Voluntary organisation Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS) has embarked on another mission to facilitate public consultation in an organised manner to guide the Petroleum industry of the NE region towards developmental and pro-people activities.
Energy-starved India could soon use its abundance of sunlight to power one megawatt (1 MW)-capacity rooftop storage batteries to electrify homes and offices.The government is in talks with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US to use its prototype of 1 MW-capacity rooftop storage battery, Power Secretary H.S. Brahma said
Vandana Gombar / New Delhi January 11, 2010, 0:31 IST Large savings possible from efficient agri pumps
As many as 4,000 houses spread across 26 remote villages in six districts will emerge from darkness this February-end.
Two Ranchi-based think tanks of Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
For $27M, A Mini Reactor Can Be Installed Underground To Provide Enough Energy For 20,000 People John
NEW DELHI: With the Finance Ministry throwing up its hands for supporting such a big programme in the renewable energy sector, the Union Government is contemplating reducing the target of the recently launched Jawaharlal Solar Mission from the original 20,000 MW to a more reasonable limit when the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, launches the programme on Monday.
LAYINGout the red carpet for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who arrived in Delhi on Sunday night, New Delhi said the visit promised to be
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) on Monday approved a 57 per cent raise in rates for power supplied from bagasse-based co-generation projects in the state, from Rs 3.05 to Rs 4.79 a unit.
Power tariff hike under consideration. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Monday reiterated the Government resolve to provide quality power and plans electrification of new areas.
India will set up five energy parks by 2032 to raise the generation of nuclear energy. "The selected sites for the energy parks are Haripur in West Bengal, Mithi Virdi in Gujarat, Jaitapur in Maharashtra, Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh and Kudamkulam in Tamil Nadu," chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and secretary, department of atomic energy, Srikumar Banerjee said.
Vladimir Radyuhin With the launch of a major oil pipeline from Eastern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean, Russia can now ship oil to not only its traditional customers in Europe but also the ever-growing energy markets in Asia.
The BSES on Tuesday became the first utility to sign an agreement to source 50 MW of solar power, a day after the Prime Minister unveiled the solar mission. As per the deal, the BSES-Rajdhani and BSESYamuna each will procure 25 MW of solar power.
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Lauding the major renewable energy initiative of Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission, Russia on Tuesday expressed strong confidence that both New Delhi and Moscow had great potential for forging joint ventures and setting up manufacturing facilities for application of solar energy in the fields of industrial, military, civil and space sectors.
G.V.R. Subba Rao The bio-methanisation plant at Ajit Singhnagar in Vijayawada. VIJAYAWADA: With the bio-methanisation plant in the city failing to generate power from the gas produced by using municipal solid waste, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) is exploring various other possibilities to put the plant into use.
BHUBANESWAR: While the State faces acute shortage of power, the aggregated technical and commercial (AT&C) loss is more than 41 per cent as against sustainable level of 15 per cent.
Barely 24 hours after power supply was back to normal, most parts of the state plunged into darkness again with three units at Patratu Thermal Power Station developing technical snags and power generation plummeting to 270MW against a peak time demand of over 850MW.
THE finance ministry is unwilling to pay the entire Rs 31,700 crore demanded as compensation by the petroleum ministry on behalf of the state-owned oil companies
State government on Thursday signed two memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with private companies which might pave way for generation of much needed 2380 mega watt (MW) power.
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