INDIA needs a dynamic regulatory framework to augment growth in the power sector and address the perennial energy deficit in India, said top executives of the country
The World Bank's Clean Technology Fund plans to invest $85 million in renewable energy and co-generation projects in South Africa, according to an advertisement in the Business Day newspaper on Friday.
The fund said it had $50 million available for wind and solar renewable energy projects and $35 million for co-generation, where waste energy and gases are used to produce power.
CLEAN energy initiatives are expected to figure in the meetings between President Obama and PM Manmohan Singh. India and the US are likely to announce the setting up of a centre for cooperating on developing clean energy, including solar power and biofuels.
Gujarat has taken the lead among states in solar power. And it has a plan: to integrate solar into its power ecosystem by working on both the demand and supply sides, report Himanshu Darji, Mitul Thakkar and Shelley Singh
Shanghai Electric To Supply Equipment For 23,760 MW
RELIANCE Power has placed an $8.29-billion order with Shanghai Electric Corp for equipment to generate 23,760 MW, putting the Anil Ambani controlled firm on track to become a leading power producer and hoisting the supplier's shares to a two-and-ahalf-year high.
Finnish clean technology companies, which have joined forces within a common CleanTech Finland brand, see significant opportunities for Indian companies to participate in the programme.
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said Punjab was aiming to generate 1000 MW power from agro-waste alone in the next five years by ensuring that not a single straw of agro waste was burnt.
Inaugurating an International Conference on Biomethanation-Upscaling, Challenges and Opportunities as a part of Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference 2010 (DIREC) organised by M
