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Gurgaon factory owners mull own power plant
Gurgaon: With the government yet to find a solution to power shortage that has crippled industrial units in Udyog Vihar, industrialists in the area have decided to set up their own power plants through public-private partnership (PPP). The industry association has prepared a plan to construct four captive power plants, each having a capacity of 40MW, at a cost of Rs 40 crore.
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HPCL to make own ethanol for petro-blending
Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai July 26, 2010, 0:07 IST First refining firm to do so; Bihar sugar units to restart after 14 years At a time when the ethanol-petrol blending programme has met with only partial success, government-controlled Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) will become the first petroleum company in the country to produce its own ethanol.
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32 pc power deficit in Meghalaya
SHILLONG, July 26
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Gas demand rises even as India loses out on cheap LNG
Jyoti Mukul & Ajay Modi / New Delhi July 27, 2010, 1:04 IST
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Energy Academy in Ganjam district soon
BHUBANESWAR: A consortium headed by the Greenko group has submitted a proposal to the State Government to set up an
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EGoM to discuss ways to prioritise applicants seeking gas allocation
Concerned that the country would not have gas supply to the tune of over 450 million standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) required for its greenfield and brownfield power projects in the foreseeable future, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is likely to discuss ways of prioritising the applicants through a three-way plan.
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Senate passes Alternative Energy Development Board Bill 2010
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday passed the Alternative Energy Development Board Bill 2010, approving the establishment of an Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) that will substitute the Alternative Energy Development Board Ordinance 2007.
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Guidelines for selection of new grid connected solar power projects
The objective of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) under the brand 'Solar India' is to establish
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Nuclear power in India
Various facets of energy security would continue to engage the policy makers and other stake holders as energy continues to drive economies, policies and even geo-strategy. The country has come a long way since the Tarapore Nuclear Plant began commercial operation way back in 1969. The progress has been
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Fuel price hike wont affect consumers: Deora
New Delhi: Ruling out any rollback in cooking gas and kerosene prices, petroleum minister Murli Deora on Tuesday said that the increase was
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Oil cos to pay Rs 27 per litre for ethanol
New Delhi: Oil companies will pay an interim price of Rs 27 per litre for ethanol, which they will buy from the sugar mills for doping in petrol, and a final price will be fixed after an expert committee submits its report.
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US seeks solar flair for fuels
The US Department of Energy has launched an 'artificial photosynthesis' initiative with the ambitious goal of developing, scaling up and ultimately commercializing technologies that directly convert sunlight into hydrogen and other fuels.
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Implement the agreement within the time limit
Bhopal: Chief Secretary Shri Avnish Vaish had a detailed discussion here with the representatives of the private companies about the problems they are facing while implementing the projects of power production. On this occasion concerned senior officers of the state government were present.
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Eternal wait for Nirantara Jyoti
The taluk that had the privilege of being the first in the state where the Nirantara Jyoti Project had been implemented is undergoing a perpetual wait for electricity. The hopes of farmers, who are depending on electricity, were raised when Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa inaugurated the project to provide uninterrupted power supply in Masti in Malur taluk in November, 2008.
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A different sunrise
Asia needs more Shanghai Expo-like showcases to make solar power part of governments' mainstream policy agenda Barun Roy / New Delhi July 29, 2010, 0:41 IST
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Policy for promotion of solar energy soon
Pune Minister for Water Resources Ajit Pawar on Thursday said the state government would soon declare a policy for promotion of solar energy in the state to meet the power demands of the state.
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Oil ministry wants govt to shoulder 66% of subsidy
Gireesh Chandra Prasad
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Power projects in State
There are complaints from the investors that the State government takes a very long time in allotting land for setting up power projects. This not only delays industrialisation but also enhances the cost of the project. Hence the government is being criticised for entering into pacts with industrialists but going slow later.