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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Upstream oil firms gain from retail price rises
Fuel price rise in June brings down subsidy burden by 45%. In what will enhance the financial performance of upstream oil companies, the subsidy burden on Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Oil India Ltd (OIL) and GAIL Ltd has decreased by 45 per cent in a single quarter thanks to the June fuel price rises. The government uses a one-third burden sharing formula.
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Govt to ban noisy and old planes at IGI from Oct 31
New Delhi: After night curfew on aircraft movement at IGI
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Global wind energy outlook 2010
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This new report released by GWEC finds that wind power could play a key role in satisfying the world's increasing power demand, while at the same time achieving major greenhouse gas emissions reductions. By providing detailed wind power trajectories for all the world’s regions, it shows how global wind power capacity could reach 2,300 GW by 2030, providing up to 22% of the world's electricity needs</span>. </p>
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Shinde powers Anil's AP plant
The Union power ministry has favoured the allocation of the bulk of new natural gas output from fields such as those of Reliance Industries to Anil Ambani-run Reliance Power
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PM Dimensions leases Austrian nuclear plant for hands-on training
The Zwentendorf nuclear power plant in Austria has been taken on lease by PM Dimensions, a Mumbai-based workforce-development and engineering-services company, for imparting training in nuclear plant operations. The plant, located by the Danube river, has a Light Water Reactor of 723-MW capacity, and is owned by EVN, an Austrian utility company.
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Engineers question MoU on power generation
GIDDERBAHA PROJECT Chandigarh: The Gidderbaha Assembly segment, represented by former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has been in the news for many reasons. There is now one more reason that seeks to focus the government
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GIS technology handy in implementation of power projects: experts
CHENNAI: The GIS (geographical information system) technology will be extremely useful in the efficient implementation of power transmission projects, speakers at a training programme said on Tuesday. Referring to the implementation of the 400-KV transmission network from Pugalur, near Karur, to Sunguvar Chatram-Kalivaradhapattu, M.
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Haryana to set up three solar energy plants
Chandigarh: The Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) is venturing into solar power generation by setting up solar energy-based power plants at Panipat, Yamunanagar and Khedar in Hisar. HPGCL plans to tap the vast solar energy potential and earn carbon credits by generating power through this clean source.
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Solar energy to illuminate Ajmer Sharif
JAIPUR: Solar energy to illuminate Ajmer Sharif The holy shrine of saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer will be soon illuminated by solar energy as the authorities undertook a project to introduce solar energy based public lighting system in Jaipur. The Union minister for non-conventional energy Farooq Abdullah sanctioned a `50 lakh project to equip the shrine with the solar energy.