HCs power query for JSEB
Jharkhand High Court today asked the Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) to clarify whether it is capable of providing uninterrupted power supply in the capital during the approaching summer.
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Power crisis deepens: one more unit of Panipat plant trips
Yamunanagar: The power crisis further aggravated in the state today with the closure of unit-8 of the 250-MW super thermal plant, Panipat. The unit-8 was shut down last night following leakage in boiler.
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18 districts in Maharashtra may soon have zero power cuts
Mumbai: After implementing the zero load-shedding (ZLS) model at the headquarters of revenue divisions, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) now wants to extend the model to even the district headquarters.
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Remote-controlled streetlights in city
NEW DELHI, March 9: Streetlights remaining switched on even during day time or not functioning when needed in extreme weather conditions will become a thing of past as Delhi mayor Dr Kanwar Sain formally launched India
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Karanja or Jatropha: a better option for an alternative fuel in compression ignition engine
The high energy demand in the industrial world, as much in the domestic sector and the derived problems of the widespread use of fossil fuels, make increasingly necessary the development of renewable energy sources.
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Rooftop solar power
The SPV (solar photovoltaic power) system is the simplest form of converting solar energy to electricity. However, its high capital cost makes it one of the costliest resources of energy, ostensibly with implications of high fixed charges.
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Coal still culprit in power cuts
Power cuts plagued the city and its fringes for the sixth day on the trot as the shortage in high-quality coal crippled generation by the state utility and restricted CESC
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Commercialising solar energy, German way
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: Germany has made policy decisions on alternative energy sources and has been concentrating on research in those areas long before the rest of the world began thinking of them, said Muller-Steinhagen, head of the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics (ITT) at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
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China on track to meet energy target
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: China is on track to meet its target of lowering energy intensity by 20 per cent before the end of the year despite severe setbacks caused by the financial crisis, said its top climate official on Wednesday.
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Now energy-efficient lights in municipal buildings
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will soon be replacing incandescent bulbs and lamps in all municipal buildings in the city with energy efficient CFL bulbs to conserve electricity. A proposal in this regard was granted approval by the MCD Standing Committee on Wednesday.
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N-liability Bill trips on compensation
NEW DELHI: The much-debated nuclear liability bill, critical to participation of US firms in atomic commerce with India, seems headed for the standing committee on energy with contradictions emerging over liabilities that will be incurred by state operators and foreign firms in case of a mishap.
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Govt plans bio-fuel plants in 1 lakh hectare land by 2010
'A quantum of 135 million litre ethanol is being produced from six sugar factories of the State annually. This is being used with petrol as a fuel. There is a target of increasing the use of ethenal to 10 per cent in the State by the end of next year,' said State Bio-fuel Task Force President Y B Ramakrishna.
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More losses for oil companies as price rise option closes
Ajay Modi / New Delhi March 11, 2010, 0:21 IST Even before the start of the new financial year, the spectre of rising losses during 2010-11 has begun to haunt the three state-controlled oil marketing companies that account for over 90 per cent of the country
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Energy-efficient lights in MCD buildings
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to replace all existing bulbs and lamps across various municipal buildings with energy-efficient T-5 lamps and CFL lights. The decision has been taken in accordance with the Energy Conservation Act (2001), MCD standing committee chairperson R K Singhal said. The civic body will take up the project in two phases at a cost of Rs 2.6 crore.
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CAG report blames thermal plant delay on govt
In a setback to the state government, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) has held the government responsible for the delay in the commissioning of two units of 300 MW each of the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant, Yamunanagar, and for causing a loss of Rs 622 crore to the state.
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Draft guidelines for rooftop PV and other small solar power plants connected to distribution network under JNNSM
In order to give a thrust to rooftop PV and other small solar power plants connected at distribution network at voltage levels below 33 KV envisaged under Phase I of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) proposes to launch a programme on generation based incentives.
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Solar module plant in Bengal inaugurated
The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, on Wednesday inaugurated the Rs 100-crore solar photovoltaic module manufacturing plant set up by Vikram Group of Industries at Falta Special Economic Zone in South 24 Parganas district, according to a company release.
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DMICDC plans two gas-based power projects in Maharashtra
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai March 12, 2010, 1:11 IST The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd (DMICDC) plans to set up two 1,000 Mw gas-based power plants in Maharashtra at an investment of Rs 8,000 crore.
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NPCIL ready with rehab plan for Haripur landlosers
land acquisition hurdles, Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) remains serious about executing the 6,000-mw civilian nuke power project in Haripur in West Bengal.
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Fermentable sugars by chemical hydrolysis of biomass
Abundant plant biomass has the potential to become a sustainable source of fuels and chemicals. Realizing this potential requires the economical conversion of recalcitrant lignocellulose into useful intermediates, such as sugars. We report a high-yielding chemical process for the hydrolysis of biomass into monosaccharides.