There is lots if business in the Green Energy, the Global CEOs also agree.
A recent report by Dalberg, an international consulting firm, titled 'Champions of the Low Carbon Economy -- Why CEOs are ready for a global climate agreement,' undertook a survey of 40 global companies to conclude that business was eager for the opportunities an ambitious deal at Copenhagen would engender.
"The energy revolution is one of the greatest economic opportunities of our time," added SUN Group's Uday Khemka. "It will make the tech sector's growth seem like a minor economic boom."
Suntech's CEO Zhengrong Shi, also interviewed in the Dalberg Report, holds 11 patents and grew his business from a startup to its current size of $2 billion, in just eight years.
The Suntech story has encouraged a slew of companies to join the solar power sector, including Sunvim, a Zhejiang-based textile maker better known for one of the country's popular towel brands.
According to a China Daily report, entire towns in Zhejiang province, the heart of the country's light manufacturing region, are turning from textile production, in which China has long been a world-beater, to polysilicon manufacturing, a key component of the SPV industry.
The report quoted Shen Fuxin, the General Secretary of the Zhejiang Solar Energy Industry Association as saying that the average profits made by companies in the sector were reaching 20-30 percent.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
EU's ban on incandescent light bulb becomes effective from tuesday.
The ban on the incandescent light bulb can into effect from tuesday ie 1st September 2009.
No one can buy, sell or import/export that bulb. Only existing stocks can be disposed off.
EU believes that they can save €5 billion annually and reduce carbon emissions by around 15 million tonnes.
The new CFLs are considered to be 80% more effecient than the old bulb, which lightened our house for more than a century.
Apart from Europe, there are several other countries in the process of implementing similar orders. In the leage are US, Cuba, Australia and more....
but, it is not so that there is no opposition to this move. There has to be anyways....we are the humans..and changing habits is the last change that we do bring...
Opposition is for emotional reasons...and many industries will come to closure. But i think that they can start fresh in manufacturing of CFL, and many other things which are the future. Infact this blog is about the new opportunities coming out of this Green Revolution.
Read here for more....
No one can buy, sell or import/export that bulb. Only existing stocks can be disposed off.
EU believes that they can save €5 billion annually and reduce carbon emissions by around 15 million tonnes.
The new CFLs are considered to be 80% more effecient than the old bulb, which lightened our house for more than a century.
Apart from Europe, there are several other countries in the process of implementing similar orders. In the leage are US, Cuba, Australia and more....
but, it is not so that there is no opposition to this move. There has to be anyways....we are the humans..and changing habits is the last change that we do bring...
Opposition is for emotional reasons...and many industries will come to closure. But i think that they can start fresh in manufacturing of CFL, and many other things which are the future. Infact this blog is about the new opportunities coming out of this Green Revolution.
Read here for more....
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Akshay Urja Park opened in Gurgaon, India
Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas was celebrated at Gurgaon on August 20.
A state level function was organised on Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas at Gurgaon. Irrigation Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav was the chief guest of the occasion.
The state-level Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Park set up at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore at Gurgaon to create awareness and to demonstrate Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Technologies, was also inaugurated on the same day. The Park has been constructed on Solar Passive building design concepts and has various working models of devices based on renewable sources of energy like sun, hydro and wind.
The park has a 10 KW solar power plant to meet its energy requirements. It also has an energy information centre to provide advisory services to the public on renewable energy and energy conservation related issues.
A Prize distribution function was also organised at the function to give prizes of Rs 4 lakh to Rs 25 lakh to the selected gram panchayats for their outstanding contribution in renewable energy and energy conservation programmes.
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A state level function was organised on Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas at Gurgaon. Irrigation Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav was the chief guest of the occasion.
The state-level Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Park set up at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore at Gurgaon to create awareness and to demonstrate Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Technologies, was also inaugurated on the same day. The Park has been constructed on Solar Passive building design concepts and has various working models of devices based on renewable sources of energy like sun, hydro and wind.
