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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Toyota is creating a combustion engine that directly generates electricity
Electric vehicles have come a long way in recent years, but even the premium-priced Tesla cars are short on range compared to good old internal combustion. Gasoline is probably going to remain part of our transportation makeup into the foreseeable … Continue reading
Cheap fuel cell no larger than a stack of CDs can power a home
Depending on where you live in the world, you may have electricity, gas, or both fed into your home. The bill for each depends on how much you use and fluctuates throughout the year. But what if you could replace … Continue reading
Posted in Fuel Cells, Power Generation
Tagged energy, fraunhofer, Fuel Cells, heat, Natural Gas, Renewables, Water heating
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Sea Salt can replace solar panel component at 0.3% of the cost
One of the most dangerous and expensive parts of making photovoltaic cells (solar panels) involves a substance called cadmium chloride. This toxic substance is not just expensive when bought in bulk, but carries with it loads of associated costs in … Continue reading
Posted in PV, Recycling, Renewables, Thin Film, Toxic Waste
Tagged cadmium chloride, Coal, Dead Sea, magnesium chloride, Oil, Salt, sea salt, sodium chloride, Solar, Solar Panels, Solar Power, Sun
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Improve discoms’ health to attract investments in power : World Bank
Electricity distribution to the end consumer in India needs reform in order to achieve the target of electricity to all by 2019, says the World Bank. A World Bank study has termed distribution utilities as the weakest link of the … Continue reading
Posted in DISCOM, Finance, News, Transmission and Distribution
Tagged AT&C, Commerciall Losses, DISCOM, Transmission
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India to invite bidding for largest solar power project; aims to achieve a capacity addition of 10,000 MW by 2017
India is about to launch the largest bidding of solar power projects worth 1,500 MW under its flagship Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). In what the government officials claim is the first success story of converging the three energy … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Grid Connected, India, MNRE, Phase II, Power Generation, PV, Renewables, SECI, Solar, Transmission and Distribution
Tagged JNNSM, Mega Solar, NVVN, Piyush Goyal, Solar Power
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Finally government acknowledges efficiency is the solution and not price hikes for the power sector
Click here for my article that details the losses of Rs. 75,000 Crores but inept Discoms. This does not even include the power plant efficiencies. Next Steps for the Indian power industry Minister for power, coal and renewable energy Piyush … Continue reading
The German Coal Conundrum, busting the myth – The status of coal power in Germany’s energy transition
Is Germany building new coal plants to replace nuclear despite the country’s green ambitions? Many observers conclude so. But an in-depth look reveals that the growth of renewables has more than replaced nuclear power over the past decade. Coal is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Coal, Fossil Fuel, Germany, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Nuclear, Pollution, Power Generation
Tagged coal plants, Power Projects
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Solar power generation mandatory in houses, malls in Haryana – A step in the right direction
The Haryana government today said it has decided to implement an energy conservation action plan under which solar power generation will be made mandatory in different categories of buildings or areas with a suitable enforcement mechanism. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial, Greenhouse Gases, Grid Connected, Grid Interactive Distributed Solar Energy Systems, Haryana, Industrial, Pollution, Power Generation, Renewables, Residential, Rooftop, Solar, Solar Policy
Tagged Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, RE Power, Solar Power, Solar PV
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Domestic solar cell makers say use of indigenous products can keep cost of solar power low
Domestic manufacturers of solar cells have said that use of indigenous products can help keep cost of solar power low, countering the government’s claim that it will escalate after imposition of dumping duty. “The fact is that cost of power … Continue reading
Posted in Anti Dumping Duty, Anti-Dumping, Batch I, Cells & Modules, Grid Connected, India, JNNSM, MNRE, Phase II, PV, Renewables, Solar
Tagged Department of Commerce, FDI, forex, Indigenous, Indo Solar, Insurability, jawaharlal nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, MOSER BAER, National Solar Mission, net worth, Renewable Energy, Solar cells, Solar Power, Vivek Chaturvedi
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Government not in favor of Anti-Dumping Duty on Solar – Internal Government Sources
Based on my conversation with a few senior government sources it looks like application of anti dumping duty is not in favour at the senior ministry level. This
Posted in Anti-Dumping, JNNSM, MNRE, Renewables, Solar
Tagged anti-dumping duty, antidumping directorate, India, mnre, Solar cells, Solar Modules, Solar Power
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