Coal, law ministries spar over who chairs regulator
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After the Commonwealth Games floodlights have been switched off at the Thyagaraj Stadium, the complex will continue to light up around 1,800 homes. The highlight venue of the
With the revised cost shooting past Rs 900 crore, the 100-MW Uhl project, the only major scheme being executed by the state electricity board, is heading for huge time and cost overruns, much like the controversial Larji project. The central electricity authority had approved a cost of Rs 432 crore in 2002 and it was originally scheduled to be commissioned by March, 2006.
Being built at an estimated cost of Rs 611 crore, the 45-MW Nimoo-Bazgo Hydroelectric Project in Leh district of the frontier cold desert region of Ladakh is scheduled to be completed by August next year.
Karnal: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), going it alone in the Haryana Assembly poll, has promised free power supply for canal irrigation, a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,500, Rs 1,200 and Rs 300 for wheat, paddy and sugarcane, respectively, free medical treatment for senior citizens, widows and women in government hospitals and equal opportunities and equitable distribution of governme
The current approach towards natural gas in India is based on the view that the country is short of this energy resource. It also sees gas as distinct from crude oil. These are not valid propositions. India needs to take a very different approach towards natural gas, if this fuel is to contribute to long-term energy security.
New Delhi: In an attempt to revive its closed units and convert the existing non-gas based units to gas-based, the fertiliser ministry has sought 43.37 million metric standard cubic meter per day (mmscmd) additional gas from RIL's KG-D6 basin.
First it was Kazakhstan, then Namibia and now Mongolia. In its quest for obtaining fuel for its nuclear power plants, India has been reaching out to every possible country that has some uranium resources and is willing to sell it to New Delhi.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi
Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi launches a CD of songs composed by Raja Rammohun Roy at Raja Rammohun Roy Memorial Museum on Amherst Street on Monday morning with the lights and fans not working. The museum went without power for over 30 of the 45 minutes that the governor spent on the premises
Most of the water for Bangalore is imported by BWSSB from the Cauvery River, which is over 100 kilometers south of the city. The water is drawn from a reservoir near the village of Thorekadanahalli. To meet the increasing demand, the "Cauvery Water Supply Scheme" was undertaken by BWSSB in three stages to supply 540 MLD of water.
New Delhi: Green power is the latest mantra of electricity distribution utilities. After the
MP Energy Development Corporation Limited in cooperation with MP Electricity Regulatory Commission organised a workshop on energy efficiency in which Energy Minister Anup Mishra was present as chief guest.
To Fund Rs 7k-Cr Project With Rs 5,000-Cr Loan & Rs 2,000-Cr Rights Issue PETRONET LNG, the largest importer of chilled gas (imported as liquefied natural gas in tankers), is set to diversify downstream and set up two power plants. It is also planning a right issue to part fund the projects.
South African industry needs to tap its 2,000 MW co-generation potential to avoid another power crisis, but is facing pricing and regulatory hurdles, an industry official said on Wednesday. Dave Long, a former regional manager at paper maker Sappi, said that despite a battle lasting years the industry has not been able to sell any cogenerated power so far.
The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) will invest about Rs 9,000 crore in the State for developing power evacuation facility. In the first phase, the central PSU will construct 765 KV sub-stations at Jharsuguda and Angul with an estimated cost of Rs 6,000 crore for evacuation of power from the new power plants coming up there. The projects are expected to be operational
California is on track to more than double its power generated by solar panel installations in 2009, going against a downward global trend, according to research released on Wednesday.
Germany's cabinet on Wednesday adopted a plan to speed along the construction of offshore wind parks in the North Sea, paving the way for a targeted 25,000 megawatts of capacity to come on line by 2030.
Trees might be the source of the ultimate green power and researchers have figured out a way to plug into the power generated by trees. Scientists have known for some time that plants can conduct electricity. In fact, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that plants can pack up to 200 millivolts of electrical power. A millivolt is onethousandth of a volt.
Green Infra Ltd (GIL), an independent power producer (IPP), has announced the acquisition of energy giant BP Energy India Pvt Ltd