The Chandrapur Thermal Power Station (CTPS), which was closed down in 1999, will be revived in joint venture within the next two years and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) and a consortium of three private companies in presence of Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi today.
NEW DELHI: Siemens on Tuesday announced its plans to invest Rs. 1,600 crore in India over the next three years for its wind turbine manufacturing venture and for expanding its existing production capacity.
NEW DELHI: India and Hungary on Tuesday inked an agreement for oil and gas exploration and decided to strengthen cooperation in the information technology (IT) sector. Both countries also agreed to work for increasing the level of trade to $1 billion by 2012.
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: An independent expert committee set up by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry on Tuesday blamed lack of safety procedures and human error for the devastating fire in the Indian Oil Corporation's fuel depot in Jaipur that killed 11 people and injured 45 in October last year.
LUCKNOW: Managing director, Madhyanchal Electricity Distribution Company, Parthsarthy Sen Sharma has directed the officials of the distribution company to initiate adequate measures in solving the problem of overdrawal in the forthcoming summers.
Ahmedabad: One can have electricity connection even though the consumer does not have any legal occupancy of the house or land, the Gujarat High Court ruled this in an order.
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister-appointed Kirit Parikh committee on Wednesday recommended complete decontrol of the petrol and diesel prices and favoured a hike of Rs. 100 a domestic LPG cylinder and an increase of Rs. 6 a litre for kerosene.
R. Sairam Raw material for biomass gasifier plants is available in abundance
Panel Wants Decontrol, Govt May Settle For Rs 3 Petrol Hike, Re 1 For Diesel
S. Sundar Installs a 10 kw solar power plant to mitigate power shortage Alternative: Solar power plant at Balaganapathy Mills, Malli village, in Srivilliputtur. SRIVILLIPUTTUR: Peak hour restriction on usage of power for industrial units and two-hour load shedding has made a private spinning unit near here to experiment with solar power energy.
BHUBANESWAR: Forget about remote tribal pockets and Naxal-hit areas, this gram panchayat in Bhadrak district is going without power even after six decades of Independence.
APANEL headed by Kirit Parikh has suggested a clean break from the past, with market-linked prices for auto fuels and a sharp increase in the prices of kerosene and cooking gas, testing the willingness of the Manmohan Singh government to grapple with a problem that has defied a solution for decades.
Europe Shows Price Hike May Not Hit Growth Ramkrishna Kashelkar MUMBAI THE report submitted by the expert group headed by Mr Kirit Parikh on a viable and sustainable system of pricing of petroleum products if accepted by the government could boost the prospects of state-owned oil firms.
ANANTAPUR, Feb. 3: The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (APIIDC) has decided to set up a solar city, at Kadiri in Anantapur district, with an outlay of Rs 3,000 crore in 5,000 acres. The APIIDC managing director, Mr B.P. Acharya, had announced setting up of a solar city at Kadiri, in October last year.
Kirit Parikh The Kirit Parikh committee has recommended market-determined pricing for petrol and diesel. It has also recommended linking the price of domestic LPG and kerosene distributed through the Public Distribution System (PDS) to the increase in per capita GDP for urban population and agriculture GDP, respectively.
Proposal will bring down the burden of oil companies
US President Barack Obama today announced a series of steps as part of his comprehensive strategy to enhance American energy independence while building a foundation for a new clean energy economy, and its promise of new industries and millions of jobs.
THANJAVUR: Efficient utilisation of renewable energy will help resolve the crisis being caused by carbon emission. Global warming can be checked to a great extent through the use of renewable energy, said N. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor, Periyar Maniammai University.
S Lalitha, Bangalore, Feb 4, DHNS: The Railways have decided to contribute its mite towards reduction of carbon emissions. Beginning on February 5, employees residing in railway quarters all over the country can exchange incandescent (IC) bulbs used in their houses for the costlier and energy-efficient Compact Fluorescent (CFL) bulbs.
''What the scientists are saying about global warming and the glaciers in North and South Poles melting and raising the sea level is all bull****!,'' observed Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda here on Thursday.
