Even as international nuclear power producers keenly watch the fate of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill in India, as many as 62 countries eager to launch or expand their nuclear energy programmes assemble in Paris next week to explore the possibility of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in this sector.
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai March 12, 2010, 1:11 IST The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd (DMICDC) plans to set up two 1,000 Mw gas-based power plants in Maharashtra at an investment of Rs 8,000 crore.
land acquisition hurdles, Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) remains serious about executing the 6,000-mw civilian nuke power project in Haripur in West Bengal.
INDIA is expected to produce 35,000 MW of nuclear power by 2020, a senior official from Atomic Energy Commission said.
Govt Feels NTPC Should Focus On Other Avenues Such As Wind & Solar Energy
LUCKNOW: Hitting out at the Mayawati government for miserably failing in managing the power sector and rampant corruption plaguing the UP Power Corporation Ltd, chairperson of UPCC media cell Vivek Singh said that he has shot off a letter to the Centre requesting it to withhold further aid to the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Project till a Central agency carried out verification of its prope
The draft nuclear liability bill indemnifies the supplier of a nuclear plant and caps the liability of the operator in the event of an accident. The indemnity for suppliers is meant to please multinational plant vendors who wish to be free of liability even for accidents that result from a design flaw.
The state-owned power major NTPC on Wednesday said it will invest about Rs 40,000 crore for setting up three coal-based projects in Madhya Pradesh. The company has selected sites at Bamitha, Gadarwara and Khargone in the state for setting up three coal-fired power stations with a combined capacity of 7,960 MW. The average generation cost of one megawatt power is Rs 5 crore.
STATE-RUN NTPC is investing over Rs 4,500 crore for setting up renewable energy projects in the country to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and carry forward the company
Bhubaneswar: US utility giant AES Corporation president and chief executive officer (CEO) Paul Hanrahan said on Friday that the Rs 10,000 crore Ib valley Thermal Power Station (ITPS) ramp up programme would be started by the end of this fiscal. He said that the tendering for the EPC contract would be started in three months and the project work would start by March 2011.
New Delhi, May 24: Seeking immediate supply of gas from RIL-operated K-G basin for expansion of its plants, state-run NTPC has asked the central government to convene the ministerial meet on gas allocation soon.
Lucknow: Sahara India Power Corporation Limited (SIPCL), a subsidiary of Sahara India Group, has joined hands with Safesky Software of Israel to promote and manufacture advanced solar power and other technologies for Indian users. As a step towards this, Safesky Software along with SIPCL will set up a demonstrative solar power plant of 5 mw at a Sahara location in India.
The State of Madhya Pradesh became one of the leading States in the country to upgrade from BS-II to BS-III fuel. Indian Oil on behalf of the PSU Oil Industry launched the BS-III fuel in Madhya Pradesh on Monday in the presence of Urban Administration Minister Babulal Gaur and senior officials of IOCL.
Rajahmundry, May 30: The supply of piped cooking gas which is on the cards for the last two years will become reality soon in East Godavari. The district is likely to be covered in two phases. In the first phase, the five municipal areas of Kakinada corporation, Samarlakota, Peddapuram, Pithapuram and Tuni will be covered, and in the second phase, Rajahmundry and other municipal areas.
In a significant development, the government has given national oil companies, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL), freedom to price any additional natural gas produced from blocks given to them on nomination basis at market rates.
The State is all set to establish itself as a pioneer in solar power generation with the commissioning of a solar power plant near Kolar on June 17. Apart from the three megawatts (MW) grid-operated solar power plant to be set up by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), two more projects are nearing completion in Belgaum and Raichur.
Mansi Taneja & Jyoti Mukul / New Delhi June 25, 2010, 0:16 IST In what could close the doors for import of Chinese equipment in power transmission, state-run Power Grid Corporation is making it mandatory for suppliers to have manufacturing facilities in India within three years. The company's board is likely to approve the proposal in its meeting on July 2.
Virendra Singh Rawat / New Delhi/ Lucknow July 14, 2010, 0:26 IST The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Union Ministry of Power, is conducting an energy audit in large municipalities of Uttar Pradesh.
Noida: The NTPC, Dadri, has started power generation from the second 490-MW coal-based power plant.Till this afternoon, the plant load factor was around 60 per cent. "Plant load factor will cross 100 per cent in the next few days. In the initial stages, we keep it low.
<br />Praveen Kumar Singh<br /><br />New Delhi: Indian Railways has planned to set up four bio-diesel plants to reduce its carbon footprint and take forward its experiment with non-conventional form of energy. It is already planting saplings of jatropha, one of the sources of bio-diesel, on pilot basis in partnership with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).<br />
