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Toyota is creating a combustion engine that directly generates electricity

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

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 →

Posted in Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Fossil Fuel, Global Warming, Low Carbon Emission, Pollution | Tagged cars, Electric Vehicles, engineering, Hybrids, internal combustion, science, Toyota | Leave a comment

Date set for start of India’s solar anti-dumping investigation

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

The Indian government has announced a date for a preliminary hearing for its investigation into anti-dumping allegations against PV module manufacturers in China, Taiwan, USA and Malaysia. The investigation was announced last year following a petition by the Solar Manufacturers Association, representing … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti Dumping Duty, Cells & Modules, Crystalline, PV, Renewables, Solar, Solar Policy, Thin Film | Tagged China, Dumping, India, module manufacturers, project developers, science, Solar Cell, Solar Panel, Solar Power, united states, websol, World Trade Organization | 3 Comments

European Commission reveals August duty rates on Chinese solar companies upto 67.9%

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

The European Commission has published in its Official Journal details of duties levied on Chinese manufacturers with Delsolar hit the hardest. Yingli fared best with a duty rate of 37.3% as well as Jinzhou Yangguang Energy 38.3%. Delsolar was handed … Continue reading →

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The largest PV System Integrator / EPC companies for 2012: First Solar, Sun Edison, BELECTRIC…..

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

IHS’s table of the world’s top 15 EPC companies. Source: IHS. US giant First Solar became the world’s largest engineering, procurement and construction contractor (EPC) last year, according to a report from IHS Research. The study also revealed a shift … Continue reading →

Posted in Crystalline, PV, Renewables, Solar, Thin Film | Tagged environment, EPC, European Patent Convention, First Solar, IHS, Larsen & Toubro, List of companies of India, pv projects, PV System Integrator, science, Solar EPC, Solar Installers, Solar PV, SunEdison, tourbo, united states | Leave a comment

Mixed Greens: EU talks climate targets as global fossil subsidies hit $2tn for oil, natural gas, coal and electricity production

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

The European Union has proposed a new package of carbon and renewable energy targets for 2030 that could see the introduction of a 40 per cent carbon reduction target, as well as a 30 per cent share target for renewable … Continue reading →

Posted in Coal, DISCOM | Tagged BusinessGreen, carbon target, environment, European Commissioner for Energy, European Union, Günther Oettinger, global fossil fuel, International Monetary Fund, Renewable Energy, renewable energy development, science, united states, Wednesday | Leave a comment

JNNSM Phase II – Draft Policy

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

Moving forward after 2 successful bids, MNRE has now released the JNNSM_Phase_II_Dec_2012_Draft The draft policy makes for some good reading on the current scenario of Solar in India with information presented on the various facets of the prior policies and summaries … Continue reading →

Posted in JNNSM, MNRE, Phase II, PV, Renewable Purchase Obligation, Rooftop, Rural Lighting, Solar, Solar Thermal | Tagged banks financial institutions, climate, Concentrated Solar Power, CSP, environment, India, Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, JNNSM, JNNSM Phase 2, JNNSM Phase II, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, mnre, Photovoltaic, Power, power plants, PV, science, solar blog india, solar power plants, solar power projects, Solar PV, solar radiation data, state government policies | Leave a comment

Andhra Pradesh Solar Policy – 2012

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH – ABSTRACT Clean and Green Energy – Development of Solar Power in Andhra Pradesh – Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Policy – Order – Issued. —————————————————————————————- ENERGY (RES-A1) DEPARTMENT G.O. Ms. No. 39 Dt. 26-09-2012 ORDER:- In order … Continue reading →

Posted in PV, Rural Lighting, Solar | Tagged Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh Solar Policy, AP Solar Policy 2012, climate, Cross Subsidy Charge, environment, science, solar insolation, solar power generation, solar power projects, Solar PV | Leave a comment

FutureShip Designs Zero-Emission Fuel Cell Ferry for Scandlines

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

Further to Scandlines’ expression of interest in fuel cell ferries for the Fehmarn Belt crossing between Denmark and Germany, a shipping efficiency consultancy has produced a design for the proposed ferries. Germanischer Lloyd subsidiary FutureShip has developed a zero-emission propulsion concept for Scandlines, which could … Continue reading →

Posted in Fuel Cells, Renewables, Wind | Tagged environment, Fuel cell, propulsion concept, science, transportation | 1 Comment

Complete Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

Tamil Nadu has again proved to be at the forefront of generating renewable energy by creating an investor and environmental friendly Solar Policy which puts in the right set of incentives to bridge the tremendous power gap as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in PV, Renewables, Solar, Solar Thermal, Tamil Nadu | Tagged climate, environment, GBI, Generation Based Incentives, power gap, science, Solar India, Solar Parks, Solar Power, Solar Purchase Obligations, Solar SEZ, solar water heating, steam boilers, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012, tangedco | 1 Comment

Solar water heaters see high demand

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

RENEWABLE POWER:Solar water heaters installed in Coimbatore. Thrust on green concepts, increasing power cuts and better awareness on solar products have resulted in high demand for solar water heaters in the last two years. Some companies in Coimbatore say that … Continue reading →