Renewable energy- not aspirational, but viable now at Infosys
From its first solar PV plant of 250 kW about 15 years ago to having an installed solar capacity of 60 MW today, Infosys has come a long way- and…
Oil: Black, Red or Green – It’s up to us
From being the lifeblood of many industries to becoming the world’s most important source of energy, and mainly since the mid 1950s, oil has been a priority that can’t be…
India’s Tryst with COP21: Deal gets the green light but can we put if off?
October 2016 started off with a bang or a few at least. A few days before, the first of three no-holds-barred US Presidential debates were held, Indian news anchors were…
German solar disruption moves to Modi’s digital India. Is Australia game?
— Mara Bun Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop is turning her considerable skill towards hammering out a civil nuclear supply deal with India. ‘The Australian’ reports “High hopes for…
Top 10 amazing facts about Solar Impulse
— Shashwat DC Solar Impulse 2 has landed in India, at the Ahmedabad Airport. It will spend two days in India, with the highlight being its flight over the Ganges…
Did you forget the green stuff, Mr. Finance Minister?
— Shashwat DC It is a rather known fact, that the current NDA government places development over environment. Not surprisingly, there was little expectation in terms of ‘green-ness’ of the…
Green beginnings for Indian Railways
Typically, Railway Budgets every year make news for a couple of things; new trains launched (typically from the Minister’s constituency), more sops, and so on. But when the new union…
Why Suzlon failed!
— Shashwat DC It was in October 2005, a little less than ten years ago, that Tulsi R Tanti, a commerce graduate and a diploma holder in mechanical engineering made…
Dear Mr. Minister; can we have a ‘Greener’ Railway this year?
— Shashwat DC Every year, as the month of February advances, excitement starts building in anticipation for the Union Budgetary announcements. Experts, analysts, journalists, and even the laymen, start speculating…
“Usage of solar water heaters is win-win for all the stakeholders involved”
With a market size of nearly Rs. 500 Crores and growing at a clip of approximately 10 % p.a., the solar water heater pot is boiling even as it is being watched. It…
How green was the Union Budget 2014?
There were a lot of expectations. The government was poignantly desired to find new props to strategically support the growth of solar manufacturing, whip up more allocations to the MNRE…
Renewable energy – The answer to India’s emission woes
— Shashwat DC Inflection point – as defined by dictionary – corresponds to an event or a turning point after which a dramatic change, with either positive or negative results,…
Modi’s dream of ‘solar powered India’ takes shape in Tripura
— Abhijit Deb At a time when India’s “Energy Literate Prime Minister” Narendra Modi plans to aggressively promote the use of solar power to light up the homes of 400…
Sustainable energy security: India’s quixotic ambition and simple ways to manage it
— Keshav Chaturvedi Last year (2013), India’s petroleum minister M Veerappan Moily presented a grand vision for the country’s energy security. The peg of the entire plan was to achieve…
Green concerns on the rise of saffron Modi
— Shashwat DC While much of India celebrates, especially the business community (the record breaking sensex is an indicator), the ascension of Narendra Damodardas Modi as the 14th Prime Minister…
Solar energy consumers in need of positive filters
Pratima H PERCEPTIONS about solar energy are like sunrise and sunset, rhythmically fluctuating whether it is about consumers liking the idea ideologically, or their intended width of an open mind…
Time to De-COALinise India, and FAST!
— Shashwat DC Imagine, you are working on a laptop, working on something very critical, like say a business plan for the coming quarter or like, filing your tax returns…
Tata Power Sustainability Report could be more Powerful
The first thing that one realizes on holding the Tata Power Sustainability Report for 2012-13 is that it is rather bulky. Pushing at over 200 pages, it is a rather…