NEW DELHI: Leading wind power equipment maker Suzlon Energy on Monday announced its plans to venture into the solar energy sector. Talking to newsmen on the sidelines of the ongoing India Economic Summit here, Suzlon Energy chairman and Managing Director, Tulsi R. Tanti said this would be in addition to the plans for tapping the wind power potential in the country.
India and Russia will sign the nuclear agreement for four additional reactors at Kudankulam when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits India in the first week of December.
The price of petrol, diesel and kerosene was reduced by Rf2.40, Rf2.00 and Rf2.80 respectively on Monday. The changes brought to the fuel prices mean that the price of petrol litre has now been reduced to Rf8.50, diesel to Rf8.75 and kerosene to Rf8.90. This is the ninth time since 12 August that the State Trading Organization (STO) has reduced fuel prices.
The Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KERDL) has commissioned 599 renewable projects, including wind, small hydro, co-generation and biomass projects, out of the 815 allotted to it by the State government, said its Managing Director, V P Hiremath.
LONDON (Reuters) - Renewable energy, such as wind, solar and hydropower, will overtake gas to become the second largest source of electricity behind coal by 2015, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday.
The Petroleum Institute of Pakistan (PIP), a representative body of Pakistan oil and gas industry is organising a seminar on "Energy Crisis and Lessons Learnt" at a local hotel here on November 25, 2008. The objective of the seminar is to debate the growing energy crisis and critically review its causes and impact on our economy.
The State High Level Clearance Committee (SHLCC) headed by Chief Minister Yeddyurappa on Wednesday cleared 12 mega projects with an investment potential of Rs 7,080.38 crore, including two 600-MW thermal power plants proposed by the Karnataka Power Corporation in Raichur.
The Association of Engineers, Assam State Electricity Board (AoE, ASEB) has vehemently opposed the decision of the State Government for handing over the urban distribution circles to the private sector under a franchisee programme.
The Arctic offers new energy and fishing resources as a result of global warming and new technology, the European Union said on Thursday. Melting ice also presented new navigation possibilities such as a short route to the Pacific Ocean, the EU executive said.
A Rs 275.58-crore project for the electrification of villages in Arunachal Pradesh will be implemented in the next three years.
ENERGY reporters at a seminar at the Jatiya Press Club the other day sought to sensitise the potential policy makers of the country to the very pressing need of increasing energy supply in the backdrop of energy starved conditions in the country.
ANGUL: The public consultation meeting of the Essar Power Limited, for its proposed 2,000 MW power plant in the area, evoked mixed responses from the people who would be affected by the project. The meeting was held here today near Paranga village.
By Chandrashekar Hariharan There is a frenzy to meet the clamour of rising needs.
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Not everybody is enthused by the crashing international crude prices. As prices dip below the strategically-significant $60 per barrel mark, recent investments made in exploration and production (E&P) activities in India could come under a cloud. Investments in E&P have gained momentum since 2006, while crude prices touched a high of $147 earlier this year.
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The 9-plus per cent gdp growth has its own fallout. Sustaining this calls for urgent action to source, supply and price energy. At the 11th hour the Government is scurrying for solutions.
CHENNAI: Pramod Deo, Chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Tuesday made out a strong case for tradable renewable energy certificates.
Tata Chemicals, leading manufacturer of caustic soda and fertilisers in the country, said today that it had bought a 35 per cent stake in JOil Pte, a Singapore-based jatropha seedling company. The stake buy will help the firm gain exclusive marketing rights for technology to develop the best seed varieties of the plant, which yields biodiesel.
