The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has released the draft guidelines for PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana which is aimed at installing rooftop solar (RTS) plants in one crore (10 million) households
Not everybody is enthused by the crashing international crude prices. As prices dip below the strategically-significant $60 per barrel mark, recent investments made in exploration and production (E&P) activities in India could come under a cloud. Investments in E&P have gained momentum since 2006, while crude prices touched a high of $147 earlier this year.
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The 9-plus per cent gdp growth has its own fallout. Sustaining this calls for urgent action to source, supply and price energy. At the 11th hour the Government is scurrying for solutions.
CHENNAI: Pramod Deo, Chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Tuesday made out a strong case for tradable renewable energy certificates.
Tata Chemicals, leading manufacturer of caustic soda and fertilisers in the country, said today that it had bought a 35 per cent stake in JOil Pte, a Singapore-based jatropha seedling company. The stake buy will help the firm gain exclusive marketing rights for technology to develop the best seed varieties of the plant, which yields biodiesel.
CHENNAI: The Biomass Power Plant Association has moved the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) seeking an immediate review of the tariff. The association
Suvi Dogra & Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi November 27, 2008, 0:51 IST The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), the apex body under the ministry of power for formulating energy efficiency policies, is all set to announce an official deadline for mandatory BEE certification within a few weeks.
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi November 27, 2008, 0:33 IST With a crucial section of the law yet to be notified, the petroleum and natural gas regulator is operating in a vacuum.
From B S Arun, DH News Service The Centre has informally indicated its readiness to sanction a power project to be implemented by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), a first by the public sector company in Karnataka.
NEW DELHI: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry on Wednesday said no final decision had been taken on fuel price revision and the Ministry would soon approach the Union Cabinet seeking its directions on the matter as under-recoveries had changed into over-recoveries for oil marketing companies (OMCs) in the case of petrol and diesel, while they are still suffering losses in the sale of LPG and k
