Fossil fuels account for over three-fourths of greenhouse gas emissions, fuelling a climate crisis that is projected to devastate ecosystems and communities across the globe. The Fossil Fuel Atlas is
The Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday said government should not go ahead with the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra if it faced resistance from the locals. Alleging "repression" against those opposed to the project Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena) said his party was opposed to the project reflecting the sentiments of the people in the Konkan area of the state.
IN A BID to offset the ever-increasing coking coal prices and widening the gap between demand and supply, industry body, Assocham, has submitted a proposal to encourage new green technologies used in steel production with a view to reduce costs and carbon emissions while improving productivity.
Taking the first concrete step on setting up two more China-supplied nuclear reactors in the Chashma nuclear complex, Pakistan has obtained the approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board for the safeguards agreement to cover the two new reactors, Chashma 3 and 4. The approval was obtained in the ongoing IAEA board meeting at Vienna.
The penultimate year of the 11th Five Year Plan is expected to witness a record addition to power generation capacity of 15,000 megawatt, taking the total capacity to 1.75 lakh MW, but insufficient availability of coal and fuel due to environmental restrictions pose a problem to meeting the overall Plan target.
T3 To Need 250MW In A Few Yrs New Delhi: Airports-to-infrastructure conglomerate GMR is setting up a 420MW power plant of its own to meet the energy needs of Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 3, estimated to rise to 250MW
<p>Large-scale promotion of small scale decentralized renewable energy technologies to achieve a part of millennium development goal remained a great challenge until recently.
Shortfall in coal supply may touch 269 million tonnes by 2021-22, from the current level of around 80 million tonnes as domestic producers fail to keep up with the growing demand for the commodity. The demand for coal in 2021-22 is projected to be around 1,353 million tonnes as against the production assessment of 1,084 million tonnes, resulting in a shortfall of 269 million tonnes, said the Co
Power Finance Corporation, a Navratna public sector lender, is in the process of creating a wholly-owned subsidiary for the renewable energy sector, in a couple of weeks, to be called PFC Green Energy Ltd. M K GoelM K Goel, director (commercial), PFC, told reporters here today that this sector required relatively smaller amounts and had not been getting adequate priority.
Continuing his emphasis on the power sector, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presented the Budget on Wednesday while also stressing on social sectors by announcing that pulses, rice and wheat will now be tax-free.
<p>The global push towards a more biomass-based energy sector is ramping up efforts to adopt regionally appropriate high-yielding crops. As potential bioenergy crops are being moved around the world an assessment of the climatic suitability would be a prudent first step in identifying suitable areas of productivity and risk.
