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NTPC now eyeing stakes in two Indonesian coal mines
State-owned NTPC is vying for a stake in Indonesian coal mines to secure long-term capacity while domestic coal supply continues to face hurdles in environmental clearances.
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Engineering giants gear to set up nuclear projects
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai August 31, 2010, 2:02 IST With passage of the nuclear liability Bill, the heavy engineering supply chain, led by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Bharat Forge Ltd (BFL), is gearing to take up the challenge ahead. India plans 25,000 Mw of nuclear capacity addition by 2020 and this will be partly done through indigenous technology-driven rea
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ExxonMobil fuels Venter's efforts to run vehicles on algae-based oil
After years of skepticism about the promise of biofuels, ExxonMobil has decided to make one of the biggest biofuel bets so far. Last week, the world's second largest company announced that it will spend up to $600 million over 5 to 6 years to produce biofuels from algae. Half the money will go to Synthetic Genomics Inc., a San Diego, California-based start-up run by genomics pioneer J.
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Renewables test IQ of the grid
Everybody agrees that tomorrow's electrical grid must incorporate wind and solar power seamlessly. But solving the reliability issue won't be easy.
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Development of Indian power sector - Present status
Since Independence, there has been substantial growth in the power sector. Generating capacity in India which was only about 1400 MW at the time of Independence has increased to about 1,59,399 MW as on 31.03.2010
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Exelon to buy Deere's wind power unit for $860 million
Electric utility Exelon Corp said it will buy Deere & Co
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CIL likely to set up power plant to utilise excess coal
NEW DELHI, 31 AUG: The world's largest coal producer, Coal India Ltd (CIL), today said it might consider setting up power plants in the country to utilise excess coal.
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Power bills may not be hiked for 5 years
MUMBAI: A major component of a user's electricity bill will soon remain constant for a five-year lock-in period if a proposal put forth by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) gets the go-ahead. The MERC has proposed to all power suppliers in the state that power bills be divided into two components: a variable component and a non-variable component.
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Key world energy statistics 2010
<p>This 2010 edition of Key World Energy Statistics by IEA consists of global data up to 2008 and when available up to 2009, for energy production, trade, transformation and consumption, CO2 emissions from fuel combustion and energy prices.</p>
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SC notice to oil ministry, IGL on PNGRB petition
Indu Bhan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought reply from Indraprastha Gas Ltd, the petroleum ministry and others on a PNGRB plea seeking permission to issue licences for retailing CNG and piped gas in view of the government notifying regulations that give powers to it. PNGRB informed the court through senior counsel Harish Salve that the government has notified Section 16 of the P
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GE & Westinghouse to build first two N-plants for $10 bn
Huma Siddiqui New Delhi: The first slice of the estimated $200-250 billion business that India can offer to overseas suppliers of nuclear plants and services over the next two decades would go to four firms, including the world
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NTPC keen to tender all 12th plan projects
KARTIKAY MEHROTRA NTPC believes that it will be in a position to tender all its 12th plan projects by March 2012, thus putting the company in place to reach its 75,000 mega watt (MW) capacity target by 2017.
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Need to increase power generation: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made a strong pitch for augmenting power generation in the country to achieve high economic growth rate on a sustainable basis.
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HPCL plans refinery in Maharashtra
NEW DELHI: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is understood to have finalised plans to set up a 9-million tonnes refinery in Maharashtra with an investment of around Rs.15,000 crore. Official sources said the Maharasthra Government had offered land places and the company was in the process of giving a final shape to the proposal.
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38 companies bag CII award for energy management
CHENNAI: Top 38 companies that achieved consistent reduction in energy consumption over the last three years were honoured by Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, at a national award distribution function here on Thursday. Participating in the Confederation of Indian Industry's 11 {+t} {+h} National Award for Excellence in Energy Management for 2010, Mr.
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Mandatory tariff-based bids in power sector soon
Noor Mohammad New Delhi: The government is set to make tariff-based bidding mandatory for allocation of power projects from next January, in a move that is expected to bring down the price of electricity to the consumer.
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Greenpeace wants Facebook centre off coal fuel
Amsterdam: Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world
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Tata Power consortium bags Indonesian project
The group will develop 240-Mw geothermal power project A consortium of Tata Power, Australian energy major Orion Energy and PT Supraco Indonesia has won the Sorik Marapi geothermal project in the Northern Sumatra region of Indonesia.
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Sugar ind ready to support ethanol-blending drive
Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 3, 2010, 1:15 IST Offers 1,000 million litres ethanol to OMCs. The sugar industry has offered to supply around 1,000 million litres ethanol to oil marketing companies for blending it with petrol.