Florida To Get First Solar-Powered City
A Florida utility and a real estate developer are aiming to bring the country's first solar-powered city to the Sunshine State.
A Florida utility and a real estate developer are aiming to bring the country's first solar-powered city to the Sunshine State.
The second largest hydro-power project of the country, 70 MW Mid-Marshyangdi has started production in its full capacity during peak hours since last week. The hydel project is producing 70 to 75 MW electricity for about two to three hours each in mornings and evenings daily by operating both its turbines, reports say.
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Pakistan has urged Iraqi oil and gas exploration companies to enter into joint ventures with Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) and the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) to explore oil and gas reserves in this country.
The state electricity board today disconnected power connection of two industrial units, Rama Steel at Jharmajri and Affi Pharmaceuticals at Thana, in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial area after these were found erring on pollution-control norms.
TIRUCHI: R.S. Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) reviewed the contract status for its various projects under implementation at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Tiruchi, on Thursday.
Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the government would facilitate and provide investor friendly environment to the Chinese companies in Pakistan. He said that the Chinese interest to invest in the hydel and wind power generation projects would help meet countrys future power requirements at affordable prices.
What should have been done ages ago has been sent to different ministries for opinion. This is not the Friday/Sunday issue to be debated upon. If you want to save energy by closing down shops and businesses at 8 pm, then adopt the day light saving scheme to save further. Pushing the clock in summer by one hour, you actually save daylight.
Police said on Tuesday they had released all 114 people arrested on suspicion of planning to cause criminal damage to a coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire. The group were arrested in a large scale raid on a nearby private school just after midnight on Monday.
The Planning Commission has once again raised doubts over achieving the targeted power capacity addition of over 78,000 Mw planned in the current Five-Year Plan period (2007-2012).
In partnership with Japan, South Korea and Singapore, India must explore options for joint storage of oil reserves and setting up a financial reserve for borrowing and lending to tide over the volatility of oil prices, according to HS Puri, secretary (ER) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Udhampur: Charging the ruling NC for bartering away natural resources of the state for lust of power, PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called for re-negotiation of power sharing agreements with the NHPC.
Estimating that televisions and their electronic accessories account for 10 percent of the electricity used in an average household, California
The Cabinet has vetoed a long-debated proposal of the Ministry of Water and Power regarding import of 1000 MW electricity from Central Asia -South Asia (CASA) until the projects tariff, economic feasibility and other issues are resolved, sources close to the Ministrys Additional Secretary, Zarar Aslam, told Business Recorder.
Japan has agreed to provide assistance for three projects, including Karachi Circular Railway project (KCR), sixth secondary transmission and grids project of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) and New Khanki Barrage. Japan may make formal announcement in the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) meeting scheduled in Tokyo on April 17.
Advancing clocks by an hour from April 15 (Tuesday night) all over the country would help utilise maximum daylight and conserve energy. The daylight saving would be adopted by advancing the clocks by an hour with effect from April 15, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior.
The State bank of Pakistan on Tuesday directed all banks and DFIs to follow the daylight saving policy by advancing the clocks by one hour. It said that in pursuance of the decision of the Federal Government, watches/clocks will be advanced by one hour from April 15, 2009.
Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) is holding a seminar here on National Bio-Diesel Programme on May 18 for strategizing commercial scale production of bio-diesel in the country. The recommendations of the seminar will assist in consolidating the policy and regulatory framework for bio-diesel currently being formulated by AEDB.