Solar Rooftops India There are hardly any rooftop solar panels on homes in India due to lack of knowledge, government support and distribution. Solar Energy incentives in most of the developed solar markets in Europe have clearly shifted their preference to distributed small rooftop solar installations on residences. This is because it reduces the need for expensive […]

Emu Farming Ponzi Schemes have come out with innovative ideas right throughout the human history but a novel Ponzi scheme in India takes the cake for a totally out of the box idea. Emu Farming has seen a massive boom in the country with hundreds of Emu farms being set up around the country. Most […]

Indian Wind Industry India is the 5th largest wind energy market in the world and installed a record ~3000 MW last year. The growth of the Indian wind energy market has been mainly due to the Government policy of supporting green energy through accelerated depreciation. However, this subsidy has come to an end in 2012 […]

Solar Power in India is growing rapidly despite the federal subsidy program, JNNSM not doing so well. This is mainly due to the State Government’s stepping in to fill the void. While Gujarat, has been the stand out state so far, in promoting the use of solar energy and installing almost 70% of the total […]

India gives billions of dollars in misdirected subsidies to the fuel and fertilizer sectors which goes into the pockets of middlemen and profiteers. It is a known fact, that India’s fuel subsidies has engendered a huge mafia which makes billions of dollars each year. What is less known is that the fertilizer subsidy too, has […]

India recently introduced the Renewable Energy Certificate Scheme to promote the use of Green Energy in India through a market based pricing mechanism. Other cleantech subsidies are being gradually reduced in favor of this single unified market process. In Wind Energy, the use of accelerated depreciation and GBI has been cancelled this year. REC Trading […]