14% of power generated by plants countrywide wasted: CEB
At least 14 percent of power generated by various power plants in the country was wasted while in distribution owing to technical reasons, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) sources said.
At least 14 percent of power generated by various power plants in the country was wasted while in distribution owing to technical reasons, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) sources said.
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation (WBGEDC) has decided to install solar lanterns in schools and relief camps in which the people left homeless after the recent Aila tragedy are taking shelter in the Sunderbans. Several solar panels in the Sunderbans were damaged in the storm and the people of the area have been reeling in darkness ever since.
This case study will describe an initiative jointly taken by Development Alternatives (DA) and SCATEC Solar-Norway to study the techno-social-financial viability of a clean and decentralised power plant. For this action research project, the team has identified 2 villages (Rampura and Gopalpura of Jhansi District, Uttar Pradesh) with different socio-economic conditions.
Solar power in India has immense potential, provided it is supported by the right financial products, Dr Harish Hande, managing director, SELCO Solar Light and winner of the Ashden and AcelorMittal Boldeness Business Awards, tells Sheetal Vyas in a candid chat.
Rally and a street play by schoolchildren organised AIDING AWARENESS: Students participating in a rally organised as part of Global Wind Day celebrations at the Marina beach on Monday.
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS TAMIL Nadu ranks first in wind energy generation with an output of 45 per cent of the power generated throughout the country
Indraprastha Gas Ltd, the sole supplier of CNG in the city, on Monday raised CNG price by Rs 2.10 to Rs 21 per kg effective Monday midnight
Ambani brothers given one month to come up with
PB Jayakumar / Mumbai June 16, 2009, 0:39 IST
Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf said that the allocation of more than Rs 100 billion in the budget 2009-10 for ongoing and new projects was a good sign for future of the country especially for ensuring provision of electricity to all.
New Delhi: CNG (compressed natural gas) will become costlier by Rs 2.10 a kg, or about 10%, in Delhi from Monday midnight as Indraprastha Gas Ltd
The efforts of ONGC, Tripura Asset to quadruple its gas production target to 6 MMSCMD by 2012 got a major boost with the conversion of 933 sq km Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) area to the oil giant. This will facilitate the Asset to further intensify the exploration activities in the State, according to an official release.
240 MPs signed a parliamentary motion supporting the rollout of solar photovoltaic power. Britain could become a booming market for solar power from next year when the UK introduces a support system used successfully by dozens of other countries.
A Non-Conventional Energy Park would soon become a reality in Goa. The Central government has sanctioned funds to the tune of Rs 1 crore to set up the park in Margao as part of Phase I of the project. And, if Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat is to be believed, the foundation stone for the project would soon be laid at the hands of Union Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah.
The possibility of component replacement and extending the lifetimes of existing plants are very attractive to utilities, especially given lingering public opposition to constructing new nuclear plants, while some governments see them as a way of limiting carbon emissions and power price rises.
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam has appointed a private firm, Tata Consulting Engineers, of Bangalore as consultant for designing and engineering of the four super critical units to be established at the super thermal power stations at Chhabra in Baran district and Suratgarh in Sriganganagar district.
M. Soundariya Preetha COIMBATORE: At least 20 pumpset manufacturers here are expected to register shortly for the standards and labelling programme of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).
Price hike required immediately, say executives. Murli DeoraThe continued rally in international oil prices has turned diesel margins red. Oil companies are losing Rs 2.96 on sale of every litre of diesel sold in the fortnight beginning June 16. Diesel accounts for 39 per cent of total petroleum product consumption in the country.
Like all rural Bangladeshis, Saidul Islam knows the hardships of summer, when his tin-roofed house turns into a furnace with not enough electricity to power even a fan. For the 100 million Bangladeshis -- most of them farmers -- who live in the countryside, the notion of electricity supply is little more than an empty promise bandied about by politicians at election time.
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi June 18, 2009, 0:33 IST Ad hoc policies on pricing and utilisation are resulting in a messy gas market where neither offtake nor equitable development is assured, warns Latha Jishnu