NEW DELHI: Acknowledging that the 78,000 MW capacity addition target for the XI Plan was a difficult task, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday said the Government had decided to give a major thrust to this sector and had targeted addition of 5,653 MW of power generation in its 100-days.
CHANDIGARH: Haryana is all set to double the capacity of the 600-MW Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Station (DCRTPS) at Yamunanagar by adding either two more units of 250/300-MW each or one 660-MW unit based on the latest supercritical technology, State Power Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Tuesday while speaking at the Power Ministers
BHUBANESWAR: The unrelenting heatwave conditions have piled insurmountable suffering on the hapless citizens of Orissa. To heap more misery long power cuts and low voltage have become the order of the day.
General Electric's Energy Financial Services is working on thousands of megawatts of renewable energy projects, but is not likely to move forward until the U.S. government decides on rules for new grants, an executive in the company's energy business said on Tuesday.
The U.S. government has awarded its first exploratory leases for offshore wind development to three companies that aim to place turbines off the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Tuesday.
The demand for solar appliances is soaring in the city, thanks to daily power cuts. According to the 16 solar appliance manufacturers-cum-retailers in Calcutta, their sales have increased at least 30 to 40 per cent compared with last year. Solar fans are the most popular items, followed by solar lights.
Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd is set to assemble solar panels to grab the domestic market for solar home systems that are on an upward curve on the back of the government policy support to help off-grid people get electricity.
Renewable energy service providers yesterday urged the government to form a body to implement the renewable energy policy to develop the green energy resources and meet 10 percent of the national demand for power by 2020.
Protectionism is adding to Japan's expensive electricity bill
Though Shiv Sena's violent agitation against power tariff hike appears to be for its own good than the public, according to experts, power companies cannot be let off the hook either.
The national gas grid is still a mirage and all the pipelines are making a beeline for Gujarat Latha Jishnu / New Delhi June 25, 2009, 0:50 IST The national gas grid is still a mirage and all the pipelines are making a beeline for Gujarat.
An environmental group on Wednesday asked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deny permits for pipelines that would bring oil from Canada's oil sands to the United States.
Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Wednesday informed the National Assembly that the government was compelled to depend on thermal power generation for meeting a gap of 3,000MW on top priority basis.
The entire country will be connected to a single power network including the northern province in the year 2011 and the project would cost more than $ 80 million, the Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) E.A.S.K. Edirisinghe said.
The World Bank has agreed in principle to give a loan of $ 330 million to Haryana for its power system development project, which will go a long way in strengthening the transmission and distribution systems in the state.
Offices of a private firm in Islamabad have become one the first place in the country to have been powered by geothermal energy. Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) facilitated Shan Geothermal in setting up of a pilot project of geothermal earth energy in line with the government
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to helping achieve access to energy for all people in the region. The stories in this publication
The Central Government has decided to allocate 24 MW more power to the State with effect from tomorrow, from its unallocated pool of power, said the official sources. This is going to help the State improve its overall power scenario.
Technology to capture carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants and store them underground will be ready by 2015 and could be in wide use in the United States by 2020, according to the top executive at American Electric Power Co Inc.
Green is in as Indian corporates race to compete for a share of the fast-growing Rs 35,250-crore global market for climate-friendly technology and carbon credits
