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Hatsun Agro’s aggressive clean tech thrust is paying off
In 2007, two young researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Sorin Grama and Sam White, spent two weeks in Tamil Nadu to study operations of ice-cream and milk producer, Hatsun Agro. The company needed power to...
Though still a long way to go, the year may see electrics dominate the mind space of consumers, companies and governments, writes S Muralidhar
The P1 was the first car designed by Ferdinand Porsche, the founder of German luxury and sports car brand Porsche. It was an electric coupe that hit...
Why clean energy is not a darling of CSR projects
While there is an enthusiasm to tick the box of clean technology and sustainability among companies in the country, surprisingly there is no such zeal when it comes to giving Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects a green tag.
This has...
If Volkswagen manages to steer its 2030 green technology vision as planned, it may well give its competitors a serious run on the e-road, writes Preeti Mehra
The distinctive four brown chimneys of the 1930s façade of the Volkswagen AG headquarters dominates the Wolfsburg landscape. Steeped in...
IoT-based sensors now help detect illegal chopping of high-value trees
Technology-driven smart sensors based on Internet of Things (IoT) are now coming to the rescue of forests from fires and protecting remotely located precious forest resources.
Hitachi India’s Smart Forest initiative, taken...
We are nowhere near what we envisaged for the year in both wind and solar energy, writes M Ramesh
Notwithstanding a few positive year-end developments, the Indian renewable energy industry is likely to end 2017 teary-eyed.
Caught in pincers of multiple uncertainties – such as the threat of...
But will it be able to follow solar and become cheaper?
Just as every parent remembers and cherishes the first baby step his or her child took, every renewable energy aficionado will take to heart the fact that the contract for building the country’s first large-scale battery storage-backed...
