New nuclear reactor sites
CHENNAI: Nuclear power reactors of 700 MWe capacity each will come up at two new inland sites
CHENNAI: Nuclear power reactors of 700 MWe capacity each will come up at two new inland sites
Preeti Parashar Chandigarh: Haryana has initiated the process of registration of developers of small-scale solar photo voltaic (SPV) rooftop power plants to be included under the national solar mission (NSM).
PARUL CHANDRA NEW DELHI After what seems a failed experiment of Tughlaqian proportions that saw the Indian railways spending several lakhs on planting crores of jatropha trees along its railway tracks, the ministry appears to have junked jatropha for producing bio-fuel.
Ranchi, March 28: Technical snags forced a shutdown at Patratu Thermal Power Station in Ramgarh, plunging the capital and 11 districts into darkness today. The situation is unlikely to improve in the next four days.
MUMBAI: The Centre's Bachat Lamp Yojana scheme, which was set to take off in January 2009, has failed to make any headway even after a year since its inception.
<p>The electricity sectors of many developing countries underwent substantial reforms during the 1980s and 1990s, driven by global agendas of privatization and liberalization. However, rural electrification offered little by way of market incentives for profit-seeking private companies and was often neglected. As a consequence, delivery models for rural electrification need to change.
WITH Prime Minister Manmohan Singh struggling to get the consent of Congress to move ahead with the civil nuclear liability bill
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday demanded a complete halt to all hydroelectric project works on river Ganga in the BJP ruled Uttarakhand, saying alternative methods should be explored to generate power. The RSS affiliate also asked both the BJP and Congress to spell out their respective policies about the hydro-electric projects being constructed on the river.
The UPA gov ernment, on Monday, asked the Mayawati governmen in Uttar Pradesh to extend i cooperation in improving the power situation in the state.
- Hill track journey cut short for second time in four days Darjeeling, March 29: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway continues to be hit by disruptions. The Unesco World Heritage property ran out of steam once again today because of poor quality of coal.
The three new oil refineries will create 30 million tonnes of fresh capacity in a mar- ket which already has a major surplus capacity. On Monday, three engineering firms announced new projects that they had bagged in the past few days. Nothing uncommon at this time of the year.
New Delhi: Cooking gas prices will go up by Rs 27.50 per cylinder, instead of the Rs 40 hike proposed in the Delhi budget. Bowing to popular sentiment, the city government went into rollback mode on Monday, waiving the 5% value added tax on LPG. Also exempted from VAT were CNG, tea, coffee and some other items, whose prices will now remain unchanged.
March 29: A handful of apartment complexes have installed the reticulated system (in-built pipe lines for LPG distribution) in the city and in other major cities such as Hyderabad. As per the reticulated system, the LPG will be provided to individual households in an apartment complex.
London: Safer nuclear power could be a step closer after researchers discovered a phenomenon which allows tiny materials to repair themselves after suffering radiation damage in reactors.
Sandeep Dikshit & Narayan Lakshman NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: India and the United States have agreed to the arrangement and procedures under which the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel will take place at two stand-alone safeguarded sites. New Delhi also retains the right to make additions and modifications.
Normal supply of power from the Bellary Thermal Power Station (BTPS) is all set to resume by Wednesday morning with the technical snag in the 500-MW unit having been fixed. The unit tripped on Sunday night, leading to acute power shortage and consequent power cuts in the City.
Gandhinagar: The state government on Tuesday claimed that the piped domestic gas connections in Ahmedabad have touched the 73,000 mark. In reply to a question by BJP MLA from Rakhial Jayanti Kakadia, the government said the number of connections in Ahmedabad city had crossed 73,000 mark and another 18,045 connections were in process.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its latest report has detected a wasteful expenditure of worth Rs 16.86 crore by the Power Development Department (PDD) on construction of a transmission line from Jammu to Udhampur. Improper planning of the department concerned resulted in idle expenditure of such a whooping amount.
Two recent discoveries have greatly impacted understanding relevant to the origination and emplacement of petroleum and natural gas deposits. One discovery, pertaining to hydrocarbon formation from methane broadens significantly potential regions where abiotic petroleum and natural