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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Modeling biofuels policies in general equilibrium: insights, pitfalls and opportunities
<p>Over the past decade, biofuels production in the EU and US has boomed – much of this due to government mandates and subsidies. The US has now surpassed Brazil as the world’s leading<br /> producer of ethanol. The economic and environmental impact of these biofuel programs has become an important question of public policy. Due to the complex intersectoral linkages
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Tripura reels under crisis of petroleum products
Agartala: Tripura is facing a serious crisis of petrol, diesel and LPG due to non-loading of tankers from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) outlets in Assam, state Civil Supplies Minister Manik Dey said on Sunday.
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Chhattisgarh UMPP bidding dates extended once again
Govt Yet To Clarify Status Of Captive Coal Block Bundled With The 4000 MW Project POWER Finance Corp (PFC), the nodal agency for ultra mega mega power projects (UMPP), has extended by two months the deadline for submitting initial requests for participation in bidding for the Chhattisgarh project, delaying the project further.
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Going green the Renewable Energy Certificate way
Meena Menon MUMBAI: The government thrust to increase the use of renewable energy has put power utilities in a fix as there is just not enough installed capacity to meet the new six per cent norm mandated by the Maharashtra Energy Regulatory Commission(MERC).
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Rlys looks at bio-fuel to cut costs
After CNG, the Indian Railways now wants to tap bio-diesel potential to cut down on its operational cost. The Ministry has decided to set up an integrated bio-diesel plant at Chennai. The plant will have a production capacity of 30 tonnes per day.
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Hy-life: Welcome to worlds first hydrogen town
Hydrogen Fuel Cells Power Hybrid Cars, Homes In A Trial Project In Japan For Yosuke Ito, having a Toyota Prius on the driveway is not green enough. His house, as well as his car, is a hybrid.
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Rural electrification to be completed by December 2011
Jayajit Dash / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar July 05, 2010, 0:59 IST OREDA to electrify 1000 inaccessible villages this year Orissa may have the most number of un-electrified villages in the country after Jharkhand but the state is upbeat on meeting the target for electrification of all its villages by December 2011.
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Retrofitting turbines is the key
T.S. Subramanian Chennai: As the bus winds past the beautiful countryside in Tennessee and Alabama States in the U.S. and we enter a huge coal-fired electricity generating plant, a board announces,
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Fuel cheaper in neighbouring countries, says BJP
Shoumojit Banerjee Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said petroleum products in neighbouring countries were far cheaper and accused the Congress of
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Farmers losers in ethanol pricing
Centre All Set To Fix Price At Rs 27/Litre; Industry Says Move To Spell Loss For OMCs THE Centre is all set to fix the price of ethanol at Rs 27 per litre this week under intense pressure from the powerful sugar lobby. This will ensure fat bottom lines for the entire sugar industry even while it does not guarantee higher cane price for the producer.