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Project will cover 1.2m sq m.

Start-up delayed for six years. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., the nation’s sole atomic energy producer, has test-started the first unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The reactor was operated for two hours at a capacity of 175 megawatts. Station director Hari Narayan Sahu said the unit should run at half its capacity by Oct. 26 and reach its maximum output of 1,000 MW in six weeks while the second reactor should start in a year. Public rallies against Kudankulam are directed against the first two reactors, both of which are not covered by any liability law. The Kudankulam reactor is the result of a bilateral agreement between India and Russia signed before the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Act became a law in 2010. The law makes atomic plant suppliers and builders liable in the event of nuclear accidents.

India’s total renewable energy potential is 150 GW. Despite this, India’s entire renewable energy sector contributes only 12% of India’s total power. About 65% of power from renewable energy sources comes from wind energy. Biomass accounts for 14%; small hydropower projects contribute 13% and solar energy 5%. Other sources contribute about 3%. The government intends to add 10 GW of solar energy by 2017 and 20 GW by 2022. India generates 1.8 GW of electricity from solar energy. India’s total installed power generation capacity stands at 223 GW, far less than the requirement. Demand for power is estimated to increase by 16 GW a year until 2020. The government plans to increase renewable capacity by 72 GW in the thermal sector; 11 GW in the hydro sector and 5 GW in the nuclear sector. Renewable energy sources contribute 29 GW of electricity. India expects to double this capacity to 55 GW by 2017. Solar energy generation alone will increase to 20 GW during this period under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar mission.

Vital to cutting carbon emissions and promoting energy security.

Promise to promote energy and economic cooperation.

Expects steady market growth in China.

Detained on allegations of fraud.

Covers fossil, renewable and nuclear energy.

Will cut Indian imports of this product.

Needs legal breakthrough to boost RE.

They have been charged with corruption.

Sign MOU to study and develop fossil and renewable energy.

Its capacity is pegged at 800MW.

But are struggling against technological limitations.

Here's how FlexEfficiency, LifeMax tap into a 3-way collaboration.

Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore to be considered for its pilot plant.