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Interviews

EQ Request for Interview – North India Module Manufacturer Association (NIMMA) by Manish Gupta (President)

February 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

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EQ Request for Interview – North India Module Manufacturer Association (NIMMA) by Manish Gupta (President) Category: Solar Manufacturers Proposed Safeguard Duty on Module/Cells Import…What are your views on this The domestic industry is experiencing significant losses and increasing unsold inventory due to cheaper imports specifically from countries like China, Taiwan and Malaysia. While the move […]

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Slapping safeguard duty on solar imports may not work: Sanjay Aggarwal, Fortum India

February 7, 2018 Anand Gupta

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In an exclusive interview with ETEnergyWorld, Sanjay Aggarwal, Managing Director of Fortum India shares a perspective on the company’s growth plans and the challenges being faced by developers in the Indian renewable energy sector. New Delhi: Finland-based energy company Fortum is working aggressively to implement its plan to i nvest up to Euro 400 million […]

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Powering Sustainability: Sanjeev Sharma, MD, ABB India

January 23, 2018 Anand Gupta

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Sanjeev Sharma is the Managing Director of ABBBSE 2.32 % India. The company is into power and automation businesses. Sanjeev has over 26 years of experience straddling Europe, South Asia and India. In a freewheeling interview Sanjeev shares his thoughts about sustainability and CSR at ABB India. How does ABB look at sustainability? How do […]

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Expect government to support power sector in tackling NPAs, create demand: PV Ramesh, REC

January 19, 2018 Anand Gupta

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In an interview with ET Now, PV Ramesh , CMD, REC , says expecting a big upsurge in the demand push in the Budget through government’s instruments of stimulating growth like Make in India programme which is expected to generate much higher demand than witnessed in the last few years. Edited excerpts With Budget 2018 […]

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‘Investment that’s going into the private sector is increasingly focused on clean energy technologies’

December 27, 2017 Anand Gupta

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The US establishment under President Donald Trump made its intentions clear of moving away from their commitments made to the international community on climate change at COP21 at Paris. But other two big polluters China and India are sticking to their words. Business Today’s Anilesh S Mahajan, spoke to Tim Gould, Head of Division, World […]

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We see more export opportunities for Siemens in India: Ralf Christian

December 22, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Siemens senior executives Ralf Christian and Harald Griem on the firm’s growing focus on India as a manufacturing and export destination, and the emerging growth opportunities of renewable energy and electric vehicles Mumbai: Recently, German engineering giant Siemens announced that it will start local manufacture of solar inverters for the growing renewable energy market in […]

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Lowest bid criterion needs to go, says Emerson’s Edward Monser

November 27, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Says despite the drive towards renewables, the biggest business would continue to come from clean coal. American technology and engineering company Emerson sees Indian firms lagging behind the technology curve if they continue to follow the lowest bid criteria for awarding contracts. The company has executed projects for Reliance Industries as well as national oil […]

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‘India must focus on renewable energy’

November 18, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Hans-Josef Fell, a German politician and international renewable energy activist, has spent more than 30 years working on solar and wind energy. In 1985, when running a home on 100 per cent solar energy was considered a highly uneconomical proposition, he installed a solar system in his villa. A physicist by profession, he joined the […]

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‘US exit from Paris Agreement is not going to impact global policy on renewable energy’

November 17, 2017 Anand Gupta

BONN, Germany: Switching over to renewable (solar, wind, biomass and hydro) energy is important to meet the Paris Agreement goal. Keeping this in mind, most of the countries, including India, China, USA and EU, nations in their Paris pledges two years ago had set out specific targets and timelines for themselves. Are these countries moving […]

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Responses from Tata International – EQ (REI special issue)Responses from Tata International – EQ (REI special issue)

October 26, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Responses from Tata International – EQ (REI special issue)Responses from Tata International – EQ (REI special issue) : 1.What are the various Mounting Structures you manufacture/supply for the Solar PV Market? Tata International Solar division caters primarily to utility scale solar projects, offering Fixed & Adjustable tilt mounting structures and Sun tracking solutions, along with […]

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