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
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai April 8, 2010, 0:24 IST Ethanol manufacturers have welcomed the Empowered Group of Ministers
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard
The prototype, which is slightly smaller than the plane has a wingspan comparable to that of an Airbus A340 airliner but weighs as little as a only 1,600 kg The Solar Impulse Payerne (Switzerland), April 7: The Solar Impulse aircraft, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar energy, took off on its first test flight from an air base in western Switzerland on Wednesday.
K SUBRAMANYA The Solar Mission can create at least 100,000 jobs for Indians, but that won't happen if we buy modules from China.
April 8: The Central government has given clearance for expansion of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Ramagundam unit. Construction of the eight and ninth units at 500 mw each is likely to begin in the near future and authorities have prepared plans to complete the project by 2013.
Mumbai: Even as the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) continues to reel under financial strain with non-payment of dues up to Rs8,000 crore, the state government seems to have added to its woes. The government is yet to shell out over Rs600 crore for the 1,500 MW power it had directed MSEDCL to purchase to avoid shortage during parliamentary elections.
COIMBATORE: K. Gopal Memorial Trust, one of the three charitable trusts of the C.R.I. Pumps, has constructed a biomass gasifier crematorium at Saravanampatti on the city's northern border. Source of energy Constructed at Rs.2.20 crore to mark the 30 {+t} {+h} death anniversary of the company's founder K. Gopal, the crematorium is powered by renewable energy.
Aiming at making the State capital a solar city, the Tripura government is preparing a report to make mandatory the use of this alternate form of energy.
Mohamed Nazeer
Ajay Modi / New Delhi April 13, 2010, 0:42 IST The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) will resume hearing the case on petroleum product pricing between private oil companies and government oil marketing companies (OMCs).
