion tons of C02 every year. Of this, close to 10 billion tons (about 30%) of all CO2 emissions come...
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Solar EPCs in India – BA or KU? Welcome to the Experience Economy
InnovationsThe last time I travelled to the US, in Sep, I had asked for the cheapest flight possible, and I got my wish - a...
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Castor Oil Based Polyurethanes
Corporate Sustainability, InnovationsCastor oil is increasingly finding application in the manufacture of polyurethane foams. The polyurethane is produced from polyols based on castor oil. Polyols can be...
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Castor Oil – An important contributor to sustainability and renewable energy?
Bio Energy, InnovationsYou might be wondering what castor oil is doing in a blog about renewable energy and sustainability. But castor crop and oil are closer to...
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EAI Futuron Awards – Solving the Cleantech Inventor’s Problem
Innovations (pic courtesy - CleanLatvia) The Inventor's Problem The world, in my opinion, has two categories of people – those who know to do things, and...
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RENERGY 2013 – Making it a Truly Landmark Renewable Energy Event
Chennai, Events, InnovationsAs many of you will be aware, EAI has been once more asked by TEDA (Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency) to coordinate RENERGY in 2013....
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Have a “Green” Product that can make a Difference? Talk to EAI
Innovations, Society and CommunityEAI Can Assist Companies Developing Unique Products that Can Make a Difference to Sustainability As the world and India start looking at ways and means...
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Request for Proposal Document For Setting up of Grid Connected Solar PV Projects coupled with Pisci-culture in Bihar
Innovations, Solar PhotovoltaicA very interesting proposal - tying up solar PV and pisciculture Excerpts from the RFP "Despite abundant aquatic resources in terms of rivers, chaurs, floodplain...
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S.Gomathinayagam, Executive Director, C-WET, Speaks on Wind Power – Insights and Perspectives
Innovations, Wind EnergyWatch S.Gomathinayagam, Executive Director, C-WET shares his perspectives on what's required for India to excel in wind power research, development and indigenization in this video,...
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Role of Low Wind Regime Turbine Technology
Innovations, Wind EnergyA recent report from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LNBL) has estimated that India's wind power potential could be as high as 2 million MW, that...
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Energy Technology Vision 2035 Initiative – Participation Requested from Students
Colleges, Events, Innovations, Policies and Regulations, Society and CommunityThe Technology and Information Forecasting Assessment Council (TIFAC) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India is organizing Technology Vision 2035 for...
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Wood to Petrol – A Simple Graphic
Biofuels, Diesel, Innovations, Petrol, Waste to EnergyI used to do some work in the biomass power and biofuels sectors early on. Had also the opportunity to work on an exciting area...
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Niche Opportunities for Startups and Entrepreneurs in Off-grid Solar PV
Innovations, Net Zero by Narsi, Solar Energy, Solar Photovoltaic, Startups & EntrepreneursAn Italian startup, Sol Chip Ltd., is developing solar energy systems for electronic and mobile devices. The company's processors use solar energy to recharge the...
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