RIL threatens to pull out of exploration
Reliance Industries has threatened to stop oil and gas exploration if it is not granted the promised drilling moratorium to cover for the acute shortage of rigs.
Reliance Industries has threatened to stop oil and gas exploration if it is not granted the promised drilling moratorium to cover for the acute shortage of rigs.
Amidst call for an uniform pricing of natural gas prevalent in the country, GAIL India has begun hiring consultants for conducting a study on the topic. The fertiliser sector, which will move to a new nutrient-based subsidy system, has asked for uniform pricing of natural gas.
After deciding to set up ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) to improve power supply across the country, the government
Three public sector companies are planning to set up 60-80 megawatt solar plants with an investment of Rs 1,000-1,200 crore. The projects will come up in Rajasthan, Punjab and the Leh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
SIRKAZHI: A demonstration to protest against the proposed 1000 MW thermal power project by P.E.L. Power Limited at Vanagiri was held here in front of the Tahsildar
Only 18 per cent of the target has been realised in the first two-and-a-half years CHENNAI:
M. Soundariya Preetha COIMBATORE: Wind energy generation during the wind season this year (May to October) in the State is almost 15 per cent more than last year, according to K. Kasthurirangaian, chairman of the Indian Wind Power Association.
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NAVI MUMBAI: In a bid to mitigate the power crisis faced by the industries, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is setting up a natural gas infrastructure at the industrial estates, including Thane, Dombivli, Navi Mumbai, Taloja, Poisar, Palghar, etc.
The long-awaited "smart grid" for U.S. power could play a major role in rolling out renewable energy like wind and solar, the top U.S. power regulator said on Wednesday.
Research on energy from nuclear, wind, tidal and biological origins gained great momentum but it needs special infrastructure facilities, whereas biofuels can be produced from a diverse set of crops. Each country is adopting a strategy that exploits the comparative advantages it holds in certain crops.
Dina Cappiello The natural gas industry, which produces more gas here than nearly every other county in Colorado, has been relegated to the shadows
State and private thermal power stations from West Bengal form the bulk of the 11 power plants that have received coal supplies much below the guaranteed level from Coal India Ltd (CIL) during the first half of this fiscal.
Sandip Das : With global warming issues taking centre stage globally, the use of renewable source of energy for meeting power requirements of Indian companies has taken off. Besides the usage for domestic purpose, the companies are seeing increasing opportunities in using solar energy for industrial use.
Simran Arora : Suryachakra Power Venture, a group company of Suryachakra Power Corporation, has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with a German company, MAN Solar Millennium for developing and setting up concentrated solar thermal power projects in India.
Atmanand : All types of energy use results in environmental costs. Our transportation, food production, manufacturing, governments, recreation and household management all consume energy.
LUCKNOW: With a grim power situation staring at the face of Uttar Pradesh, UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has made additional arrangement of 1,400 MW during Diwali season.
Pattern Energy Group LP said on Thursday that it finished more than $100 million in financing for a 101.2-megawatt wind project in California, citing an easing in the marketplace. Six banks joined in the debt funding for construction costs, which converts to a term financing facility upon commercial operation.
Germany's conservatives and their Free Democrat allies will reform the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) but cuts for solar power rates will be modest to prevent harming the fast-growing industry, a coalition source said on Sunday.
Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar October 13, 2009, 0:58 IST A Rs 2,400-crore surface coal gasification project planned by Coal India Ltd (CIL) and GAIL India is expected to move forward, as both the public sector companies have agreed to open a new round of negotiations soon on the project.