The park has a 10 KW solar power plant to meet its energy requirements. It also has an energy information centre to provide advisory services to the public on renewable energy and energy conservation related issues.
A Prize distribution function was also organised at the function to give prizes of Rs 4 lakh to Rs 25 lakh to the selected gram panchayats for their outstanding contribution in renewable energy and energy conservation programmes.
Link
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Nanotechnology in Solar PhotoVoltaic Cells
In a few years, with the use of nanotechnology, the cost of setting up a solar power plant will be reduced by half, thereby negating the argument that mass producing solar power is cost prohibitive.
At present, capital investment in a solar plant is Rs 15-18 crore per mega watt - four times that of thermal energy at Rs 4-5 crore/ MW. The cost is expected to be slashed by half and efficiency doubled when nano technology is integrated in solar cells in 4-5 years.
Even though conventional solar cells are expensive and cannot yet achieve high efficiency, it may be possible to lower the manufacturing costs using nanotechnology. Institutions such as the University of California Berkeley and Konarka Technologies are actively pursuing ways to make this happen. Although solar cells are not efficient enough to replace large-scale electric grids, there are many opportunities for them to be used for low power devices. The effects that a low cost, reasonably efficient (low power) solar cell would have on society are tremendous. It would help preserve the environment, protect soldiers, provide rural areas with electricity, and transform the electronics industry. These dramatic effects, which would all be a result of nanotechnology, would greatly change and even improve society.
At present, capital investment in a solar plant is Rs 15-18 crore per mega watt - four times that of thermal energy at Rs 4-5 crore/ MW. The cost is expected to be slashed by half and efficiency doubled when nano technology is integrated in solar cells in 4-5 years.
Even though conventional solar cells are expensive and cannot yet achieve high efficiency, it may be possible to lower the manufacturing costs using nanotechnology. Institutions such as the University of California Berkeley and Konarka Technologies are actively pursuing ways to make this happen. Although solar cells are not efficient enough to replace large-scale electric grids, there are many opportunities for them to be used for low power devices. The effects that a low cost, reasonably efficient (low power) solar cell would have on society are tremendous. It would help preserve the environment, protect soldiers, provide rural areas with electricity, and transform the electronics industry. These dramatic effects, which would all be a result of nanotechnology, would greatly change and even improve society.
A huge fillip to India’s renewable energy ambitions
An abandoned thermal power plant in Asansol has been converted into a mega solar power generating station - perhaps the only
instance in the world where a high-carbon power unit has been replaced by a zero-carbon one.
What’s more, the 2-MW project marks the first time in India that a solar project has crossed the megawatt threshold and is poised to give a huge fillip to India’s renewable energy ambitions.
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instance in the world where a high-carbon power unit has been replaced by a zero-carbon one.
What’s more, the 2-MW project marks the first time in India that a solar project has crossed the megawatt threshold and is poised to give a huge fillip to India’s renewable energy ambitions.
News Link
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Roof Top Solar PhotoVoltaic(SPV) Systems - Financial Assistance
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced a Special Scheme aiming to reduce the diesel fuel consumption.
Under the scheme come all various commercial institutions like Hotels, Nursing Homes, Govt Buildings, Shopping Malls, Hospitals, Industry & Housing Complexes facing power shortage.
Govt will provide financial assistance to install the SPV systems in these institutions. The Financial Asst. will be between 30 - 40 % of project cost for profit making or non-profit making organisation respectively.
This scheme is for plants generating 25-100 kWp power from SPV module. If there is plant with lesser capacity that can be also considered on case by case basis.
If such a plant is institutionalised then it can start saving after 5-6 yrs of installation. The life of such systems is around 25-30 years.
in my view people should go for this without fail, as this is a good opportunity extended from govt.
more can be read at Ministry web site: www.mnre.gov.in
Under the scheme come all various commercial institutions like Hotels, Nursing Homes, Govt Buildings, Shopping Malls, Hospitals, Industry & Housing Complexes facing power shortage.
