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Norway launch new strategy for India

Norway launches its new strategy for India, stressing on business, research, education, transfer of technology and health, said Norwegian Ambassador Ms Ann Ollestad in an exclusive with HT.

"This is a long term strategy. While it is more or less the same as before, we now have a lot more tools in the box", she said.

The European Kingdom are investing $4 billion of the Norwegian Pension Fund into India as shares in around 230 Indian companies, all aimed at long term growth. They also recognize India as a strategic world player and hope for a greater systematic political... Read more..

Date : Nov 11
Source: Hindustan Times

Enfinity and Titan Energy Systems to Develop, Finance and Construct 1 GWp of PV Installations in AP

Enfinity, a global renewable energy developer, and Titan Energy Systems, a manufacturer of PV modules, today announced their collaboration on developing, financing and constructing 1 GWp of PV installations on 3000 acres of land in Andhra Pradesh in the coming 5 years.

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (APIIC - a Government of Andhra Pradesh undertaking) will allocate, in long lease, 3000 acres of land in the villages of Thumalla, Dademavaripalli, Pulikuntapalli, Karimireddypalli and Lokogipalli, and at the industrial park of Amadugur near Kadiri, all in... Read more..

Date : Nov 11
Source: PR Newswire

'Temperature Rise Guaranteed, Thanks to Brown Clouds'

Regardless of success at the upcoming climate talks at Copenhagen this December, there will still be a 2.5 degree rise in temperatures.

Dr Veerabhadra Ramanathan, director of the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California-Berkeley, has predicted that an "incredibly complex blanket" of greenhouse gases called the ‘Atmospheric Brown Cloud’ (ABC) will ensure such a temperature rise.

At an international gathering of climate science journalists in the Indian capital late last month,... Read more..

Date : Nov 10

India, Australia to cooperate on climate change, water resources

India and Australia today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to extend mutual cooperation on the impact of climate change, focus on sharing policy and technical information both in surface and underground water resources management. The MoU was signed by Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, U N Punjiar, and Australian High Commissioner to India, Peter N Varghese, in the presence of Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.The cooperation will focus on sharing of policy and technical information and experiences in the development and management of water... Read more..

Date : Nov 10
Source: New Kerala

Moser Baer plans $ 5bn solar biz

Moser Baer India, better known for its strorage CDs and movie disks, plans to invest as much as $5 billion (Rs.23,000 crore) over the next 10 years to expand its solar photovoltaic manufacturing facilities in Chennai and Hyderabad as the Delhi-based company eyes exciting opportunities in solar energy. Chairman and Managing Director Deepak Puri said on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit adding that fresh fund-raising for the business could be considered next year. “There are no plans as of now but we shall raise funds in the second and third quarters of next year," he said.Solar... Read more..

Date : Nov 10
Source: Hindustan Times

Punj Lloyd in joint venture with Delta Solar Energy

Infrastructure giant, Punj Lloyd Group has marked its foray into solar energy sector and has set up a joint venture with Singapore based Delta Solar Energy.

The Punj Lloyd group will hold a majority stake in company named Punj Lloyd Delta Renewables. The firm will develop, engineer and execute renewable energy based projects throughout the world. The company will start its foray with photovoltaic and thermal solutions.

It will also provide turnkey integrated development and sustainable solutions within the power, building and infrastructure sectors. solar photovoltaic and... Read more..

Date : Nov 9
Source: Hindustan Times

India’s booming solar industry reinforces Linde as frontrunner in PV industry

Reinforcing its position as India’s leading gas technology supplier to the photovoltaic (PV) industry, BOC India (BOCI), a member of The Linde Group, has won four new long-term gas supply deals with large PV manufacturers, Moser Baer, Euro Multivision, Solar Semiconductor and Indo Solar (formally Phoenix Solar).

Gases are critical to the production of solar cells, and can account for up to 20 percent of the total cost of thin-film silicon manufacturing. These significant deals for BOCI come at a time when India readies to unveil its first solar power target, pledging to boost output... Read more..

Date : Nov 9
Source: WebWire

Expansion plans depend on solar policy, says Moser Baer

HYDERABAD: Moser Baer Photo Voltaic, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Moser Baer India, on Monday said the company's expansion plans would depend on the National Solar Mission policy, slated to be announced on November 14.

Though the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu allotted land for setting up plants, the company was not in a hurry to begin work immediately, company CEO Mr Rajeewa Arya told reporters on the sidelines of Solarcon, a three-day international conf erence on solar energy.

Expansion plans would depend on how the market opens up and the targets that would... Read more..

Date : Nov 9
Source: Hindu Business Line

SOLARCON India 2009 gets going in Hyderabad

The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) the premier trade body representing the semiconductor industry in the country, in collaboration with SEMI and Fabcity commenced the three-day solar PV conference today at International Convention Centre, Hyderabad. The conclave, inaugurated by Shri K Rosaiah, Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, is coveted to be India's most focused event on solar energy. This is the second edition of the conclave and is supported by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), Andhra Pradesh... Read more..

Date : Nov 9
Source: andhranews.net

India’s Barefoot Solar Engineers Are Building a Brighter Future

Throughout India there are many rural villages that are completely removed from the grid. With no source of power for cooking, light, and heating they currently must rely on firewood, kerosene or diesel for fuel. Now green jobs are blossoming throughout these remote areas as the Orissa Tribal Empowerment & Livelihoods Programme trains women and youth to become barefoot solar engineers. This brilliant initiative provides a bright... Read more..

Date : Nov 9
Source: Inhabitat.com

Why India Is Playing Hard to Get on Climate Change

If U.S. diplomats consider India to be a major obstacle to global climate-change negotiations — and they do — it might be because of Sunita Narain. The director of the influential Centre for Science and Environment, Narain can be as caustic as she is intelligent, and never more so than when she is taking rich nations to task for what she sees as their hypocrisy on global warming. They pressure the developing world to control carbon emissions even as they refuse to move themselves, she says. "The rich have to reduce their emissions so the rest of the world can grow," says Narain, speaking... Read more..

Date : Nov 8
Source: Time

Explore possibility of mini hydel, solar project, Farooq to J&K

Assuring full help from the Centre for overall development of Jammu and Kashmir, Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah asked the state government to come up with a detailed project report for setting up solar panels to overcome the power crisis.

Speaking at a function at Shopian in south Kashmir yesterday, Dr Abdullah said renewable sources like hydro power and sunlight needed to be utilised for energy, especially in backward areas which face power shortage. He asked the district administration to explore the possibilities of establishing mini-hydel projects and... Read more..

Date : Nov 8
Source: Webindia 123

Shinde takes up stalling of hydel projects with MOEF

Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that he has taken up with Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) over stalling the work of six hydel project in Sikkim earlier this year over environmental concerns.