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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Debate: No lesson from Japan?
<p>A debate on Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant's safety.</p> <p> </p>
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NPC monitoring data from Japan
MUMBAI: March 11, 2011, began like any other day for an official of the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) in the hi-tech emergency control room at the Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, its headquarters at Trombay.
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Nine Power Projects Get Green Nod
An environment ministry panel has cleared power projects with total proposed capacity of 5,674 mw. Developers will now need clearance from the environment ministry to start work.
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Italy plan to build N-plants on hold
Italy will put on hold its plan to build nuclear power plants, casting doubt on one of the key platforms for PM Silvio Berlusconi
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3 labs to test Japanese food items
New Delhi: India has now put in place three laboratories that will exclusively test food samples coming into the country from Japan for radioactive contamination. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has informed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that it has granted accreditation to three labs
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Imperialism, geology and petroleum: History of oil in colonial Assam
<p>In the last quarter of the 19th century, Assam’s oilfields became part of the larger global petroleum economy and thus played a key role in the British imperial economy.
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Tata Power mulls wind energy foray abroad
MumbaiTwo years after it dropped plans to set up wind power capacities in the US and Europe, the R18,854-crore (FY 2010 revenues) Tata Power is again eyeing the US, Spain, Portugal and Germany for a wind energy foray, its first outside India.
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People vs nuclear power in Jaitapur, Maharashtra
<p>In the Konkan, thousands of families in the environmentallyrich and verdant Jaitapur area are waging a non-violent battle against the Department of Atomic Energy’s plan to construct the world’s biggest nuclear power complex in the region.
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A new slant on slopes: measuring the benefits of increased electricity access in Developing Countries
<p>The objective of this paper is to shed some light on the benefits of improved access to electricity supply, specifically the benefits referred to as "consumer‘s surplus", which is the difference between what customers are willing to pay for the utilities associated with electricity access and the price that they actually pay.
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REDD in Afghanistan: empowering women and increasing access to energy
<p>Prolonged civil war has resulted in very poor governance and a battered economy and environment in Afghanistan. Firewood is the primary source of household energy in Afghanistan.