Letters - March 31, 2013

Bigger is better

Energy pill for renewable sector

Letters - February 15, 2013

Cheer, Don’t jeer It is disheartening to see people like Sunil Dhingra criticise the great service Husk Power Systems (HPS) is providing (‘Powered by husk’, November 16-30, 2012). Small off-grid biomass power plants have lesser transmission and distribution losses and are much more successful than big grid-connected plants that are failing across the country.

Clouds over solar

India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. And there is much that needs to be reviewed and reworked as the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well as globally. In the first phase (2010 to 2013) of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) the target was to set up 1,000-2,000 MW of grid-based solar power in the country.

Let solar shine

Sayonara to nuclear

Blog Intro:  Even if Japan aims to exit nuclear power by 2040, its path remains treacherous Even if Japan aims to exit nuclear power by 2040, its path remains treacherous

Discoms bailed out

THE Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a bailout package for the state power distribution companies, or discoms, that have failed to clear their debts. According to the package, made public on September 24, half of the debts of the discoms will be transferred to their respective state governments and the other half will be paid by the companies themselves over next few years.

A looming biomess

Out of option

Wind loses speed