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This issue carries a profile of the Faridabad mixed engineering cluster. It also presents a case study from the Pune forging cluster on the various energy conservation measures implemented by a forging unit in the cluster including their benefits in terms of energy and cost savings.

This issue features a profile of the Kolhapur foundry cluster; a workshop on ‘Financing Energy Efficient Technology for MSMEs – Opportunities and Challenges’ organized by Ministry of MSME and GIZ; a conference on ‘Changing Paradigms of Cluster Development: Learning from Global Experiences’ organized by Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC) with UNIDO, CII and TCI Network; and a summary of the Thematic Session on ‘Promoting Energy Efficiency in MSMEs’ held during DSDS 2014.

This issue features a profile of the Pune forging cluster. It also presents a case study from the Punjab dairy cluster on implementing the low-carbon Electric Heat Pump (EHP) technology for improving energy efficiency in the dairy industry, under the TERI–IGES partnership project supported by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

This issue carries a profile of the Jagadhri brass and aluminium cluster; a case study from Ankleshwar chemical cluster on replacement of inefficient manually controlled NG burner by energy efficient automatic burner in boiler; gist of the session on energy efficiency during the fifth ‘India-Japan Energy Forum’; and summary of the bankers’ training on energy efficiency finance for MSMEs coordinated by GIZ, SBI SIDBI, and Bank of India (BOI).

This issue carries a profile of the Ankleshwar chemical cluster. It also carries a case study from the Rajkot foundry cluster on the implementation of an energy efficient low carbon technology— gas heat pump— by an investment casting unit under a project funded by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), with TERI and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan as the research partners.

This issue carries a profile of the Odisha sponge iron cluster. It also carries a case study from the Pune forging cluster on veneering technology for improving energy efficiency in heat treatment furnaces; and a summary of a regional level policy dialogue organized in Chennai, Tamil Nadu to deliberate on strategies to scale up energy efficient technologies and practices in the metal casting sector.

This issue carries a profile of the Muzaffarnagar paper cluster; an outline of the GEF–World Bank project titled ‘Financing energy efficiency at MSMEs’ being executed by SIDBI and BEE in five energy intensive MSME clusters; and a summary of three training programs on best operating practices (BOP) in cupola furnace conducted by TERI for foundry operators and other plant personnel at Belgaum (Karnataka) and Kolhapur & Sangli (Maharashtra).

This issue presents the highlights of the National Summit on Energy Efficiency in MSMEs organized from 30–31 July 2012 in New Delhi . It also summarizes the national level workshop organized to disseminate the findings of a study on promoting energy efficiency in the pump industry conducted by TERI, in partnership with BEE and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF).

This issue carries a profile of the Surat textile cluster. It also presents an outline of a survey being conducted by Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia and TERI on over 400 chemical and textile MSME units in Gujarat to increase understanding on why the uptake of energy efficient technologies is slow among MSMEs.

This issue carries a profile of the Warangal rice milling cluster; and a case study on a brick manufacturing unit, Jay Jalaram Brick Works, Godhra (Gujarat) that has matured from a traditional small-scale unit with a local market to a nationally-renowned player manufacturing resource efficient bricks (REBs). Also featured is a summary of an energy forum held during the 60th Indian Foundry Congress (IFC) at Bengaluru, in collaboration with SDC and REEEP Program.

This issue carries a profile of the Bangalore machine tools cluster; and an outline of an initiative by AFD to map and benchmark the energy consumption in different MSME sub-sectors. The issue also summarizes an intervention by TERI in Rajkot pump set cluster, under a World Bank-DFID-SIDBI supported project, to strengthen the capacities of local business development service (BDS) providers for promoting the BEE Star Labeling Scheme among pump set manufacturers.

This issue carries a profile of the Jamnagar brass cluster. It also presents highlights of the project titled ‘Promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy in selected MSME clusters in India’ initiated by UNIDO with support from GEF and in collaboration with BEE, Ministry of MSME and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Also featured is a case study on flue gas waste heat recovery in the Howrah galvanizing and wire drawing cluster.