Govt will provide financial assistance to install the SPV systems in these institutions. The Financial Asst. will be between 30 - 40 % of project cost for profit making or non-profit making organisation respectively.
This scheme is for plants generating 25-100 kWp power from SPV module. If there is plant with lesser capacity that can be also considered on case by case basis.
If such a plant is institutionalised then it can start saving after 5-6 yrs of installation. The life of such systems is around 25-30 years.
in my view people should go for this without fail, as this is a good opportunity extended from govt.
more can be read at Ministry web site: www.mnre.gov.in
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Solar heaters -- a greener power option
Now we can produce Electricity and sell to Grid; obviously at some price.
In Bangalore the research and feasibility study is going on, where the opportunity to produce electricity from Solar Power is being considered.
Industries are considering to generate abundant power from Solar source and transfer to grid. This whole transaction is charged through two way metering system.
Pilot study is going on in Bangalore.
While a 10-MW solar thermal power plant -- probably India's first -- is already on the cards, solar photo-voltaics (PVs) will also be used in a big way so that companies, hotels, hospitals and households can sell solar power to the grid.
The Business Model can work like this:
For a 40 x 60 sqft house, 15% of the roof area for PV panels will be roughly 30 metre square. Approximately, 2 KWs can be generated from this with an investment of Rs 3 to 4 lakh.
Now this Power generated can be sold to Grid or to Local Consumers directly.
Solar heaters -- a greener power option
In Bangalore the research and feasibility study is going on, where the opportunity to produce electricity from Solar Power is being considered.
Industries are considering to generate abundant power from Solar source and transfer to grid. This whole transaction is charged through two way metering system.
Pilot study is going on in Bangalore.
While a 10-MW solar thermal power plant -- probably India's first -- is already on the cards, solar photo-voltaics (PVs) will also be used in a big way so that companies, hotels, hospitals and households can sell solar power to the grid.
The Business Model can work like this:
For a 40 x 60 sqft house, 15% of the roof area for PV panels will be roughly 30 metre square. Approximately, 2 KWs can be generated from this with an investment of Rs 3 to 4 lakh.
Now this Power generated can be sold to Grid or to Local Consumers directly.
Solar heaters -- a greener power option
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Deptt of Environment, Govt of Delhi, India, is hiring....
Deptt of Environment, Govt of Delhi, India is hiring....
In these times of recession i think that this is the best place to be in.
the future of green economy is great and any opportunity to participate in it shall not be missed.
the way we can participate may vary but in my view it is the one of best place to be in.
Green Industry may be the IT Industry of future.
the current opening is from the Energy Effeciency and Renewable Energy Management Center, Environment Ministry, GoI.
the link to advertisement is given below.
Link to AD
In these times of recession i think that this is the best place to be in.
the future of green economy is great and any opportunity to participate in it shall not be missed.
the way we can participate may vary but in my view it is the one of best place to be in.
Green Industry may be the IT Industry of future.
the current opening is from the Energy Effeciency and Renewable Energy Management Center, Environment Ministry, GoI.
the link to advertisement is given below.
Link to AD
Sunday, March 8, 2009
blow cold over your electricity bills
Do you know that reducing the temperature by just 1 °C can cut 5–10% off your family’s energy bill and avoid up to 300 kg of CO2 emissions per household per year.
Air conditioners are real energy wasters — an average room AC operates at 1000 W, causing around 650 gram of CO2 emissions per hour. So use air conditioners sparingly and look for the most energy-efficient model.
these things look pretty common, but i must say that they are most ignored information which we have.
I think it is time to act, and that is NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
its never too late!!!!
Source: WHO
Air conditioners are real energy wasters — an average room AC operates at 1000 W, causing around 650 gram of CO2 emissions per hour. So use air conditioners sparingly and look for the most energy-efficient model.
these things look pretty common, but i must say that they are most ignored information which we have.
I think it is time to act, and that is NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
its never too late!!!!
Source: WHO
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