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Narendra Modi calls for concessional, less-risky financing for solar projects

Modi presented a 10-point action plan that includes making affordable solar technology available to all nations, raising the share of electricity generated from photovoltaic cells in the energy mix

1 min read11 Mar 2018
Industry

Getting around India’s energy efficiency conundrum

The road towards energy efficiency hasn't been easy due to lack of funds, resulting in the govt rolling out a number of policies that include a market-based trading mechanism for moving towards cleaner cooking fuels

7 min read28 Feb 2018
Politics

News in Numbers: China plans 1,000-km tunnel to divert water from Brahmaputra

In other news, 76% LED bulbs in India were found to be non-compliant with the govt's consumer safety standards, according to a survey by market research firm Nielsen

3 min read31 Oct 2017
Industry

76% LED bulbs sold in India found to be spurious: survey

Three-fourths of LED bulbs sold in India found non-compliant with government's consumer safety standards, says market research firm Nielsen

1 min read30 Oct 2017
Opinion

India’s power paradox

Improvements in efficiency and infrastructure are bringing electricity to the masses. That's not so great for energy companies

2 min read5 Aug 2017
Politics

Petrol pumps to sell LED bulbs, tubelights, ceiling fans soon

Consumers would soon be able to buy energy efficient LED bulbs, tubelights and ceiling fans at petrol pumps at much lower retail rates

1 min read18 May 2017
Industry

EESL to invest £100 million in UK over next 3 years

EESL MD Saurabh Kumar says the firm has decided to invest 100 million over the next three year in UK and he estimates an annual revenue of 20-25 million after that

2 min read7 May 2017
Companies

EESL to raise Rs5,000 crore to fund expansion

EESL will also go for listing in a year or two for the next level of expansion, says managing director Saurabh Kumar

2 min read12 Mar 2017
Industry

EESL signs €200 million loan deal with Germany’s KfW Development Bank

Energy Efficiency Services Ltd will use the funds for the planned expansion across all its portfolios of energy efficient products and services

1 min read11 Mar 2017
Companies

Energy efficiency is driving the lighting market: Philips’s Harshavardhan Chitale

Philips Lighting India MD Harshavardhan Chitale on the lighting industry's changing dynamics

4 min read20 Sep 2016
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