Rulers in New Delhi and their political aides in sensitive states like Tamil Nadu have to be doubly careful not to provoke a situation whose consequences may be much more than visible now to the naked eye, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.

Billionaire Gautam Adani's group is building the world's largest renewable energy park in Gujarat, as it eyes a massive 45 GW capacity to generate electricity largely from solar energy. Speaking at the opening of 'Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery' at the Science Museum in London, Gautam Adani said his group's renewable energy arm, Adani Green Energy, is leading an energy transition that honours the commitment of taking care of the planet not just for this generation and the next but also for generations to come. "As the world's leading solar power developer and India's largest renewable energy company, we are taking very big steps," he said.

India does not have the facilities needed for developing advanced aerospace products. There is only one wind tunnel in the country, the almost six decade old one in the National Aeronautics Laboratory.

Given the hydrogen connection, it's ironic that Hindenburg Research released a long report, accusing the Adani group of financial manipulation, observes Devangshu Datta.

French IT firm Atos is planning to hire 15,000 people in the next 12-18 months in India, including climate experts, as it moves towards decarbonisation by 2028, chief operating officer (COO) Nourdine Bihmane said. "India is a strategic market for Atos. "We have been present here for the last 30 years, and we have grown organically since. "People and innovation are our two key drivers to build momentum. "India represents one-third of our total workforce," Bihmane said. Atos has around 40,000 employees in India.

The institutional portion was subscribed 143 times, the wealthy investor portion by 360 times and the retail investor portion by 24.5 times.

Irrespective of what the future may have in store, the year 2018 has ushered humanity towards an era of next generation technology, demonstrating that there is no looking back in scientific innovations.

A selection of Indian corporations are cutting costs and contributing to a green economy by embracing clean fuel and India Inc sees a strong business case in adopting renewable energy to power their operations.

A selection of Indian corporations are cutting costs and contributing to a green economy by embracing clean fuel and India Inc sees a strong business case in adopting renewable energy to power their operations.

With the family patriarch ageing, his successor H D Kumaraswamy not keeping well, and palpable anger against his other son H D Revanna in the family pocket borough of Holenarsipura, the clan is seemingly in decline.

Solar equipment manufacturing, however, is unlikely to pick up in India as Chinese imports are more cost-effective

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'Right time, right place, right business and I could see I was the right person. It was a now or never moment in a sense. If I didn't do it then, then when? There is little point in entering a business as an entrepreneur when someone else has proven the concept.' BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's son started ReNew Power during the UPA II government to focus on clean energy.

Stocks and sectors impacted most by GST.

CLP saw early that the pollution caused by China's rush for industrial growth would lead inevitably to demands for cleaner electricity.

The price of wind power may soon compete with conventional fossil fuels, according to researchers in the United States

Benchmark indices finished higher on hopes of economic reforms

Mytrah generates a higher internal rate of return than most wind energy cos.

Sun Pharma open to large acquisitions post Ranbaxy.

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The world's fifth largest wind turbine supplier Suzlon Energy will invest close to Rs 15,000 crore in the next five years to set up power projects of 2,000 MW capacity in Madhya Pradesh.

The company's multi-modal, $200-million Pune manufacturing plant is expected to go on stream by mid-2014.

India's nuclear establishment is continuing its march of folly at the expense of safety in the false belief that atomic power is the energy of the future. It's not. Nuclear power is in relentless global decline, says Praful Bidwai.

The development comes close on the heels of DLF's closing the Rs 325-crore (Rs 3.25-billion) deal to sell 150 MW wind turbine project in Gujarat.

The first six months of the financial year (Siemens follows an Oct-Sept calender) has not been encouraging.

Industry analysts provide their insight into Budget 2012.

Remove 10 per cent Excise Duty on Branded Garments or reduced it to 1 per cent level in line with 130 Other Items. Extend benefits of Section 35 (2AB) of the Income Tax Act (deduction of 150 per cent of the expenditure incurred on In-house Research and Development Facility by any Company engaged in the business of Manufacture or Production of any Article or thing specified in the Eleventh Schedule).

Uncritical acceptance of any major project is undesirable. So also is unbending opposition to it. Constructive criticism of the project could bring about greater safety in design, construction and operation or even lead to abandonment of the project. The scientific and engineering community in the country should play an active role in such criticism instead of remaining mute spectators, leaving the ground to the lay public, says L V Krishnan.

A deal with Gamesa seen valuing firm at $3 billion.

The United States on Wednesday filed a case against China with the World Trade Organisation, alleging that the Asian powerhouse was illegally subsidising the production of wind power equipment.

The big-ticket announcement during US President Barack Obama's visit to India starting November 6 will be about lifting controls on the export of high-technology items to India. "We are looking forward to a significant announcement on export controls," said US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in an exclusive interview to Business Standard.

Areva has 60-Mw of biomass-based power capacity in India. It is looking to also tap the market for nuclear power in a big way.

The ministry of renewable energy resources headed by Farooq Abdullah is taking a close look at various proposals made by a Finish delegation led by Paavo Vayrynen, Minister for foreign trade and development.

Placing the annual limit on non-EU professionals is a key coalition promise as part of its objective to reduce net immigration into Britain.

US President Barack Obama said that America will not settle for the second place in the international community when other countries like India, China, Germany and South Korea are competing and fighting for the jobs of the future.

Suzlon chairman Tulsi Tanti spoke to Business Standard at a recent World Economic Forum conference in Brussels about his view on a post-Copenhagen environment for wind and why green growth and development are complementary rather than contradictory.

Suzlon Wind Energy, the North American subsidiary of India's Suzlon Energy Ltd, on Friday said it plans to generate 728 MW of clean power in the US in 2010 through nine wind farms.

Technology major Siemens on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 1,600 crore (Rs 16 billion) in India over the next three years for venturing into wind turbine manufacturing and scaling up existing production capacity.

A survey of 40 firms suggests that there's money to be made fighting climate change.

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Friday said the government has installed 18,000 wind mills across the country with production capacity of 10,386 MW.