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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Green vision drives solar powered flight
PAYERNE (Switzerland): When the Solar Impulse airplane took off on its pioneering round-the-clock flight on Wednesday, the solar panels spread over a wing similar in size to that of an Airbus generated a tiny fraction of an airliner's power.
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Anandapur gets the light of joy
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Kochi Refinery: A refined approach
Shevlin Sebastian KOCHI: Here are some facts about the Kochi Refinery: It has the capacity to refine 9.5 million tonnes of oil a year. This works out to 2 lakh barrels a day. The annual turnover is Rs 26,000 crore. The number of employees is 1950. And the total area is 1200 acres at Ambalamugal.
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Night test: Solar-powered plane to fly non-stop on 24-hour flight
Payrne (Switzerland): An experimental solar-powered aircraft took off from a Swiss airbase in the early hours of Wednesday in a bid to make history by flying round the clock and through the night.
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NTPC to set up 1,320 MW plant at Dhuvaran
Gandhinagar: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Thursday announced setting up of 1,320 MW of coal-based power plant at a surplus piece of land next to the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSEC)-run power plant at Dhuvaran.
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Govt nod to 3-yr holiday on deepwater drilling
In a major relief to oil exploration companies, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today granted a three-year drilling moratorium to 30 deepwater block production-sharing contracts (PSCs) signed under various rounds of exploration till the fifth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (Nelp) ,where drilling commitments are pending as on January 1, 2009.
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Solar plane passes 24-hr test with flying colours
Next Step: Around The World Powered Only By Sunlight Payerne (Switzerland): An experimental solar-powered plane landed safely on Thursday after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the sun during the day to stay aloft all night.
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Regulator announces tariff for green power
NEW DELHI: Even as the Capital awaits the announcement of new power tariffs, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has announced solar tariff regulations. The DERC adopted the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's terms and conditions for the tariff related to solar power. According to the DERC, the order is in line with the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Power Mission guidelines.
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Fixed diesel subsidy of Rs 1.49 may stay
DIESEL price decontrol may only be partial, unlike in the case of free pricing of petrol, as the government may continue to provide a fixed subsidy of Rs 1.49 per litre irrespective of the rise or fall in its market-linked retail price.
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After Luna, Kinetic plans power project for villages
MUMBAI: Kinetic chairman Arun Firodia, who saw an opportunity at the bottomof-the-pyramid long before the phrase became a catchword and launched the moped Luna, now plans to launch a project that would bring power to villages. The plan entails starting a two micro-electric plants at villages with a population of over 2,000.