Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
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NPCIL-NTPC to build two nuclear plants
NEW DELHI: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and NTPC joint venture is likely to build two 700 MWe nuclear power plants at a site identified by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
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Union Minister clarifies on quantum of coal import
NEYVELI: Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Coal, Statistics and Programme Implementation Sriprakash Jaiswal has put at rest the controversy over the size of import of coal by the Tamil Nadu government.
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Obamas new N-policy evokes interest here
US president Barack Obama
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Jindal Power raises Rs 10k cr
Funds For Setting Up Raigarh Plant JINDAL Power, owned by industrialist Naveen Jindal, has raised Rs 10,057 crore from a group of 23 lenders led by State Bank of India to establish a power plant at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh.
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Lack of raw material, govt pricing dash biofuel dreams
The biofuel industry is finding it tough to remain in business, with both government pricing and raw material availability working against them. The government, on its part, has launched a massive programme to develop high-yielding varieties of jatropha, a plant that can grow in wastelands across India, to meet the severe raw material shortage for the green fuel industry.
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Ethanol price fixed at Rs 27 per litre for blended fuel
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai April 8, 2010, 0:24 IST Ethanol manufacturers have welcomed the Empowered Group of Ministers
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Swiss team tests solar plane, plans big takeoff for 2012
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard
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Swiss solar plane lifts off on first test flight
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.
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Its got to be SUNday Solar mission: Buy Indian!
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.
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NTPC to set up two more units
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.