Mukesh Ambani eyes energy source to power UMPPs
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai June 17, 2010, 0:05 IST RIL may also venture into brown field power plants.
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai June 17, 2010, 0:05 IST RIL may also venture into brown field power plants.
New Delhi: As a prelude to costlier petrol and diesel, the oil ministry has allowed IGL and MGL
LUCKNOW: In a bid to propel expansion in power sector, the Uttar Pradesh government has accorded status of industry to all new power projects coming up in the state. A proposal to this effect was cleared by the State Energy Task Force (ETF) at its meeting presided over by chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta here on Wednesday.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi expressed his dismay at the oil giant ONGC
Chandigarh: The Cabinet on Thursday approved the Power Generation Policy, 2010 to transform the state from power deficit to power surplus state besides ensuring quality supply of power to all consumers at affordable prices. A decision to this effect was taken here at a meeting of the cabinet chaired by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Clean and green: Solar panels at the 3 MW plant in Yelesandra of Banagarpet taluk. DH Photo The State will have 2520 MW of additional power to its grid by March 31, next year, Home Minister Dr V S Acharya has said.
Ajay Modi / New Delhi June 18, 2010, 0:38 IST Will begin a feasibility study in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh India plans to embark on a programme to tap the shale oil reserves in the country after the directorate general of hydrocarbons (DGH) found substantial reserves of the gas in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Dhanbad, June 17: Branded one of the most of the polluted cities of the country, Dhanbad lacks even the most basic civic infrastructure. A faulty drainage system, erratic power supply, ill-planned colonies, shortage of drinking water and diminishing employment opportunities typify the coal capital.
This technology roadmap on nuclear energy released by IEA & OECD finds that nearly one-fourth of global electricity generation could be met with nuclear power by 2050, offering significant CO2 savings & says that financing new nuclear plants is expected to be a major challenge.
<p>ITANAGAR, June 18: Governor Gen J J Singh, who is also the President of the NERIST Society, would inaugurate the Integrated Bio Diesel Reactor System of 250 litres capacity per day, sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, at NERIST on June 22 next.</p>
Union Minister of State for Coal, Shree Prakash Jaiswal fired another salvo at the UP government for dragging its feet on sanctioning land for the proposed power projects in Kanpur Dehat. He also criticised the governments of some coal producing states for failing to control law and order, which has hit production adversely.
Calcutta, June 18: A steel investor has taken the Bengal government to court over the allocation of coal mines to two big companies, alleging
The Punjab Cabinet hasapproved the Power Generation Policy, 2010 to transform the state from a power deficit to a power surplus state, besides ensuring quality supply of power to all consumers at affordable prices.
LUCKNOW: This summer, UP is on the precipice. With five major thermal power stations having tripped in the last five days, the state grid has lost 1,000mw of the total input of 2,500mw per day. Besides, one plant is in a shut-down mode for the last one-and-a-half years for renovation work.
Kerala will achieve the goal of total electrification within a year, according to the Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan.
The Centre has vented its displeasure over the sluggish pace of implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGVY), a Centrally sponsored scheme, in Orissa. Peeved over the slow pace of work executed by the contractors appointed by the Central PSUs responsible for implementing the flagship scheme in the state, the Centre has directed these PSUs to expedite work.
DIBRUGARH, June 20
Mushtaq along with his father demonstrates his invention. Mushtaq along with his father demonstrates his invention. Photo by the writer Kalakote, June 20
There is a need to use alternative source of energy like gobar gas, in the backdrop of growing demand for electricity and cooking gas, said Zilla Panchayat CEO A B Ibrahim.