London: The US military will soon have a new solar-powered unmanned spy aircraft that can fly non-stop for more than five years. The aircraft, called SolarEagle, which is being built by Boeing is designed in such a way that it can soar in the upper atmosphere for years, constantly sending surveillance and intelligence information back to the ground. The US military has already given
1-Gigawatt Atomic Plant Certain To Raise Safety Concerns With New Delhi, Washington Beijing: China
Rajiv Tikoo While China has scored over the US to become the most attractive market for renewable energy investments, India has ranked fourth behind Germany, according to the recent Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices, brought out by Ernst & Young (EY).
Algal biofuels have many advantageous characteristics that would lower impacts on environmental degradation in comparison to biofuel feedstock and in some cases improve the well-being of developing and developed communities.
Thimphu: The 16th SAARC summit has adopted an Indian proposal for a roadmap to create a SAARC market for electricity. The summit urged the member countries to quickly ratify the trade in services deal to open their service sectors. "The leaders recognised the need to enhance co-operation in the energy sector to facilitate energy trade, development of efficient conventional and renewable ener
Agartala, Sept 21: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Tuesday commissioned a 21 MW gas-based power project in Tripura, which is expected to ease the electricity shortage in three northeastern states of Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.The Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has executed the project at a cost of Rs 80 crore with the financial assistance from the North Eastern Coun
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: When a bright streetlight itself is a mirage on many of the city roads, the residents here might not dare to dream of immediate rectification of power failures.
China on Tuesday gave its firmest government confirmation yet of plans to build two new nuclear reactors for Pakistan, but a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said she did not know about talks over a bigger reactor deal.
Sri Lanka is looking into incorporating nuclear power as an energy source to meet the increasing demand of energy brought up by the accelerated pace of development. Addressing the 54th sessions of the International Atomic Energy Authority in Vienna, the Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka said the government of Sri Lanka has approved the Atomic Energy Authority of Sri Lanka to
Brazil's ethanol fuel production will reach 64 billion litres in the year 2019, more than twice the amount currently produced, the Mines and Energy Minister Marcio Zimmerman said on September 20.
PUBLIC sector power equipment giant Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) has secured a 2,665-crore order from Visa Power (VPL), an independent power producer, for setting up of a 1,200 mw (2x600 mw) thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh. The VPL
Pune: Suzlon Energy Ltd (SEL) signed of a new order with Kolkata-based Techno Electric Group for over 202.2 MW wind power projects for approximately Rs 1,149 crore. This order is part of a the agreement of 500 MW signed with Suzlon as the preferred supplier.
Chennai: Orient Green Power Company Ltd (OGPCL), the largest independent renewable energy company in India and part of the Shriram group, is looking at opportunities in the overseas markets, including the US and the South East Asian region to become one of the major renewable energy power producers in the world over the next few years, said T Shivaraman, vice-chairman and CEO, Orient Green Power.
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BHUBANESWAR: THE State Government had decided to electrify 2,000 villages by nonconventional energy sources by March, 2012. A decision to this effect was taken at a highlevel meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. So far the State Government has provided electricity to 395 villages by solar energy out of the 600 villages which had been taken up.
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Barun Roy / New Delhi September 23, 2010, 0:00 IST A transmission line between India and Bangladesh marks a meaningful first step towards cooperation in South Asia. This is fast work, indeed, in the South Asian context, where the shadow of suspicion among neighbours is deep and long. Should we say it
The objective of this assignment is to develop an Area Based Energy Service Company (ESCO) Model for Solar Water Heating (SWH) and to assess the potential of Carbon Financing in order to achieve scale in SWH development in the country. In the recent years, India has witnessed considerable progress in SWH development. A total of 3.53 million sq. m.
Kavitha Venkatraman Chennai: Lanco Infratech is making a big push into the power sector to increase its topline growth. It has plans to set up coal-fired mega super-critical thermal power plants in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
New Delhi: State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd will soon set up a joint venture with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and Alstom Ltd for setting up civil nuclear power plants in the country, Heavy Industries secretary Bhawani Singh Meena said on Thursday. All the three companies will have 33.33% equity each in the joint venture, which would get approval from department of atomic ener
