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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Diesel hike not before March
New Delhi: The Prime Minister
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Record generation at Nathpa Jhakri
Shimla: The country
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Auto power-off plan for WR platforms
MUMBAI: In a bid to conserve energy at stations, the Western Railway (WR) has launched a new project that will ensure that lights on platforms switch off automatically when not in use. "The new plan is called the automatic platform lights controller system. Light controllers will be connected to the railway signals installed at a station.
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MoUs signed for 3 more power projects
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha overnment on Monday signed MoUs with three private Independent Power Producer (IPP) companies to set up at least three 1,320-MW each supercritical independent thermal power projects in the state with a total investment of Rs 20,469.60 crore. The MoUs were signed with KU Projects Private Ltd (KPPL), SPI Ports Private Ltd (SPIPL) and Nagapatnam Power Company Private Ltd (N
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Agreements For Purchasing 4620 Megawatt Power
Three agreements between Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Dada Dhuniwale Khandwa power project an undertaking of Madhya Pradesh power generating company and Madhya Pradesh power generating company limited were signed for purchasing 4620 megawatt electricity at electricity board headquarter, Jabalpur today.
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Power min considers reprieve for hydel plants
New Delhi: The power ministry is examining a five-year exemption from tariff-based bidding regime for hydel projects, while all coal- and gas-fired projects move to the new regime from this year. The Central Electricity Authority has backed the proposal.
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Diesel rate hike put off to check prices
THE government has indefinitely deferred a hike in diesel rates despite soaring crude oil prices to prevent a further increase in prices, particularly of food items, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said. Oil marketing companies are demanding higher prices because crude oil has been trading at about $90 a barrel for a month, even as state-set diesel rates have not been changed since June.
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Punjab on power-save mode, to give CFLs at subsidised rates
To conserve energy in Punjab, which has a shortfall of power, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has decided to launch Bachat Lamp Yojana from May 2011. Under the scheme, every power consumer in the state will get four CFLs at a subsidised rate of Rs 15 each in place of their incandescent lamps.
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Adding fuel to the subsidy fire
Indicus Analytics / New Delhi January 6, 2011, 0:05 IST The benefits of subsidised LPG fail to trickle down to low-income households in India Just about 40 per cent of the population in developing countries has access to modern cooking fuels
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Charcoal making: going green with black
<p>Charcoal is perhaps the best example of biochar. Considering the interest that has been generated by Jha et al. many readers would be interested in knowing how actually charcoal is made. During one of our recent field surveys to Kasera locality in Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, (Correspondence)</p>