Africa Solar Outlook 2025
Africa deployed an additional 2.5 GW of solar in 2024, according to AFSIA‘s new “Africa Solar Outlook 2025” report. AFSIA’s figures, which do not include residential installations, take the continent’s
Energy
-
Oil ministry wants market-linked prices
Ajay Modi & Jyoti Mukul / New Delhi March 20, 2010, 0:27 IST The government may link petrol and diesel prices to market prices in 2010-11 and introduce a graded system of subsidy-sharing, with the petroleum ministry taking the view that the Kirit Parikh committee report be made the basis for next year
-
ONGC, partners bag 17 blocks under Nelp-VIII
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) walked away with more than half of the 33 oil and gas blocks awarded to successful bidders of the recently-concluded eighth round of auction under the New Exploration Licensing Policy (Nelp).
-
Power consumption touches record high
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: Kerala has finally done it. Daily power consumption has, for the first time, crossed 55 million units (MU) in the State. Keralites gobbled up a whopping 55.03 MU on Thursday breaking the existing record of 54.94 MU.
-
Planning panel scales down power generation target
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: In what could prove to be a setback to India's growth in the power sector and reflects poorly on its performance, the Planning Commission has reduced the power generation capacity addition target by over 20 per cent to 62,374MW for the 11th Plan (2007-12) from the original 78,577 MW, in its mid-term review.
-
BJP to oppose Nuclear Liability Bill
AMBALA: Even as the Centre expressed its readiness to look into
-
India to produce 35,000 MW of N-power by 2020: Banerjee
INDIA is expected to produce 35,000 MW of nuclear power by 2020, a senior official from Atomic Energy Commission said.
-
CFLs for railway quarters to save energy
TIRUCHI: In an effort to save electrical energy, the Railway Board has initiated free distribution of 14 watts / 20 watts compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) to replace 60 watts / 100 watts incandescent (IC) lamps in all railway quarters under the
-
Centre offers incentives for domestic use of solar power
R. Sairam Harnessing solar energy may address the energy problems in rural areas. MADURAI: Solar power generation units no longer remain in the sole domain of industries as a new scheme of the Central Government offers generous incentives to promote its domestic use.
-
NDPL wants 1500kW solar power before 2010 Games
New Delhi: In line with its commitment to minimize greenhouse gases, discom NDPL has prepared an ambitious plan to tap renewable sources of energy. Apart from its several solar projects that already exist, the discom is working on various other plans with an aim to generate up to 1500kW power from solar energy before the Commonwealth Games.
-
Tame Centre to oil subsidy
The government is seriously considering de-regulation of auto-fuels, which will increase the prices of petrol by Rs 6 per litre and diesel by Rs 4.06 per litre.