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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Electric consumption on street lights to come down by 30pc
<br />Efforts are being made to reduce electricity consumption considerably on street lights in urban areas. Jabalpur Municipal Corporation is doing commendable job in this direction. In Jabalpur a most modern electric appliance called Mudra Electromizer is being installed in the area of every feeder. This is expected to reduce the electric consumption on street lights up to 30 per cent.
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Railways to go green with four bio-diesel plants
<br />Praveen Kumar Singh<br /><br />New Delhi: Indian Railways has planned to set up four bio-diesel plants to reduce its carbon footprint and take forward its experiment with non-conventional form of energy. It is already planting saplings of jatropha, one of the sources of bio-diesel, on pilot basis in partnership with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).<br />
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Energy efficiency: China to shut 2,000 factories
<br />KEITH BRADSHER Hong Kong, 9 August<br /><br />Earlier this summer, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China promised to use an
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Expansion plans for NTPC Kaniha plant
  <br /><p>TALCHER: The 3000 MW Talcher Super Thermal Power Plant (TSTPP) at Kaniha, the second largest power plant in the country, will be expanded with the addition of another 500 MW unit,
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NE Power Ministers to discuss power deficit
<br /> SHILLONG, Aug 10
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CERC asks Centre to improve renewable energy purchase
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 11, 2010, 1:40 IST<br />
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Butter holds secret to latest biodiesel fuel
<br />KENNETH CHANG<br /><br />BUTTER IS not the fuel of the future, but it is possible to churn perfectly good diesel fuel out of it.<br /><br />
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Self-reliance must in power sector for making MP prosperous: Shukla
Minister of State for Energy and Mineral Resources (Independent charge) Shri Rajendra Shukla has said that self-reliance in the power sector is necessary for making Madhya Pradesh prosperous. He exhorted the departmental engineers to essay an important role in providing better services to the power consumers.
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No favour to company, says HP govt
<br />The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to leave it to the Supreme Court to decide on the fate of Netherlands-based company Brakel Corporation, which was allotted the mega 960 MW Jangi-Thopan power project but the allotment was later set aside by the High Court.<br />
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A new Korean war
Since 97% of its fossil fuels are imported, raising the share of renewables to 11% by 2030 is South Korea's solution<br />Barun Roy / New Delhi August 12, 2010, 0:15 IST<br />