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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HC says govt cant interfere in DERC work
Shielding consumers from future uncertainty over power tariff, the Delhi High Court on Friday made it clear that the Delhi government has no powers to interfere in working of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan termed the government
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Essar to buy Shell unit for $350m
Essar Energy has agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell
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Adani inks JV with Carbon Energy to bid for UCG projects
Adani Group today said it has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Australia-based firm Carbon Energy to form a joint venture to pursue Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) projects in India. "The two firms have inked a MoU for a strategic joint venture, where they shall jointly be bidding in tendering process for UGC projects likely to be announced on tenements of Coal India (CIL),
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Alappuzha declared totally electrified
In the league of Palakkad, Ernakulam and Thrissur 79 Assembly constituencies totally electrified Efforts to improve public distribution system: Isaac ALAPPUZHA: Alappuzha district was on Sunday declared totally electrified, taking the number of totally electrified districts in the State to four, including Palakkad, Thrissur and Ernakulam. Making the declaration in the absence of Chief Mini
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Market assessment of solar water heating systems in five potential states/NCR region
<p>The country-wide Market Assessment Study of Solar Water Heaters carried out in 2009 under the UNDP/GEF Project identified high potential States and Regions. This study focuses on five states/regions which are likely to contribute 49% of the SWH realizable potential up to 2022. These are: Maharashtra, Gujarat, <br /> Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, National Capital Region (NCR).
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A new paradigm for nuclear liability
<p> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /> <title></title> <meta content="OpenOffice.org 3.2 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style><font><font face="Times New Roman">American and Indian corporates upset by the provisions of India’s civil nuclear liability law
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Cairn changed stand on royalty: ONGC
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has said that Cairn never disputed cost recovery of royalty on crude oil production from the Barmer field before August 16, 2010, when Vedanta Resources announced buying of a majority stake in Cairn India. A senior ONGC executive told Business Standard that his company was willing to pay 100 per cent royalty on the Barmer production but wanted it to be adj
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CEA set to monitor development of UMPPs
The power ministry has asked Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to regularly monitor the implementation of ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), with generation capacity of about 4,000 Mw each.
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Petroleum lobby blocking biofuel, says Gadkari
Urging the Centre to ''stop giving in to the petroleum lobby'', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Gadkari on Monday demanded that farmers producing ethanol should be given support in their projects.
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Kerala to be first totally electrified State: Balan
PATHANAMTHITTA: Making Kerala the first totally electrified State in India is the mission of the Left Democratic Front government, A.K. Balan, Minister for Electricity, has said. He was inaugurating the work on the 33-kV electrical substation at Poozhikkad near Pandalam on Monday.