Leslie D'Monte / New Delhi December 9, 2009, 0:50 IST

A former Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur sets up India

Cheap oil has been the driving force behind the phenomenal economic growth of the past century, at least in the west. Oil is the lifeblood of the modern world. If we were to remove it tomorrow, it is no exaggeration to say that civilisation would collapse. (Editorial)

After Debut, Solar Plane Set For Round-The-World Trip

Geneva: The prototype of Solar Impulse, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar power, briefly took off for the first time on Thursday but under battery power, the organisers said.

K Subramanya

The final Solar Mission document does not mention details of the financing required.
This is peculiar since an earlier version projected that Rs 92,000 cr will be required over 30 years.
he much awaited National Solar Mission was finally Tlaunched on November 19.

This GSI Policy Brief presents an overview of the status of the six blocks needed to undertake the reform of fossil-fuel subsidies at a global scale, with reference to the GSI

Through a review of existing data and literature, this report synthesizes the amount of information and its relative distribution in different fields.

This Guide provides an outline of how financing renewable energy works, with a particular focus on more mature end of the market i.e. the proven technologies that can be deployed now and at scale. It aims to show how policy looks and where it fits in from a financing perspective; as well as the range of other factors that need to be taken into account in doing an actual project or deal.

This paper focuses on the potential role that large-scale energy storage systems can play in future power systems. The starting point and basis for simulations is the Energy Technology

Conference on

Yagnesh Mehta | TNN

Surat: Mahatma Gandhi turned his humble charkha into a weapon to take on the might of the British empire and give India freedom. And now, it is set to make a contribution in the fight against global warming as well.

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